[WRC] News & rumours (part IV) 2016

[seb_sh]

Utter madness! It didn't work twice before - so why will it work again? Rotation is not the answer.

If you'd have told me 20 years ago that the WRC wouldn't have Safari, NZ, Sanremo & the Acropolis I'd have thought you were mad. Not only that, the sport is far weaker for it. The WRC is not, and never can/ or will be F1...so stop trying to model it similar. There are plenty of countries with £$£$£$£ wanting to host F1, I doubt that is the case for WRC.

Pick the best events that showcase the sport in it's best light - and stop going to countries that aren't really interested in the WRC. I know it's meant to be a 'World' championship - but the most of the best events are in Europe. Argentina should stay, and NZ simply has to be in the WRC - Australia offers very little, unless it's in Perth.

Indeed, I say build a good product and sell that on TV and Online instead of going for gimmicks or quick money!

Why can't they show the most important stages of a rally? The long and hard ones and explain why they're important. People may be ignorant of rally but they're not stupid and they will naturally appreciate the core values.

[dimviii]

Phil Hammond ‏@PAHammond

Q.
What feature has made the biggest impression/improvement to the WRC over the last 10 years?

43% Live radio broadcast
9% Official website
28% Twitter updates
21% Fan pics & videos


vote here if you like

https://twitter.com/PAHammond?lang=el

[N.O.T]

who is phil and why should we care about his pol ?

[dimviii]

who is phil and why should we care about his pol ?

i dont care about Phil,i just care to see what other spectators/fans think.

[N.O.T]

i dont care about Phil,i just care to see what other spectators/fans think.

you should not, they are the people who click on Blocks youtube videos and the people who glorify those retarded flower pictures of the pros. The majority are just plebs.

[GigiGalliNo1]

Possibly 3 car teams in 2017

http://www.rallysportmag.com.au/home...2017-discussed

[shaitan]

Here is my question:
Why FIA do not try(maybe they do) to bring current WRC car into the same categories with 2017's car in next few years like DTM did several years ago?

1、It's easy to reduce current cars' weight(maybe 50kg-100kg) to match 2017's cars speed
2、It's very 'cheap' for private drivers compare to 2017's cars
3、Can boost private drivers join the top categories with less cost
4、A proper solution for the drivers who without license to drive the 2017's cars
5、We already have R5 class there are no need to create a intermediate category between R5 and A8(correct me if I am wrong)
6、There plenty of old WRC cars available in the market to use

So, it seems all the aspects are good thing for WRC in the future and what do you think about this?

[Simmi]

Possibly 3 car teams in 2017

http://www.rallysportmag.com.au/home...2017-discussed

Makes sense to do this. Gets rid of stupid single car secondary manufacturer teams like Volkswagen Motorsport II. Also coupled with the 'top two score points' proposal there's no messing around with driver rotation, and all drivers are subject to the same point scoring pressures.

My only slight fear (as someone that's going to Monte Carlo) is that not all the teams will have 3 cars ready in time.

[Mirek]

Here is my question:
Why FIA do not try(maybe they do) to bring current WRC car into the same categories with 2017's car in next few years like DTM did several years ago?

1、It's easy to reduce current cars' weight(maybe 50kg-100kg) to match 2017's cars speed
2、It's very 'cheap' for private drivers compare to 2017's cars
3、Can boost private drivers join the top categories with less cost
4、A proper solution for the drivers who without license to drive the 2017's cars
5、We already have R5 class there are no need to create a intermediate category between R5 and A8(correct me if I am wrong)
6、There plenty of old WRC cars available in the market to use

So, it seems all the aspects are good thing for WRC in the future and what do you think about this?

AFAIK it's not so easy to further reduce the weight under current regulations. Also IMO 50 or even 100 kg won't make the cars as fast 2017 ones. They will stay somewhere between. On other hand I can see no issue with keeping them eligible.

[shaitan]

AFAIK it's not so easy to further reduce the weight under current regulations. Also IMO 50 or even 100 kg won't make the cars as fast 2017 ones. They will stay somewhere between. On other hand I can see no issue with keeping them eligible.

I cannot agree with this.
Years ago we see lighter F2 can match the speed with GroupA, so there are no reason current WRC cars cannot do it. Also as reference monza rally show they reduce one spare tyre to balance 2.0T and 1.6T WRC cars' performance. I am sure 100kg is enough weight to balance.

Like WTCC's TC1 car, in first years there are only few cars can compete, that's not good for fans.
FIA have a tremendous success use BOP in their GT3 race surely it can work in WRC.