[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

[EightGear]

So that's 2017, not next year already.

[AndyRAC]

Monte Carlo will start in Valence again next year, with stages the Drome and Ardeche region. So next year, a lot of completely new stages again, at least for the WRC crews..

Good!! Is that instead if this years stages? Or in addition to this years stages.

[nafpaktos]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117559 let's hope they bring it back

What will be the gain for eurosport events if they reach a consensus with wrc promoter??to downgrade its product??

[AndyRAC]

Maybe Eurosport/ ERC should replace Corsica with Valais - why they dropped it is just madness.

[Jack4688`]

Maybe that's WHY they dropped it - to replace Valais beacuse Tour de Corse returns to the WRC because Alsace went tits up because the local fans realised they don't like rallying, just a local hero!

[nafpaktos]

Why they should prefer rally du valais than a rally with HUGE BRAND name??i think they have agreement with the organisers of tour de corse.by switching cosre with valais they downgrade their product and the same moment give a big boost to their rivals.they throw to garbage a rally with huge reputation(everyone knows tour de corse even if he is irrelevant to rallying) for a rally that only rallyfans know and the people of the general area.are we serious?DO I MISS SOMETHING??????all my irrelevant friends to rallying know tour de corse,monte carlo,sweden,rac,but none of them rally du valais,sorry i dont get it.pluto can you help us?

[RS]

Maybe WRC give Monte back to Eurosport so they have one French event each

Apart from the name, I don't see Corse - Valais as a downgrade really. Valais is a nice rally with beautiful scenery and is easier to get to for teams.

[bluuford]

Why they should prefer rally du valais than a rally with HUGE BRAND name??i think they have agreement with the organisers of tour de corse.by switching cosre with valais they downgrade their product and the same moment give a big boost to their rivals.they throw to garbage a rally with huge reputation(everyone knows tour de corse even if he is irrelevant to rallying) for a rally that only rallyfans know and the people of the general area.are we serious?DO I MISS SOMETHING??????all my irrelevant friends to rallying know tour de corse,monte carlo,sweden,rac,but none of them rally du valais,sorry i dont get it.pluto can you help us?

ERC Corsica rally was just an underfunded and pale shadow of the real Tour de Corse. If they get money for proper Tour de Corse and Valais is back in ERC then rally world has won a lot.

[nafpaktos]

Maybe WRC give Monte back to Eurosport so they have one French event each

Apart from the name, I don't see Corse - Valais as a downgrade really. Valais is a nice rally with beautiful scenery and is easier to get to for teams.

If someone see an adveritsment to tv such as <tommorow night stay tuned because you will see action from legendy etc ,tour de corse>and on the other side<tommorow stay tuned because you will see some nice action from the beautiful swiss landscape>which do you think is more attractive?i dont speak for guys like us.anyway its their problem, for me of course i prefer corse on wrc but i just try to understand why people from eurosport can do such a strange and not clever move.i wonder because eurosport always did very clever moves about rallying.

[stefanvv]

Seems Eurosport like a diversity in ERC calendar. Valais is quite unique in that respect, kind of Monte Carlo conditions, stage characteristics, etc. The key point here might also be "easier to get for teams", Looks like this is also very important and we had really good competition in Valais last years, while Corsica was kind of boring, just not enough competition, local drivers were very strong, but that didn't helped much as it seems, and I'm not sure the stages and organisation had anything to do with the classic Corsica event. Perhaps another island event is too much for the calendar.
And don't think "scenery" factor is not important. Eurosport know how to take advantage of this in excellent way.