[WRC] Safari Rally Kenya 2021

[er88]

Nelly Ron
@nelly_ron
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WRC Safari Rally 2021 has attracted over 848 million TV viewers in 150 countries, making it one of the most watched global events this year

That's brilliant! That dwarfs any F1 race this year does it not?

[mknight]

Reading the usual after-event Dirtfish articles I am slightly perplexed by the Katsuta and Fourmaux praise levels.

Yes they did great, I commented on Fourmaux especially during the event for his great approach for this kind of rally and on Katsuta for his development process.

But the reality is that no matter how well they did relative to their experience Katsuta was only faster than Greensmith and Fourmaux on speed and Fourmaux was the slowest WRC (after the deserved penalty).

With "normal" retirement rate this would put them on 5-6th place for Katsuta and 7-8 for Fourmaux.

Again great job here and great approach but just about all WRC rallies are won on speed and not due to retirements of others. Therefore I find it really strange when Dirtfish talk about winning a rally next for Katsuta and making him Toyota factory driver and about making Fourmaux MSport #1 next year.

[er88]

Reading the usual after-event Dirtfish articles I am slightly perplexed by the Katsuta and Fourmaux praise levels.

Yes they did great, I commented on Fourmaux especially during the event for his great approach for this kind of rally and on Katsuta for his development process.

But the reality is that no matter how well they did relative to their experience Katsuta was only faster than Greensmith and Fourmaux on speed and Fourmaux was the slowest WRC (after the deserved penalty).

With "normal" retirement rate this would put them on 5-6th place for Katsuta and 7-8 for Fourmaux.

Again great job here and great approach but just about all WRC rallies are won on speed and not due to retirements of others. Therefore I find it really strange when Dirtfish talk about winning a rally next for Katsuta and making him Toyota factory driver and about making Fourmaux MSport #1 next year.

Rich Millener said if he was running Toyota, he wouldn't look outwith Toyota's current drivers for next years lineup. Either Ogier does a full season, or on the events he doesn't do, just promote Taka to pts scorer.

So clearly he rates Taka, or maybe it says more about what he thinks of Lappi/ Suninen/ Mikkelsen or any other drivers that are available. Which could hint worryingly towards Msport running Fourmaux and Greensmith as two of their 3 drivers for next year (nothing against Fourmaux)

[bomber21]

Nelly Ron
@nelly_ron
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7h
WRC Safari Rally 2021 has attracted over 848 million TV viewers in 150 countries, making it one of the most watched global events this year

This is great news for the sport we love, IF IT IS TRUE.

[macebig]

To finish first, first you need to finish. It's neither Takamoto's nor Fourmaux's fault, the i20s decided to show their fragility once again, Elfyn Evans did another silly mistake or Oliver Solberg and Kalle Rovanpera got caught out by inexperience. Both the Frenchman and the Japanese did the best they could, kept it mostly clean and got rewarded for it.

[steve.mandzij]

I can't bring myself to agree with the ratings. I'd honestly have given Neuville a 10. He put in an exceptional, uncharacteristically mature drive and fully deserved the victory...

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[erikli2]

The source regarding the number of viewers is from 2019 and is most likely the number of people who have the possibility to watch the stream in their country, not the actual viewers.

https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/m...8?view=htmlamp

[EstWRC]

Tänak only 6?

Also, ridiculous statements from Clark once again why he gave this rating....

Don’t know why I even bothered to read

[cali]

So you still wondering about Colin's ratings, still relevant?

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[Franky]

So you still wondering about Colin's ratings, still relevant?

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Haven't read any of them but the discussion that follows here is usually entertaining.