2020 Rallying Thread (WRC, ERC and national rally)
Discussion
mike80 said:
I presume you know it's been postponed til October?
I love Ypres, I've been to the rally for the past 3 years, pretty gutted not to be going this year!
I do I love Ypres, I've been to the rally for the past 3 years, pretty gutted not to be going this year!
Getting back onto rallying content, it’s a shame Haydn Paddon had something in place this year only for Covid to ruin it - the livery he was planning on running looked amazing!
Neuville also looks like he had an exciting opening test...
Edited by Skylinecrazy on Wednesday 10th June 14:50
Finally put together my video from last years amazing visit to Sardinia!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tow4o2v_ITs&t=...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tow4o2v_ITs&t=...
Allyc85 said:
Great filum ... 
on the Jurassic Coast when viewed on my iPhone
df76 said:
At a national level I'd only be expecting a few rally sprints to take place this year / first half of 2021. It's depressing but I can't see how anything else can happen.
To be honest, I was hoping for that - but I think that's maybe wishful thinking. I suggested something similar over on the British Rally forum, and it seems like it's not viable.Can someone explain to m e why an event at an old airfield say, closed to the public, could not be held, yet a company like MSV has said they can hold events at their tracks open to the public with obvious precautions, and something liek Silverstone museum can open?
Is it the co driver sitting next to the driver that's the problem? Fairly daft when you think 80% of the time he is wearing the equivalent of PPE!!
Is it the co driver sitting next to the driver that's the problem? Fairly daft when you think 80% of the time he is wearing the equivalent of PPE!!
LukeBrown66 said:
Can someone explain to m e why an event at an old airfield say, closed to the public, could not be held, yet a company like MSV has said they can hold events at their tracks open to the public with obvious precautions, and something liek Silverstone museum can open?
Is it the co driver sitting next to the driver that's the problem? Fairly daft when you think 80% of the time he is wearing the equivalent of PPE!!
The big hurdle is currently you can't have 2 people in a competing car. Added to that, currently rallies use time cards (issues with handling them) Whilst race meetings use responders. (some race meetings will be run with one timekeeper at the circuit and the rest remotely.) Is it the co driver sitting next to the driver that's the problem? Fairly daft when you think 80% of the time he is wearing the equivalent of PPE!!
Drumroll said:
LukeBrown66 said:
Can someone explain to m e why an event at an old airfield say, closed to the public, could not be held, yet a company like MSV has said they can hold events at their tracks open to the public with obvious precautions, and something liek Silverstone museum can open?
Is it the co driver sitting next to the driver that's the problem? Fairly daft when you think 80% of the time he is wearing the equivalent of PPE!!
The big hurdle is currently you can't have 2 people in a competing car. Added to that, currently rallies use time cards (issues with handling them) Whilst race meetings use responders. (some race meetings will be run with one timekeeper at the circuit and the rest remotely.) Is it the co driver sitting next to the driver that's the problem? Fairly daft when you think 80% of the time he is wearing the equivalent of PPE!!
Another one though is MSUK are currently insisting every marshal is signed on remotely about a week before the event, they need to have a full register of people, contacts for family members etc and they also need to have diagrams of exactly who is positioned where. A nightmare for a multi venue rally.
Added to that is the PR issue, on any rally all householders on the public roads need to be informed by letter of the passing of a rally, some need a personal visit. This is very difficult and not very PR friendly with the current Covid climate. ( it’s currently not allowed in certain areas I was told by someone close to the rallies committee)
A 'proper' multi stage event seems 'no go' at the moment - so a single venue event/circuit based Rally TimeTrial/ Rallysprint is surely at least possible? Only one person in the car, one venue, one set of officials/marshals, etc Treat it like a race meeting, it's got to be worth looking at. The worst outcome for the sport is just cancelling every event; a nightmare scenario for the sport.
The devils lockdown tests happening tomorrow ( yes Monday) is a sort of mini version of the rally sprint idea. Single venue, well contained no spectators. But drivers only, no navigators.
Uses Rowrah Kart circuit in Cumbria.
Has a good entry of historic road rally cars. They filled the entry withIn four minutes of opening on line and have about 25 reserves!.
Uses Rowrah Kart circuit in Cumbria.
Has a good entry of historic road rally cars. They filled the entry withIn four minutes of opening on line and have about 25 reserves!.
Allyc85 said:
There are a couple rally sprints planned at the moment, one at Sweet Lamb and another at a rally experience school I believe.
Yes, I saw that - one wishes them well, lets hope they get a decent entry; having spectated on the Sweetlamb version quite a few times, it's a good event. Oddly rally sprint type events have always been popular in places like Scandinavia and to some extent Benelux, but it seems in Central Europe they still use nav, whereas in Scandy they tend to car share, so you can often see the same car with several numbers on it but only one driver.
A brilliant idea and something that for some reason never catches on here with rally sprints. Probably due to cost. Land costs the same whatever you are doing on it.
A brilliant idea and something that for some reason never catches on here with rally sprints. Probably due to cost. Land costs the same whatever you are doing on it.
Drumroll said:
Uk rallying finally allowed to start again. not sure how many events will take place this year though.
Still to follow guidelines about vehicle occupancy though, so until that is changed by the government in the appropriate country it will still be unworkable.Hopefully that change will come by the time the events actually happen.
I thought the vehicle occupancy issue had been resolved, hence why rallying will be able to go ahead?
I was bemused to read on Dirtfish that they want to use events, where it would be hard for spectators to attend, yet the Wyedean might run in the Btrda. That's the easiest gravel rally to stage hop!
I was bemused to read on Dirtfish that they want to use events, where it would be hard for spectators to attend, yet the Wyedean might run in the Btrda. That's the easiest gravel rally to stage hop!
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