[WRC] News & rumours (part IV) 2016

[Simmi]

Bit of a slow news period at the moment but a couple of bits out of Motorsport News today:

WRC2 regs will be tweaked next year, mandating that all the registered drivers much enter and face off against each other at three selected rounds. So the FIA will pick three rallies which must count towards everyone's championship. They want to stop the idea of competitors avoiding each other and tactically selecting events.


It also appears like we'll have a running order solution sorted by the end of this month.
Most likely candidate - D1: Championship order / D2: Reversed championship order / D3: Reversed rally order
Other rumoured alternative - D1: Championship order / D2: Reversed championship order / D3: Reversed championship order


Neither are my favoured solution but I guess they've done it to try and remove any potential road order tactics. I'm a bit past caring now to be honest.

[dupanton]

I have nothing against running in rally order all weekend and the tactics that go with that.
In every sport you have tactics, and without splits it would be difficult to estimate how much you should lose to avoid opening the next day.
They could even change the road order mid-day if they want.

[Simmi]

Al-Attiyah on that VW deal that never happened - http://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/a...medium=twitter

[N.O.T]

Al-Attiyah on that VW deal that never happened - http://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/a...medium=twitter

so according to him VW wanted him to rally but he refused...

Do all these dogs consider rally fans stupid (won't blame them judging by some in here) and they lie all the time ?

[GigiGalliNo1]

I don't believe it either....

[Franky]

so according to him VW wanted him to rally but he refused...

Do all these dogs consider rally fans stupid (won't blame them judging by some in here) and they lie all the time ?

I hope you find your happiness pill some day

[SubaruNorway]

"The WRC TV crew has to use a tripod to make the footage steady enough for TV. They also have to have a spot where their advertising banners can be seen and sometimes a place slow enough for sponsors on cars to be seen. Sponsors pay for our and the drivers enjoyment so we can’t forget them."

Very well said. And exactly the reason why the work of professional crews is not comparable to the work of fans.

Plus:
- for timing reasons the pros usually have to go to places not too far away from a parking spot
- to produce TV compatible footage often very good spots are not possible because of light, viewing angle, objects in view etc.
- the pros don't have the time (= are not getting paid) for doing daylong recces already at home
- the big majority of pictures have to be dedicated to teams/cars who pay for the whole thing

But for sure: There is room for improvement.

Actually WRC TV have more possibilities than the amateurs, they can have helicopter lift into a stage or drive into it up to an hour before i think it is. They also use the heli to transport the tapes as well as motorcycle couriers.

There are many places we have to skip where there are fencing 50m from the road and lots of marshalls, light is rarely an issue unless you have the sun straight into the lense.

They have one or two guys doing the video recce the week before or sometimes a month advance so no excuse, i think it's the Mexican called Omar doing it now? You can follow him on twitter @OmarWRC.

[tommeke_B]

I've been talking with a Finnish cameraman from WRC TV in Sardinia, at that time he had actually already done recce for Rally China...

[Mirek]

I don't think it's so hard to find spectacular places when You have gazillon amateur videos from catching perfect action and only very few of those guys do some recce. The stages are largely same year by year and it doesn't take weeks to be prepared. Study some stage maps, aerial maps on the internet, sometimes google street view, videos and onboards from previous years and You can very well be successful - without any recce and without being a pro.

[stefanvv]

For the fans it is just a hobby, for the professionals - just a job.