2023 WRC News & Rumours

[typhoon]

you sure?
ps: wrc is till aired on fta rai in italy.

I don't think the TV deals in the past were better than now.

There's no way in hell the audience on L-Equipe was bigger than what's now there on Canal+.

Same in the UK. ESPN was dire compared to ITV / BT Sport as it is now.

What I can tell for sure is that RAI in Italy had every Sunday a 90-mins free-to-air, live-tv coverage for each WRC event, reaching an average of 500k viewers, now it shows 20mins of highlights at 11pm with 100k viewers.

And then, at the end of the day, we can have a look at the actual broadcasters of the WRC worldwide, eventually: https://www.wrc.com/en/more/tv-guide/
Few years there were 4 deals in China only. Now except Japan and a bunch of countries, it disappeared. Something's wrong out there.

If I was in any relevant position at WRC Promoter, I would have fired the teams in charge of arranging TV deals and distribution. Their "Media Mix" plan failed. Full stop.

[EstWRC]

What this has to do with 2023 news and rumors?

[WRCStan]

Those sponsors came to WRC when

the respective drivers brought them along.

[wyler]

What I can tell for sure is that RAI in Italy had every Sunday a 90-mins free-to-air, live-tv coverage for each WRC event, reaching an average of 500k viewers, now it shows 20mins of highlights at 11pm with 100k viewers.

And then, at the end of the day, we can have a look at the actual broadcasters of the WRC worldwide, eventually: https://www.wrc.com/en/more/tv-guide/
Few years there were 4 deals in China only. Now except Japan and a bunch of countries, it disappeared. Something's wrong out there.

If I was in any relevant position at WRC Promoter, I would have fired the teams in charge of arranging TV deals and distribution. Their "Media Mix" plan failed. Full stop.

check the end of north one adventure before full stopping...

[Rallyest]

Only measure is stage times.

C3 had been great on all tests.

To be fair, at the second half of the season there were less and less "whining" by Hyundai drivers about the performance and drivability of the car.

And from Tänak's words the reason for leaving was not so much about the car anymore but the state of the team.

So that shouldnt be much of a surprise that Hyundai is very well prepared for a new season

[TypeR]

Yet somebody has to keep pushing the development..
and the weakest/funniest part is that second season is starting and they still don't have a team principal.

[Rallyest]

Yet somebody has to keep pushing the development..
and the weakest/funniest part is that second season is starting and they still don't have a team principal.

Thats true, about the development.

But wasnt it confirmed that Cyril Abiteboul will be the new Team principal?

[sinepikohv]

Abiteboul is not confirmed. Perhaps because Capito and FXD are free men now and Hyundai want to bring them onboard?

Also, Eric Boullier was planted at Hyundai by Dirtfish and others as the new team principal too. Didn't happen though now did it.

The state of Hyundai is worrying but hopefully the new principal (if one comes, of course) will bring peace.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Gus Greensmith has joined Toksport for 2023 !!

His first WRC2 event will be Rally Mexico.

[TypeR]

Awesome WRC2 list this year.. but on the other side it's sad that there will be one less WRC car..
Seems like this season rally1 cars won't even fill the top10 WRC points slots..