I have been showing my young cousing (15yo) some WRC highlights and coverage and social media etc over the last month. He watches Motocross and V8SC basically, but hes aware of Motorsport in general. I asked him what they shoud do to "IMPROVE" rally in his opinion.... He answered: "Ah, 3 days is way too much for me, man. Even the three separated day highlights are too much. If they had one full weekend highlights in 15 or 20 minutes, that would be gold. Otherwise, those cars are super rad. They should run them in Gymkhana format, where people can see them and cheer for the battles. Or have them racing one or two close stages only, where all the fans can gather and watch in one place. I would not go out there to watch ONE CAR passing each 3 minutos to have to walk kilometers to the next stage. No way"
I mean.......... Its a "youngster opinion". Thats not RALLYING, but MAYBE some promoter could bat an eye on that simple idea haha
Next to show him rallycross?
Never stop dreaming because one day it might happen.
I do wonder though, how new fans currently come into the sport. Since you pretty early hit the wall known as RallyTV subscription, which is now pretty darn expensive for what it brings to the table. ...
He's right on the cars being instantly recognizable. Group A and early WRC era had that. You knew the Escorts, the Celicas, the Imprezas, the Octavias cause they were nearly identical to road cars...
You judge the whole younger generation of fans based on just one group you saw? That's quite a generalisation. We all started not knowing anything until we learned, you know.
Last year I attended the Acropolis Rally, and something really stood out to me. There was a group of young fans standing next to me, and they barely knew any drivers apart from Sébastien Ogier —...
I do wonder though, how new fans currently come into the sport. Since you pretty early hit the wall known as RallyTV subscription, which is now pretty darn expensive for what it brings to the table. ...
[WRC] Vodafone Rally de Portugal...