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7th September 2007, 01:56 #1
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Distance of competitive stages
Why is it so short? I'm looking at Rallybase, telling me that the rally with the shortest amount of competitive stages in 1984 was the 1000 Lakes, with 457 km!
So why is the current maximum around 100km shorter, with presumably more stage reruns?
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7th September 2007, 05:50 #2
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The limits are set by the FIA, after consultation with the manufacturers.
The current limit is 3 days and 350km.
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7th September 2007, 06:35 #3
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Originally Posted by theugsquirrelJohn Vanlandingham
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7th September 2007, 06:42 #4
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i wouldn't argue with you
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7th September 2007, 06:59 #5
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Originally Posted by bowler
I do recall way back in the last century BR (Before Richards) that one "reason" pulled out of the hat was EU regulations governing Commercial Drivers which they chose to read as applicable to WRC drivers because some are paid, and these rules, written for HGV (poid lourdes) driver stated max permissable time behind the wheel as 8 hours per day. It was deemed that that rule could not be violated or OR!! OOOORR!??
Who knows?
A cynical person might suggest that the entire event runs under short term dispensations from the normal traffic laws and codes from the cars motors, emissions, tires, and obviously the SPEEDS we drive on erstwhile public roads.
Surely I couldn't comment...John Vanlandingham
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7th September 2007, 07:27 #6
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hadn't heard that one.
Those rules tend to apply to commercial vehicles being operated for hire and reward.
The only cargo recently carried, to my knowledge, was some stones carried by Ford a year or two ago, and they paid for that!!
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7th September 2007, 09:44 #7
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Originally Posted by theugsquirrel
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7th September 2007, 09:51 #8
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They were just using the EU rules to cut the amount of mileage, and of course the manufacturers were only too happy to agree. While of course we need the manufacturers, they have far too much say in the running of the sport. What if they decided that 100 miles was the max using only 2 stages??
Get it back to 350-400 miles over 3.5 days.
Is there a better sound than that of Porsche engined Flat-6 ???
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7th September 2007, 10:29 #9
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Rally NZ turned me off long stages from a spectator's point of view, though I'm sure from a driver's point of view they're good. At Rally NZ I got to see the WRC cars more on leg three (which was shorter in terms of stage length than leg two), purely because leg three was more compact and had more stages than leg two.
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7th September 2007, 13:49 #10
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Originally Posted by cosmicpanda
One thing is also that if there was 20 separate 20+km long stages, could they also need three days for recce then?.................................................. ..................................................
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