[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

[liposh]

What about team member holdind board with words: "Go go go driver XXX" or "Slow down driver XXX" ??? :-D

[jonkka]

That has to be proved first I guess. Otherwise is going to be a circus.

Proving is not a problem, all (works) cars have on-board cameras that record every second of the stage. If you meant proving the existence of the pit board. Then again, how to prove it was genuine and not a ploy. Or instead of a pit board with a time on it, two guys with green shirts means "go faster" and one with red shirt means "go steady".

[PLuto]

Well, Volkswagen team principal Jost Capito told AUTOSPORT: "It's the same for everybody, so OK. But you cannot stop this.

"It's impossible to police - what if somebody from our team shows a split time to [rival driver] Thierry Neuville? Is Neuville then out?

Taken from here http://www.autosport.com/news/report...medium=twitter

Opinions of Jost Capito are always crazy, since he joined Volkswagen...

[PLuto]

Proving is not a problem, all (works) cars have on-board cameras that record every second of the stage. If you meant proving the existence of the pit board. Then again, how to prove it was genuine and not a ploy. Or instead of a pit board with a time on it, two guys with green shirts means "go faster" and one with red shirt means "go steady".

Yes, this should be possible. But it will be much more difficult to realise it and not so easy to understand. Especially if there will be more drivers fighting for victory (I hope for it)...

[EightGear]

But will we still be able to see the splits on WRC.com?

[stefanvv]

Proving is not a problem, all (works) cars have on-board cameras that record every second of the stage. If you meant proving the existence of the pit board. Then again, how to prove it was genuine and not a ploy. Or instead of a pit board with a time on it, two guys with green shirts means "go faster" and one with red shirt means "go steady".

Proving the pit board itself is not a problem with onboard cameras as You say. The proof of geniality is another case. Anyway if drivers don't count such as info/provocation, they soon would disappear, no?

[makinen_fan]

But will we still be able to see the splits on WRC.com?

From the wrc.com article "Split times will remain available to teams and fans to view as normal."
The "normal" is a bit questionable as we know...

[Juha_Koo]

Opinions of Jost Capito are always crazy, since he joined Volkswagen...

Some yes, but I don't see how this particular opinion is crazy?

I thought of the exactly same thing when I heard the news. Anyone can go and buy team (fan) clothing and after that go onto stage and show split board to crew from competing team. After that it is "word against word" – how would this be policed? I would like to believe that there are no actors in our sport who would even thinkin playing dirty like this but you never know.

[jbmarcus21]

Full Gallery Photos and Videos ... Hyundai Test Days Monte Carlo with Neuville & Sordo
http://planetemarcus.com/hyundai-pre...te-carlo-2015/

[EightGear]

From the wrc.com article "Split times will remain available to teams and fans to view as normal."
The "normal" is a bit questionable as we know...

Thanks, I hadn't read the WRC.com article yet.