The 2016 Rallying thread (WRC, ERC, RX, etc)
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Spencer sport entering 2 R5 Mirages in the BRC, and running Tom Caves Fiesta for the whole season - http://www.msabrc.com/osian-pryce-leads-spencer-sp...
Good news 'The MSA British Rallycross Championship in association with Odyssey Battery will be broadcast by BT Sport'
http://www.rallycrossbrx.com/news/bt-sport-to-broa...
http://www.rallycrossbrx.com/news/bt-sport-to-broa...
Sweden will go ahead but with much shorter or different stages all together - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122730
Snow is apparently forecast in the area for weds onwards, how much tho is the question
Snow is apparently forecast in the area for weds onwards, how much tho is the question
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http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/02/09/m-sport-boss-e...
Fairly honest interview. The WRC has been left behind by other series - offering better coverage, entertainment, bang for buck....etc
Fairly honest interview. The WRC has been left behind by other series - offering better coverage, entertainment, bang for buck....etc
Great pics Confucius, the S12B is still a thing of beauty 
I do think its too easy to blame Loeb/Citroen dominance for a fall too. By the time those 2 took hold of their dominance most of the then stars of the sport were on the way out of the sport, and only a few had the chance to emulate McRae/Makinien/Sainz/Gronholm etc, and the sport was on a decline from the mid 00's.
I think people just got bored of the cut and paste rallies the championship had turned in to. We lost Safari in 2002 and that was the last of the endurance tests. Acropolis gradually got dumbed down from the car killing event it was in the 90's early 00's to just another gravel round there after.
Rally fans are a fickle bunch lately. I've read a bunch of comments complaining that WRC Sweden is now nothing more than a national event and isn't worth it running. but these people would be the same ones whinging if they'd have cancelled it!
Over the weekend there was a post shared by a friend on facebook of how a navigator had exclaimed that "rallying in the UK was f
ked!" all because he'd been stopped from standing where he wanted to on the Gwendraeth Rally in Pembrey. when someone suggested he come out and spectate in the woods (where its easier to get to places than on a single venue event) he said he couldn't be bothered to do all the walking, or the suggestion of marshalling an event was met with "and be stuck in one place all day? what if its a st location!?" 
Alex Langheck said:
http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/02/09/m-sport-boss-e...
Fairly honest interview. The WRC has been left behind by other series - offering better coverage, entertainment, bang for buck....etc
Good interview. He's bang on with a lot of points. Particularly where he's saying that manufacturers are sponsoring events with the biggest media coverage (except maybe Volvo & ocean racing, not sure it gets more media coverage than motorsport. But Volvo have been sponsoring tv programmes on Sky recently.)Fairly honest interview. The WRC has been left behind by other series - offering better coverage, entertainment, bang for buck....etc
I do think its too easy to blame Loeb/Citroen dominance for a fall too. By the time those 2 took hold of their dominance most of the then stars of the sport were on the way out of the sport, and only a few had the chance to emulate McRae/Makinien/Sainz/Gronholm etc, and the sport was on a decline from the mid 00's.
I think people just got bored of the cut and paste rallies the championship had turned in to. We lost Safari in 2002 and that was the last of the endurance tests. Acropolis gradually got dumbed down from the car killing event it was in the 90's early 00's to just another gravel round there after.
Rally fans are a fickle bunch lately. I've read a bunch of comments complaining that WRC Sweden is now nothing more than a national event and isn't worth it running. but these people would be the same ones whinging if they'd have cancelled it!
Over the weekend there was a post shared by a friend on facebook of how a navigator had exclaimed that "rallying in the UK was f
ked!" all because he'd been stopped from standing where he wanted to on the Gwendraeth Rally in Pembrey. when someone suggested he come out and spectate in the woods (where its easier to get to places than on a single venue event) he said he couldn't be bothered to do all the walking, or the suggestion of marshalling an event was met with "and be stuck in one place all day? what if its a st location!?" 
RyanTank said:
Over the weekend there was a post shared by a friend on facebook of how a navigator had exclaimed that "rallying in the UK was fked!" all because he'd been stopped from standing where he wanted to on the Gwendraeth Rally in Pembrey. when someone suggested he come out and spectate in the woods (where its easier to get to places than on a single venue event) he said he couldn't be bothered to do all the walking, or the suggestion of marshalling an event was met with "and be stuck in one place all day? what if its a st location!?"
Well that's annoying ......what a ked!" all because he'd been stopped from standing where he wanted to on the Gwendraeth Rally in Pembrey. when someone suggested he come out and spectate in the woods (where its easier to get to places than on a single venue event) he said he couldn't be bothered to do all the walking, or the suggestion of marshalling an event was met with "and be stuck in one place all day? what if its a st location!?" If it wasn't for all us marshals he wouldn't be able to "go and play".
I used to / still occasionally compete and now I put something back by marshaling which I enjoy anyway
To be fair we are appreciated by the majority of competitors
Anyway moving on........who is out on the Cambrian this Saturday ?
As great as an event as it is, not me sadly
Stage 12 in Sweden as it stands.
https://twitter.com/bestofrallylive/status/6971159...
Stage 12 in Sweden as it stands.
https://twitter.com/bestofrallylive/status/6971159...
RyanTank said:
Over the weekend there was a post shared by a friend on facebook of how a navigator had exclaimed that "rallying in the UK was fked!" all because he'd been stopped from standing where he wanted to on the Gwendraeth Rally in Pembrey. when someone suggested he come out and spectate in the woods (where its easier to get to places than on a single venue event)
I can see his point. I'd say the vast majority of competitors/organisers/marshals got into the sport by initially spectating. If it becomes difficult/impossible to spectate then where will the next generation of competitors/organisers/marshals come from? The exodus has already started in my own group of friends, some who previously went to up to 40 events a year have stopped going at all. That can't be good for the long term health of the sport? ked!" all because he'd been stopped from standing where he wanted to on the Gwendraeth Rally in Pembrey. when someone suggested he come out and spectate in the woods (where its easier to get to places than on a single venue event) I realise that something had to be seen to be done of course, otherwise there'd not be a short term future never mind a long term one. It's a shame that the actions of a few idiots have wrecked the sport I used to love to watch.
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