[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

[makinen_fan]

Oh dear... Capito and promoter still insist on final day shootout...

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/113703

The potential for a single-stage shoot-out to decide overall positions on World Rally Championship rounds is under discussion again, with a decision expected in September.


The plan to radically revise the format of WRC rounds, first talked about 12 months ago, was a centre point of the meeting between manufacturers and the WRC Promoter firm last week.


The need for change to the final day of rallies is one of the areas where the two parties are completely aligned.


"This is an open discussion at the moment," said WRC Promoter chief Oliver Ciesla, "but the intention is to increase the drama and increase the attractiveness of this decisive final moment of each rally - and to develop a media moment which leads us to a new level of audience.


"We are talking with all stakeholders in order to find out how that format will be developed to fulfill the needs of what the WRC is; the needs of the audience to create more drama and to make it fair in the eyes of the sporting participants."


Ciesla said change would not be coming before the start of next season.


"The intention is to change for next year," he said. "This is a creative process to find the solution. We are taking input from all sides and we then try to convert it and amalgamate it into the current format for implementation next year.


"We do not expect these changes to come before Monte Carlo 2015.


Archive opinion: Radical change is WRC's only hope


"All proposals have to be made for September's World Motor Sport Council meeting. After that meeting, we could be in a position to make some amendments public. And, for some of the rallies early in 2015, changes could come at too short notice, so there would be a transition period."


Volkswagen's Jost Capito was one of the original architects of the plan and remains committed to it.


"For the general public, we are still in favour of the proposal we put forward of two long days of the rally followed by a Sunday with a final shootout with the top 10 fighting out their positions on one stage - where they can win or lose only one position," he said.


"This could be put in a one-hour television programme, which everybody would understand and is exciting for everybody involved.


"It's also very important for the manufacturers that this kind of programme could be understood by those people who are not the hardcore rally fans - this would help to bring them into our sport."

[Rallyper]

Time to put on those T-shirts from last year again!!

[AndyRAC]

It's time to wonder if RedBull actually understand the WRC......

Whats worse is the people who think its a good idea. Utterly ridiculous.

[janvanvurpa]

Fawking idiots.

The sad state of 4 paid drivers, only maybe 2 capable of winning, 30 car entry fields, spectators fleeing, almost all stems from people listening to Media Types...especially media types with megalomania and delusions of grandeur.
I am generally not an advocate of violence but not dogmatic in anything.
Somebody, somebody with an empty warehouse and some chains and special tools needs to get the Media Wh***s, chain them down and then beat them bloody and senseless---the old break them down then when they are physically and mentally jelly, then bring them back and say "Your job is to make a story of what is THERE, in this case rally---an event which combines speed with endurance and the need for teamwork, and flexibility---so spot thinking your promotional ideas can be over laid on everything.....or these "discussions" will continue...Go to America and advise them what to do with their "Globular Wally Closs", they have no idea what they're doing so they'll welcome your overblown-make-everything-for-the-ignorant-fawks-gawking-at-a-TV ideas.." Then WHAM! WHAM! a couple of blows to sharpen his concentration--"Do you understand endurance now?" WHAM! across the chops "Understand your role---promotion---not deciding direction."

Ahh in a perfect world.
In case you can't guess I am sick of stupid, moronic, air-headed advertising ass-wipes thinking they know what active motorsport people "need".
Fawkin morons.

[Allyc85]

Pathetic idea!! Hate it with a passion!

If cars driving past dosn't interest people, how the bloody hell is that going to make them suddenly watch?! I like the current cars, but Fiestas etc don't interest the casual fan, so maybe looking at changes to that would help make the WRC popular again?

And they can shove the idea for 2 day events up their arses too! If people can watch boring "sports" like cricket for 5 days, then 3 day events are more than fine!

[AndyRAC]

I saw somebody post something on Twitter (it may have been RallyTravel); it's like deciding the 3 week Tour de France with a 100m sprint on the final day.

I've compared it to deciding Le Mans in the last 10 mins.... fastest lap wins, despite the 2nd car being 3 laps down.....

[RAS007]

I saw somebody post something on Twitter (it may have been RallyTravel); it's like deciding the 3 week Tour de France with a 100m sprint on the final day.

I've compared it to deciding Le Mans in the last 10 mins.... fastest lap wins, despite the 2nd car being 3 laps down.....

Agreed. This is fucking farcical. Why not just go all the way and make every rally only one stage long? Capito, shove it up your ass.

[Barreis]

This guys know nothing about rally, only good menagers...

[Sulland]

So is the plan to have all the cars at half speed for 20 ss, to save the car, and then go for it on the last one?

[N.O.T]

So is the plan to have all the cars at half speed for 20 ss, to save the car, and then go for it on the last one?

you can only fight for the spot ahead of you, so they wish that the 2 days of rallying will not be just cruising... i do not like the concept but it is not entirely flawed, definatelly different from what we are used to and contrary to the philosophy of rallying but the thing is that the final day will be full of action....