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2nd July 2020, 18:57 #151
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I think that is the issue. It really doesn't make a great impact on the general public/ mainstream sporting media. Playing it 'safe' isn't really doing anything to help grow the event/ sport. And this has a knock on effect; the lack of interested big money backers - whether that be a major commercial sponsor or regional/tourist board.
One final thought; during the event's heyday, I suspect it didn't matter whether the event was in the WRC or not - it was still a massive event. Now it's run for the benefit of the WRC; no WRC, no event.
Is there a better sound than that of Porsche engined Flat-6 ???
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3rd July 2020, 11:18 #152
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That is spot-on. The WRC is for the manufacturers and sponsors nowadays and has gone increasingly this way over the years and even more so since the 2017- cars came in.
New countries and rallies have to beg to join in and do whatever the promoter says. But this is the same even for the classic events.
The costs of the latest-spec cars have also killed off the local entry in the top class compared to just a decade ago. No 'local hero' fighting the WRC big boys reduces the attraction of WRC to the general public in that country.
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6th July 2020, 07:47 #153
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6th July 2020, 15:04 #154
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6th July 2020, 15:07 #155
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6th July 2020, 15:21 #156
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2016 Rally Mexico - Benito Guerra.
Maybe not challenging, but he brought a big local audience to watch him in a WRC car.
Others like Prokop, Bertelli & Gorban were often on events even if they werent locals. It all added to the entry and was good for fans to see.
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6th July 2020, 15:36 #157
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Duval in germany 2007 comes to mind.
It hasn't happened a lot, because even if you somehow would be able to get the same car as the factory drivers, those people have all the data. They do all the testing, they practically live in their car.
Even suninen wasn't a true privateer. He was driving a factory run car. It wasn't his, it wasn't rented from someone else, it was basicaly a tryout sold/given to him by malcolm.
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6th July 2020, 15:44 #158
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"Die with memories, not with dreams" Scott McIsaac
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6th July 2020, 15:50 #159
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I think these guys should just go to WRC2, competitionally they're just in no-man's land driving a WRC car miles behind the factory cars. Besides, Bertelli does own his own WRC 2017 car.
Had it not been for COVID-19, we would have seen this year Jocius, Latvala, Loubet and Paddon with a number of starts in a WRC car.
Last year we had Grönholm doing his anniversary event, Virtanen in Finland, Paddon doing two unlucky non-starts. Before that Serderidis, Kremer, ...
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6th July 2020, 17:17 #160
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was playing v-rally 3 on my game boy advanced emulator here. such a fun game. some stages have reaaally fun elevation changes and some good scenery by the shore (i guess its the french event). you...
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