2024 WRC News & Rumours

[satnav]

It’s for 2025 rather but anyhow: https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/wrc-i...or-broadcasts/

Seen this today, i've listened since the early 90's to rally comms and the only thing you ever heard was stage clear messages and stage times , even when Carlos's engine let go in 98 apart from Bruno Thiry on the radio to John Milly nothing to note.

I notice that Larkin is comparing all this to F1 ??

Just looks like another stupid idea from the WRC Promotor to try and spice up something that doesn't need it.

[PLuto]

It’s for 2025 rather but anyhow: https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/wrc-i...or-broadcasts/

For me this is completely stupid idea...

[saco0o]

great. sports became enterteinment and now the enterteinment is becoming just 'distractions'. noticed how motogp, supercross and now wrc wants 'radio'? its literally for content. to upload "funny radio compilations' after the race, like f1 does because no one finds joy on watching that anymore. f that, this is getting so lame. i havent even watched the 3 min highlights for croatia, i just read the results. idk bout you fellas, but im basically done with wrc =/
sorry for the rant.

[ictus]

Rally1 with no hybrid is really stupid imo, less power but still with the added weight of the hybrid.

you do realize that the power form the hybrid unit is not constant... It's there only for very short periods. So for a first time out it won't make a big differance

[Walach]

The question is how much of a difference this non hybrid makes in terms of the rental. Even if it is some 10 % cheaper (doubt it is as much) it does not solve the current WRC issues, at all.

[rallyfiend]

great. sports became enterteinment and now the enterteinment is becoming just 'distractions'. noticed how motogp, supercross and now wrc wants 'radio'? its literally for content. to upload "funny radio compilations' after the race, like f1 does because no one finds joy on watching that anymore. f that, this is getting so lame. i havent even watched the 3 min highlights for croatia, i just read the results. idk bout you fellas, but im basically done with wrc =/
sorry for the rant.

Yet here you are posting on a forum for the most hardcore of hardcore fans....

If you read the article, it seems like having usable radio could help the performance of the crews, and even be useful for keeping cars in the rally...

[tonirali]

Having base-to-car radio comms used to be common, right? The only truly novel thing would be having it be open for broadcasting purposes. So yeah, imo radio is fine, but using it to milk entertainment doesn't seem like a good idea.

[denkimi]

It’s for 2025 rather but anyhow: https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/wrc-i...or-broadcasts/

It seems like that's an idea by someone who has absolutely no idea what rally is. Someone who doesn't know there's a codriver constantly talking and a driver constantly listening.

The only time any radio messages will be send is when they are not on stage, but often they will then not be in the car and will use their phone and not some radio. Perhaps some funny remarks could be made now and then, but it will never be comparable with circuit racing.

Having base-to-car radio comms used to be common, right? The only truly novel thing would be having it be open for broadcasting purposes. So yeah, imo radio is fine, but using it to milk entertainment doesn't seem like a good idea.

They all have base to car comms, it's called a smartphone. They can even stream video in both directions.
They also have a system so that the director of the rally can send them messages, and they can send them back.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

The question is how much of a difference this non hybrid makes in terms of the rental. Even if it is some 10 % cheaper (doubt it is as much) it does not solve the current WRC issues, at all.

If it's enough reduction to enable some extra Rally1 cars with WRC Promotor help it's only a good thing if only for the next 18 months.

WRC Promoter’s Senior Director of Sport, Peter Thul added: “We identified the need to put more resources into supporting the next generation of potential WRC world champions and assisting them in making the challenging step from the support categories to our sport’s highest echelon."

[skarderud]

Mikkelsen in Rally1 in Poland.

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