[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

[AMSS]

The gravel tire is actually quit good(though not on level with Michelin) but the tarmac tire still is way off the pace of both Pirelli and Michelin.. But this is why they hire new people..

[Eli]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/120614 why vw will continue kicking ass in 2017

[Mk2 RS2000]

Oh come on, Australia as last round no please. They run when here is night and you lose some of the action.

Works for us OK after all we have to sit up all night and then go to work all day afterwards while following all the WRC events in your part of the world.

[Simmi]

Big respect to fans in Oceania and different timezones. Definitely something us Euros take for granted.

As has been mentioned elsewhere I don't think the final round has anywhere near the significance it used to.

Final-round championship battles used to be almost guaranteed - or at least that's what it felt like. Since the turn of the millennium we've had just six final-round showdowns. The last time it happened was 2011. For what felt like utter domination during the Loeb era, one third of his title campaigns were decided on the final round. What we'd give for that now under Ogier/VW.

If Ogier does win the title as expected in Australia it will be the most dominant season since 2005 when Loeb won it with three rounds to spare.

[AL14]

Of course big respect for you fans in NZ and Australia, I didn't mean to disrespect you by saying I don't want final round "down under". Just, you know, the break from one championship to the other seems to be eternity and, as an addicted rally fan, I want to enjoy the last round as many as possible.
BTW FIA has all the rights to decide to choose Australia as last rally of the year and it would be absolutely legit.
In the contrary, I hope for more rallys in your timezones, like China, South Korea and so on, we all deserve to enjoy as more action as possible.

[bassist]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... rally.html

Oh dear, this is tragic news. R.I.P.

[Mk2 RS2000]

[QUOTE=AL14;1063894]Of course big respect for you fans in NZ and Australia, I didn't mean to disrespect you by saying I don't want final round "down under". Just, you know, the break from one championship to the other seems to be eternity and, as an addicted rally fan, I want to enjoy the last round as many as possible.
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Yes know how you feel.
To make if a little more time (sleep) consuming, many Kiwi's have been following not only the antics of Hayden Paddon & John Kennard but also of Scott Dixon in Indy Cars plus Mitch Evans and Richie Stanaway in GP2 and then there is all the group racing sports cars in Europe.
At least we can follow all the Kiwi's running in the Aussie V8's at a reasonable time.

To date it has been a long year and we still have a team known as the All Blacks and the Rugby World Cup to come.

[AndyRAC]

With the success of NZ drivers, all the more reason for RallyNZ to be in the WRC, rather than the current Rally Australia.

[Eli]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/120700 Safety meeting following the deaths in recent rallies around the world.

[Eli]

http://en.best-of-rallylive.com/News...-end-September and perhaps super license for 2017 world rally cars.