[WRC] News & Rumours 2019

[dimviii]

Hayden Paddon
‏ @HaydenPaddon
21m21 minutes ago

Not long until we are driving again! Looking forward to sharing more news and our 2019 calendar with you next week. A big year lays ahead! Working harder than ever with preparation, training and driving to step things up another notch. 2019, here we come...... #watchthisspace

[Marcco]

Hayden Paddon
‏ @HaydenPaddon
21m21 minutes ago

Not long until we are driving again! Looking forward to sharing more news and our 2019 calendar with you next week. A big year lays ahead! Working harder than ever with preparation, training and driving to step things up another notch. 2019, here we come...... #watchthisspace

Any idea what that might be? I only hope he means rally

[Marcco]

whoever considers that the future of main motorsports is electric and other shit is stupid... ok its not a big surprise since most motorsport fans are uneducated trash so its normal.

But motorsports is a way of advertising to the public, if there is not a following then there will be no motorsport, and NONE will ever pay a ticket to see electric garbage and NONE will pay for a TV subscription.

So please contain you retardation and try and have a common sense look to the whole situation.

i understand that your stupidity does not let you see through the new trend of climate change cult but at the end of the day motorsports are there to make money (directly or indirectly) so there is not way in the next 20 years to see electric garbage taking the main stage... we might see some stupid shit like that KERS system but other than that petrol will move motorsports in the immediate future.

Well, people race with horses, dogs, skis, bicycle, rollers... or whatever that it possible to race with, regardless it make any sound or not. Electric cars will be no exception. It's humans nature to compete. Money making comes afterwards, it's another expression of humans nature to compete with others.

[AnttiL]

Any idea what that might be? I only hope he means rally

At least he's going to do GRC European Rallycross.

[Rallyper]

Well, people race with horses, dogs, skis, bicycle, rollers... or whatever that it possible to race with, regardless it make any sound or not. Electric cars will be no exception. It's humans nature to compete. Money making comes afterwards, it's another expression of humans nature to compete with others.

What you are saying is that rallying with electric cars just change audience from pure rallyists to just common people liking competiton. Fine.

But I´m out...

[RS]

It seems that manufacturers are actually the only people interested in Formula E. I have just had a look at Formula E fans forum and it is actually dead. There is just 1 post this year and last year there were 6 (six posts in the whole year!) and most of them say that this championship is boring as hell

Check it out yourself:
https://www.motorsportforums.com/for...p?42-Formula-E

P.S. That doesn't mean that I don't agree with your post.

Forum posts are not necessarily a measure of a series popularity. On Autosport the FE threads are much more popular than rallying for example.

I am interested in lots of different motorsports but I use this forum only for rallying, because it’s the best

[Jarek Z]

What you are saying is that rallying with electric cars just change audience from pure rallyists to just common people liking competiton. Fine.

But I´m out...

Me too. It didn't work with Formula E. Have you ever seen anybody interested in it?

[RS]

Well, another answer is that apparently Agag and FE managed to get exclusivity on FIA Formula Electric - something. So even if F1 wanted to, they wouldn't be able to!

This is correct. I believe it was for 25 years.

[GravelBen]

At least he's going to do GRC European Rallycross.

And a few NZRC / APRC rallies.

[AnttiL]

Forum posts are not necessarily a measure of a series popularity. On Autosport the FE threads are much more popular than rallying for example.

Maybe the problem is indeed that this is a traditional motorsports forum. I know one guy from work who follows Formula E but doesn't care about other motorsports. He's a gaming/programming/electronics enthusiast.