***The Official Rally Portugal Thread***
Discussion
Alex Langheck said:
Allyc85 said:
Great rally, really close all the way through! Shame there isn't more interest really as it's been the most interesting season for a long time.
This worries me. The last event had a British win - and still the interest is lukewarm. This thread has barely 1 page of comments, the Autosport forum had a handful of comments, Crash even less. F1, BTCC are far more popular, and now even the WEC is seemingly more popular. Why?
WEC/BTCC/F1 all take place in one place and you see far more action than 3 corners of a rally stage seeing 60plus rally cars coming past every 2 minutes.
Coverage, accessibility, lack of domination of one driver, crashes, obvious who is winning and generally know the winner on the day of the race.
I'm a massive fan of rallying and wouldn't want it to change, but in the "instant-gratification" generation I don't think it appeals as a format. I speak as someone born in '89 as well!
I'm a massive fan of rallying and wouldn't want it to change, but in the "instant-gratification" generation I don't think it appeals as a format. I speak as someone born in '89 as well!
The coverage does need looking at, it seems you get 5 seconds of a car on the stage, then 30 of it coming into the stop line and then the interview!
Terrible to hear that Bertelli had a concussion and they wouldn't stop the stage to get him looked at. 3 hours 20 between accident and getting an ambulance is ridiculous..
https://twitter.com/f
kmatie37/status/60283075213...
Terrible to hear that Bertelli had a concussion and they wouldn't stop the stage to get him looked at. 3 hours 20 between accident and getting an ambulance is ridiculous..
https://twitter.com/f
kmatie37/status/60283075213...ArnageWRC said:
TV coverage has always been worse than circuit racing - that doesn't explain why it once was popular, but seemingly now isn't; apart from the Monte and RallyGB.
Not sure what the producer was thinking with the first live stage of the day on Sunday - a live program and decided to show slow motion replays at key times of live action. Desborough is a disaster with the way he talks in riddles and crying out loud Mikko Hirvonen's co-driver speaks with little enthusiasm. shocking really but atleast we did get some live action. Allyc85 said:
The coverage does need looking at, it seems you get 5 seconds of a car on the stage, then 30 of it coming into the stop line and then the interview!
Terrible to hear that Bertelli had a concussion and they wouldn't stop the stage to get him looked at. 3 hours 20 between accident and getting an ambulance is ridiculous..
https://twitter.com/fkmatie37/status/60283075213...
If that is true, then it's pretty poor - and not the type of guy to be upsetting. He could take his money, etc to another discipline. After the Tanak episode in Mexico - Rallying shooting itself in the foot???Terrible to hear that Bertelli had a concussion and they wouldn't stop the stage to get him looked at. 3 hours 20 between accident and getting an ambulance is ridiculous..
https://twitter.com/f
kmatie37/status/60283075213...ArnageWRC said:
TV coverage has always been worse than circuit racing - that doesn't explain why it once was popular, but seemingly now isn't; apart from the Monte and RallyGB.
Its obviously pretty popular in Portugal going by the crowds there! And Mexico, and Argentina, and... maybe just not where you are?It has been interesting to see the resurgence in interest in WRC down here since Paddon got a full time drive - before that national and local rallying was still popular, but WRC had dropped off the radar a lot since losing Rally NZ.
Sports reporting here is mostly just rugby though, they don't seem to realise that a lot of people want to know about motorsport too.
Sports reporting here is mostly just rugby though, they don't seem to realise that a lot of people want to know about motorsport too.
Edited by GravelBen on Monday 25th May 22:45
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