[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

[Eli]

yep the IRC is the best there by a long shot.

[BDunnell]

Nobody follows a motorsport for its rules...

Forget motorsport specifically: I think that's a moot point. Of course rules have a bearing on the success of one sport against another. Why is snooker a bigger sport internationally than pool? Why didn't other forms of football and tennis catch on? Deep down, it's all in the rules.

[BDunnell]

Er, hello - there won't be any casual fans - as already said, the casuals want something simple to watch - not something requiring a calculator.

So do I, as an enthusiast, want something simple to watch. I suspect I'm not alone in that. Where's the enjoyment in something complex? Recent F1 qualifying rules spring to mind.

One problem with the shoot-out as proposed is that, as mentioned by another poster above, the quickest driver in it may still not end up winning. How is that helpful?

[RAS007]

"I think this is a good proposal, it can improve the show and make it more easy to present to television," said Nandan.

Can someone explain me how this nonsense would make it more easy to present to tv? How is it different from Sunday stages now? They drive flat out Power Stage to get bonus points already, and factory drivers are always on it often saving tyres on previous stages. The rest of the drives have nothing to win or loose anyway. Also if there will be odd numbers of crews then what will happen to the last one, who do they compete against?

+1

[OldF]

IMO the shootout, or could it be called the final duel, would ruin the spirit of rallying what rallying is about, the endurance performance. I would say that in rallying it’s impossible to do a perfect performance every single second without any mistakes compared to circuit racing where the conditions are known and it’s easier to drive the optimum lines on every lap. Why in HE*L should the fastest driver been punished if he / she makes a small mistake in this shootout and loose a comfortable margin.

What about if the difference between second and third is only 0,1 second before this last “shootout stage”? In this shootout format the third one would be at the best third and in the worst case fourth compared to second in the traditional (and the correct one) way.

In the interview by Colin Clark with Jost Capito, (http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/media/podc...114--80--.html) Jost Capito says that a “shootout” can’t be a separate event to a WRC rally but he’s still gives as an example the FAFE rallysprint with 100.000 spectators, which was not a part of Rally Portugal but related to the rally.

If rallying wants more fans imo the only way is to have more of these “Fafe rallysprints” with easy access before a rally and broadcasted on free view channels. This would give for the potential future fans the opportunity to plan the rally weekend for spectating the rally. Also advertising info how to get to the stages and the itinerary of the rally would help the occasional fans how to find “easy access” to the rally.

If WRC want some more media attention, this post by Antony Warmbold (an excellent one) would not for sure help WRC get any more media coverage (http://www.motorsportforums.com/show...l=1#post997229

Just my few cents and humble opinions.

[Eli]

https://www.facebook.com/WorldRally?fref=nf

[OldF]

https://www.facebook.com/WorldRally?fref=nf

http://www.motorsport4sale.com/nyhet...mitsubishi-r5/

”Hans-Erik Weng på plats bredvid den läckra rallybilen berättade att om allt går som planerat blir det tester i rallyskogen i slutet på juli.”

If everything goes as planned the testing of the car starts at the end of July.

[makinen_fan]

Maybe the best tweet by the promoters so far!! And yet its the format that is to blame for the low fan numbers... Seriously WHO is in charge of this account?

Top footballer @neymarjr being filmed by top motorsport cameramen tonight - WRCTV's Paddy Tyndall in action #wrc pic.twitter.com/nVt4y59ckl

[Mk2 RS2000]

Instead of Shakedown, why not run a Rallysprint to determine start orders for the real rally that follows.
Associated with this run a championship for the rallysprint.
That way one could utilise the Rallysprint to gain exposure and hopefully gain a proper following for the true rally

[N.O.T]

Instead of Shakedown, why not run a Rallysprint to determine start orders for the real rally that follows.
Associated with this run a championship for the rallysprint.
That way one could utilise the Rallysprint to gain exposure and hopefully gain a proper following for the true rally

welcome to last year.