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19 Jan 2004, 10:44 (Ref:843125)
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R.I.P. World Rally.
Well, Mad Max Mosley threatened to do it. Seems he's carried out the threat.
Competitors will score points on each day of an event, and will be allowed to rejoin a rally on the day after "retiring". Is this the end of rallying as we know it? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ly/3401629.stm |
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19 Jan 2004, 12:12 (Ref:843169)
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I wonder if it means Max has screwed up F1 so badly that no more damage can be done -- so now he's decided to turn his sights on another series ...
If WRC survives this year without audiences, perhaps he'll get the idea that these meddling changes are not the way to go. But, being Max, the only real hope we have is getting McRae to take him on as a co-driver in Cyprus and scaring the liver out of him. |
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19 Jan 2004, 21:49 (Ref:843195)
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More that Dave Richards took over the rights to a series he has no real input into. Sad really. The old WRC format is fine, I dont know why they are mucking around with this.
Its a copy of the Aussie version of the ARC Superseries, where the same course is used 2 days in a row, so if you blow up on Saturday, you take your position on Sunday. But in a 3 day WRC rally, no stage is used twice unless its a demonstration one like Langley Park. So there will be 4 winners possibly on a WRC weekend, one for each day, and an overall one. |
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19 Jan 2004, 21:50 (Ref:843198)
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Since he is so good at straightening out problems, why don't we just send him to the middle east?
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19 Jan 2004, 22:16 (Ref:843230)
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dretceterini: do you have a death wish? I mean I know your joking but thats just a scary thought
I don't know if this will actually get passed by the motorsports council, god I Hope not...maybe do it for constructors points but the whole point of rallying is finding the compromise between speed and crash |
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19 Jan 2004, 22:20 (Ref:843236)
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Re: R.I.P. World Rally.
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20 Jan 2004, 00:11 (Ref:843386)
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Avsfan: Of course it was a joke...but I am really tired of those who run motorsports having no consideration of the wishes of the fans...
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20 Jan 2004, 01:16 (Ref:843445)
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The problem is, they think they are doing it for the fans. But by that, they mean tv-fan friendly.
The good old days when the RAC rally was a real test of 45 stages over 5 days have gone. Now you get crammed into a few stage miles run twice because that's what the casual fan wants. And the end result is hailed a success, despite the fact that the actual spectator numbers on the stage has halved. |
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20 Jan 2004, 08:08 (Ref:843632)
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more like 70 stages W
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20 Jan 2004, 10:55 (Ref:843812)
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On several WRC events in 2003, many of the stages were used twice. They don't even seem to have the imagination to run them backwards second time through anymore... Woolley's right, world rallying as it once was disappeared years ago. 
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20 Jan 2004, 11:31 (Ref:843859)
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The rally GB aka 'South Wales Police fundraiser' - ran a lot of stages twice didn't it? Very poor.
I can understand the reasoning - centralised service point so teams don't have to re-locate throughout a weekend (should in theory reduce the cost). That doesn't make it right though - some of the classic stages have been lost forever to the WRC. |
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20 Jan 2004, 23:47 (Ref:844773)
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And bring back RWD since I'm on the crusade. Preferably in a Manta, Escort or Sunbeam.
Sorry, I'm drooling again! |
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21 Jan 2004, 13:25 (Ref:845420)
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What will end up happening is the World Championship will have bugger all bearing on who wins the actual stages. A bloke can go balls out and win the first two days, stack on the third, and possibly wind up with more points than the rally winner
And we thought all the third driver mucking around was the worst it could get..... Last edited by racer69; 21 Jan 2004 at 13:26. |
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21 Jan 2004, 18:39 (Ref:845719)
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This years Monte Carlo Rally has only 9 different stages.
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21 Jan 2004, 19:52 (Ref:845808)
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To be really obtuse, why bother with the WRC anyway? Its a manufacturers publicity stunt. Support your national rally programmes instead they provide much more fun and excitement
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22 Jan 2004, 17:36 (Ref:847163)
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After all, if a driver loses a lot of time on the first day by a visit to a ditch, then they've currently got the rest of the event to try and make up time and hopefully score a few points at least. Under this new system, if you've lost a few minutes on day one with an off and find yourself down in 20th, there's not much incentive to try and fight back to finish 8th. You could potentially be better off parking the car- even if it's still fairly healthy- immediately, getting it checked over and any damage fixed, and then taking the start the next day to try and score points for top placings on the second and third legs.... |
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26 Jan 2004, 14:19 (Ref:851097)
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This proposal ranks up there with the most ridiculous things I've ever heard.
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26 Jan 2004, 14:33 (Ref:851113)
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Let's hope Max doesn't see NASCAR's scoring system...
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