[WRC] News & Rumours 2019

[Andre Oliveira]

That search to WORLD championship will kill WRC, that and F1zation of rally FIA have to understand... Rally is a traditional sport, the most untouched... better.

[Allez Andruet]

Rallying is a european sport... if you are ok with 40 car entry lists in some irrelevant countries just because you want a "world" championship then you are the problem.

That search to WORLD championship will kill WRC, that and F1zation of rally FIA have to understand... Rally is a traditional sport, the most untouched... better.

In a way I do agree, but... the safest way to kill a sport is to keep it untouched. Rally, like any other sport, needs to be attractive, and to be attractive (towards manufacturers, sponsors etc.) means that you need to have a plan for growth. And to grow, you have to be Global. One way or another. And don't get it wrong, there are ways to do it. WRC going to Japan or Africa would be brilliant, totally different than F1 (which, just to clarify, I have zero interest for) going to Azerbaijan or Bahrain.

Like it or not, the masses (i.e. the majority of onsite WRC crowds) don't give that much about the supporting classes. They're there to see the best cars and the drivers they know by name. So for them it's irrelevant whether there's 40 or 120 cars on the entry list.

Ofcourse WRC has to understand that most of its fans are European, but that doesn't mean we can't go Global.

[T16]

In a way I do agree, but... the safest way to kill a sport is to keep it untouched. Rally, like any other sport, needs to be attractive, and to be attractive (towards manufacturers, sponsors etc.) means that you need to have a plan for growth. And to grow, you have to be Global. One way or another. And don't get it wrong, there are ways to do it. WRC going to Japan or Africa would be brilliant, totally different than F1 (which, just to clarify, I have zero interest for) going to Azerbaijan or Bahrain.

Like it or not, the masses (i.e. the majority of onsite WRC crowds) don't give that much about the supporting classes. They're there to see the best cars and the drivers they know by name. So for them it's irrelevant whether there's 40 or 120 cars on the entry list.

Ofcourse WRC has to understand that most of its fans are European, but that doesn't mean we can't go Global.

Why do you say something HAS to be global to grow?

What interest do the manufacturers have in visiting countries they have no intention in selling in?