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17th November 2020, 14:34 #121
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Why does it matter if we say it before or afterwards? We are just users on a forum. It's not like FIA/WRC would pitch ideas from us even if we said it before... but I do remember people wondering why it took so long for WRC to restart, around the Roma Capitale days. And wondering why they didn't try to fill the big empty gap between Sardegna and Ypres. Same thing when Ypres was cancelled, huge gap to Monza but they're just idling and waiting to see if also Monza will get cancelled. There were plenty of people with perplexity over the calendar and the dates, but they were not the ones making decisions...
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17th November 2020, 14:35 #122
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Have you forgotten that Turkey actually moved one week earlier in order to allow Ypres to run on their initially desired date? And how can you be so sure that Sardegna wasn’t possible on a late October slot, while Italy’s cycling Giro finished at the same time?
https://dirtfish.com/rally/ypres-org...-wrc-planning/
Btw, as a few others here, I’ve pointed Ypres date issues some time ago, long before any cancellation info:https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...=1#post1251966Last edited by Rally Power; 17th November 2020 at 14:37.
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17th November 2020, 15:09 #123
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Right, I remembered the Turkey-Ypres clash incorrectly. Possiblty it was then down to the teams complaining that it's too much to do Estonia-Turkey-Ypres with two week gaps, including a rebuild from a rough rally to tarmac spec.
Ypres was moved into a later spot when Rally Japan was cancelled in August. The calendar in this version still could have allowed completion of 7 events until the end of October. Could you have guessed by then that Ypres is more probable to be run in October than Germany?
https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...lly-japan-axed
Also, they moved Sardegna earlier when Germany was cancelled so they weren't just sitting on their asses.
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17th November 2020, 15:12 #124
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What I mean is that you're complaining that FIA does nothing when they're doing the best job that's possible. The reason that WRC didn't react to the better COVID-situation in the summer was that rallies aren't organized quickly, you cannot just call up someone and ask to put up a WRC event next weekend.
You can however point fingers at Hyundai who didn't want to go to Liepaja, otherwise we would have now one more event in the season...having Liepaja take that early August slot probably then blocked off other plans for that time. You can't ask three rallies to host a WRC event for the same weekend hoping that one of them can run it.Last edited by AnttiL; 17th November 2020 at 15:14.
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17th November 2020, 15:40 #125
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It has been said before; we know it's not easy to organise an event quickly - it's quite different to organising an event on a circuit. However, they've constantly been shown up as being reactive rather than proactive.
And the most damning situation for them is how the ERC/Eurosport Events have handled it - and are handling next year. The WRC will have far more resources to organise events, yet they've fumbled around.
Far too many people are giving them a 'free pass' because of the Covid crisis. Their job - is to run and promote the WRC; they got it wrong during the lockdown, and they haven't got the return much better. Three events since March - three opportunities to sell the sport......all the while rival series have been running events regularly in the same period.
Questions should be asked - but probably won't.
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17th November 2020, 15:56 #126
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17th November 2020, 16:01 #127
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When Ypres decided to take Japan slot, Germany was already in danger: https://dirtfish.com/rally/rally-jap...take-wrc-date/
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17th November 2020, 16:29 #128
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There were some ERC cancellations also 2020
ERC just had better luck with Covid19 than WRC
Right events in right places/times.
2021 will also be easier for ERC because their season is not starting January-February, it has nothing do with good promoter."quattro best 4wd rallycar ever"
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17th November 2020, 16:42 #129
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17th November 2020, 16:52 #130
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You can't compare 8 event championship to 14 event championship. It's dealing with totally different things in terms of timing, logistic, diplomacy, bureaucracy, politics and so on.
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