2023 WRC News & Rumours

[Rallyper]

I suspect NOT is both professionally unsuccessful and economically poor on top of a being a shit driver. No wonder he hates on Jourdan... Many people need to look inward to their problems....

Nothing of that.
I don´t know NOT personally, but he represents one side of the palette of fans. The other side are those who cherish everything said about drivers, cars, photos, without any questioning. Both sides are needed.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/serde...ow-to-the-wrc/

[AndyRAC]

Nothing of that.
I don´t know NOT personally, but he represents one side of the palette of fans. The other side are those who cherish everything said about drivers, cars, photos, without any questioning. Both sides are needed.

Yes - and it's possible to be both. Hugely supportive of drivers, teams, the sport as a whole - but also be critical when needed.

[TypeR]

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/serde...ow-to-the-wrc/

That's it:
,,If you could, you would, wouldn’t you?''

[Jarek Z]

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/serde...ow-to-the-wrc/

Huge blow to the WRC? Huge blow may have been when McRae or Auriol or Loeb left, or when Mitsubishi or Seat or Skoda pulled out, but not now, come on

[ouvreur]

Those who hang on every word published by 'rally journalists' who function more as an extension of teams' and drivers' PR departments are bad enough, we can all laugh at them, but I kind of understand how they can be taken in by it. Unless you're involved in some capacity, or spend a bit of time digging into stories, unfortunately the majority of what you can see and hear is just PR bullshit.

Intensely hating on a guy for doing something he loves - and spending an absolute truckload of cash to do so, funding young drivers and keeping a WRC team alive in the process... this I don't understand at all. And I don't think you need to know anything about rallying to see how unnecessary it is.

So many people go their whole lives wishing to do what Serderidis is doing. He's put more back into the sport this year alone than 99% of people could manage in ten lifetimes. Yes, he's slow. Yes, other people would be faster - quite a lot faster. But he doesn't have aspirations to be a world champion. He doesn't post deluded nonsense all over social media, as many others do. Just like the Gus Greensmiths and Lorenzo Bertellis of this world, he's not stealing a seat from anyone 'more deserving', quite the opposite. He's just an old guy living his dream.

To compare him to Paulo Nobre or Natalie Barrett is really unfair - neither of those have put a cent towards any young drivers from their home countries. And unlike Barrett, he's never melted an exhaust manifold through being off the throttle for so long while using anti-lag

[Jarek Z]

To compare him to Paulo Nobre or Natalie Barrett is really unfair - neither of those have put a cent towards any young drivers from their home countries.

I don't know if Paulo Nobre has supported any young drivers, but at least he was trying to fight on the stages. Try to watch this video without smiling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofDb2F-qNWw

[AndersX]

Huge blow to the WRC? Huge blow may have been when McRae or Auriol or Loeb left, or when Mitsubishi or Seat or Skoda pulled out, but not now, come on

Yes, i was reading that long and poetical piece of writing work and could not get where the h.... the blow comes from?! Am i missing smth here?

[focus206]

And unlike Barrett, he's never melted an inlet manifold through being off the throttle for so long while using anti-lag

Sorry for the OT but I've never heard this story, actually I've never considered the possibility of damaging something by being off the throttle for too long! But how could it damage the inlet manifold? Shouldn't it be the exhaust manifold the one put in a critical state by antilag?

[ouvreur]

Sorry for the OT but I've never heard this story, actually I've never considered the possibility of damaging something by being off the throttle for too long! But how could it damage the inlet manifold? Shouldn't it be the exhaust manifold the one put in a critical state by antilag?

That's my error... it was indeed the exhaust manifold!