[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

[GigiGalliNo1]

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/defa...?storyId=31134

Some more detail on the Prodrive Golf. Confirms what I think someone suggested here that it is for the Chinese Rally Championship

There has been a VW Golf in the Chinese Rally Championship for at least the last two years.

I said this. I also said that Atkinson was the one driving the car. No one believed me.

HELLO.

[noel157]

Ogier not happy, understandably but would make things a lot more interesting:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116624

[EightGear]

Ogier not happy, understandably but would make things a lot more interesting:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116624

Qualifying would be the most fair solution, but what we will get now is still better than letting the slowest drivers sweep.

[N.O.T]

There has been a VW Golf in the Chinese Rally Championship for at least the last two years.

I said this. I also said that Atkinson was the one driving the car. No one believed me.

HELLO.

That usually happens when 99% of your other posts are lies...

[smsgrafica]

Ogier not happy, understandably but would make things a lot more interesting:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116624

I think it's just unfair. Artificial excitement is not the right solution. The best driver should always win, but now you'll have the championship leader practically unable to win a gravel round.

Just look at the common rally: 300km in total, with 120km on Friday, 120km on Saturday and 60km on Sunday. So the best driver has the worst road position for 240km out of 300km.

That's a bad idea. Not as much as it was the 10% last stage proposal, but bad none the less!

[Barreis]

How can this be bad idea?! They should put weight bar in every car that won in last three rallies. Or maybe every rally must be won by VW driver?!

[smsgrafica]

So, you just want the best driver/car to be penalized for being better than the rest? That's a competition and the best should win, not the mediocre one.

[Barreis]

Yes it's unfair. But it's boring that in whole season only one rally has been won by other manufacturer then VW. Also don't want to see VW team boss so happy, horrible guy.

[Jack4688`]

It's better than giving the championship leader a head start at the beginning of each rally. Someone has to start the field off on each rally so why give the championship leader the best position? He's already got more points than the rest...

[rallyfiend]

Ogier can complain all he likes.

The FIA have snuck it through in a FAx Vote of the World Motor Sport Council rather than wait until next meeting. Clever.

http://www.fia.com/news/fia-world-rally-championship-0