Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread

**J4MIE** · 29th June 2022, 14:39

One of the rules is that as soon as you’re OTL you get penalties for every stage after that. So even though we had a completely healthy car and we’re keen to drive some mileage, there was no incentive to.

Maybe you should be able to restart at the start of the next section of you wanted to? Would mean less of a penalty.

**AnttiL** · 29th June 2022, 14:46

Usually just not enough time to haul the car back to service, let alone fix it.

EDIT: or were you talking about OTL situation? I didn’t even know you can restart after OTL.

**WRCStan** · 29th June 2022, 14:58

Originally Posted by J4MIE

Maybe you should be able to restart at the start of the next section of you wanted to? Would mean less of a penalty.

I've posed this before and response was that it could encourage potentially dangerous scrambles to recover crashed cars and also puts pressure on officials on tight itineraries. All retirements should be treated equally too IMO.

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 30th June 2022, 15:50

Top Gear @BBC_TopGear

Feast your eyes on the Ford Puma Hybrid Rally1

Watch Chris Harris put it through it’s paces in the snow on this week’s all-new #TopGear. Sunday 8pm on BBC One and BBCiPlayer !

**Eli** · 30th June 2022, 16:01

Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

Top Gear @BBC_TopGear

Feast your eyes on the Ford Puma Hybrid Rally1

Watch Chris Harris put it through it’s paces in the snow on this week’s all-new #TopGear. Sunday 8pm on BBC One and BBCiPlayer !

I love the fact Chris keeps rallying so close to his heart, wish the people up there in the high places would share his same enthusiasm to it so we wouldn't be deprived of a rally in the UK & Ireland.

**cali** · 30th June 2022, 17:25

Originally Posted by Eli

I love the fact Chris keeps rallying so close to his heart, wish the people up there in the high place would share his same enthusiasm to it so we wouldn't be deprived of a rally in the UK & Ireland.

Chris Harris is one of very few top motoring journalists. I like his content a lot

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**EstWRC** · 1st July 2022, 08:23

Short clip about the top gear episode coming up https://youtu.be/-NnTWxIPHzA

**lmmjvss** · 6th July 2022, 14:30

New suspension for all the ExtremeE trucks! They can push harder from now on. Some will crack eventually, but you can already notice some difference on the sideways moves. Nice! Really into this concept. Qualy 1 is "rally" style, against the clock. Very cool

**lmmjvss** · 6th July 2022, 14:32

Tho Im still scared about the day when one of the trucks get on fire and the driver is inside... Safety crew is aaalways so far away from the actual track

**Päss1928** · 7th July 2022, 06:25

Just a thought. Why couldn't WRC do 1 stage per rally in full EV mode. It wouldn't bother the fans if it's just 1 stage, but would give the manufacturers a chance to demonstrate their EV capabilities, which could in theory attract more manufacturers. Win-win?