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Post by Will on Apr 26, 2009 18:12:24 GMT
Let's face it, WRC is not what it used to be. 2 manufacturers, 1 driver winning all the time, same faces at the top, no classic events (MC/Kenya/Sweden/Oz)... What would you do to change the WRC? Anything at all to make it appeal to more people, more manufacturers considering joining the WRC, and make it more interesting and/or exciting to the fans. Or, what would your idea of the WRC be? If you could add anything into the current WRC - what would it be? Ideas can be anything at all If you struggle for ideas - Calendar - Car formula - Driver lineups - Stage length/number of stages per rally - Length of rally - Cost-cutting measures which don't compromise sport - Time of day stages run - Points systems - Manufacturers - Service parks - TV rights - Raising awareness of WRC to new people - Sponsors Go ;D
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Post by Nick McRae on Apr 26, 2009 18:16:20 GMT
The FIA cutting the entry fees paid to them for entering the WRC would be a great start in my opinion. Max Mosley has had enough fun with the cash.
Oh and bring back Inmarsat - they rocked!
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Post by Will on Apr 26, 2009 18:30:56 GMT
I think I would change the rally format around. I would keep it as Friday-Saturday-Sunday however I would increase the stage length. Make all the stages 20minutes+ in length I'd have 12 events a year - Monte Carlo - Sweden - Germany - Turkey - Greece - Kenya - Argentina - New Zealand - Australia - Spain - France - UK I would also ban Superally - if you're out, you're out I'd bring back the WRC game series too I would encourage BBC or ITV to broadcast the WRC in the UK (Dave not available everywhere) with a 1 hour programme on the Sunday or Monday evening Change timing to 0.001 of a second Now Paul King cannot say "THEY ARE DEAD LEVEL ZOMG"
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Post by loebfan on Apr 26, 2009 18:33:17 GMT
- What the WRC need is a real coverage, especially on TV. I don't know for other countries but here in France , apart some specialized magazines, there is absolutely no coverage for rallying. For example: last year when Loeb has won the championship, I saw on TV a report wich was 30 seconds long whereas the next report, wich was about Hamilton's victory in F1 championship was... 5 minutes long! (with all the respect I have for Lewis ). -Also the regulations are going crazier each year. I think this too is a barrier to manufacturers that would like to come in WRC. - Concerning the rallies themselves the oonly problem is the calendar: the FIA says they will allow more new countries to be in the calendar and on the other side they put a 12 events calendar instead of the 16 events calendar. ( Do you see the brillance, here? ;D) -Concerning the car formula: Group B FTW ;D
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Post by loebfan on Apr 26, 2009 18:35:02 GMT
I think I would change the rally format around. Coming back to the good olds 1 week long rallies would be awesome
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Post by grenville on Apr 27, 2009 1:06:35 GMT
Man where does one start!
Coverage is probably the biggest thing. There is NO WRC on TV here anymore. Thus the reason I have been missing for however long. Its not fun to follow something solely on a website. Especially a sport that uses sound as half its appeal.
Competition is the next thing. Loeb winning every event is not fun. There is no driver that can compete with Loeb. The closest we have had is Gronholm but his lack of confidence on tarmac never really made a true fight. Cut costs and get more manuf. involved. The fact that Subaru, Mitsubishi, Toyota, Skoda, and Suzuki (all pioneers in rallying) are gone is a crime and the FIA is to blame. Honestly thats why I welcome S2000. It will be nice to see some manuf. out there.
Just my 2c
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Post by Hurricane on Apr 27, 2009 9:34:06 GMT
- Get rid of the FIA - Get the calendar back to 16 events, with all the classics in there (and maybe 2 or 3 alternating events) - Bring on S2000, but please get turbos and other fancy stuff on them - Bring back the official WRC game series - Get more coverage around the world
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Post by mbmz3 on Apr 27, 2009 23:26:31 GMT
Longer stages. No repeating a stage in the same rally. Bring back the classic rallys. Remove the Super rally. Bring back Nicky and Penny for the TV coverage.
Have the FIA say to SpeedTV that if they want to broadcast F1, then they have to cover WRC too!
Any TV coverage here would be great. Don't forget I live in the US and we have no coverage here.
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Post by Roo on Apr 28, 2009 3:17:17 GMT
A cheaper WRC formula, that is more production based, but still keeps 2.0L turbo and AWD. Slightly more power and significantly less weight than Group N. Similar homologation requirements to WRC, but engines have less power, are more "raw" and cars more closely resemble the production vehicle. AWD systems, transmission, gearbox, are all to be developed by one manufacturer (example Prodrive), so the teams are only designing the chassis, body and engine basically.
Junior category would be current R-class production based FWD vehicles such as Swift, Clio, C2, 207, etc.
A calendar of twelve to fourteen events seems ideal, as then there is money saved on excessive travel. A minimum number of events to be held overseas, and at least one rally to be held in each continent every two years, to purely recognise it is a world championship.
All events (including the classics) would be stringently reviewed at the end of each season. The two worst performing rallies would be dropped and another two would be allowed on. This will encourage not only better stages and entertainment value but also better safety.
An emphasis on rallying being an endurance sport, not a sprint on gravel. Events to retain three day format, but must have elements designed to test both man and machine. Up to the rally organisers what this is, but longer stages, minimal servicing, night stages are all things that are lacking at the moment.
Every third season, an internet based election open to the rallying community will be run to determine the heads of the FIA. Therefore, the spectators, the drivers, the teams, will all vote in the person/s they genuinely feel is doing the best for the sport.
Once the WRC is functioning properly, the interest will rise, and TV coverage will follow.
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Post by loebfan on Apr 28, 2009 20:18:50 GMT
All events (including the classics) would be stringently reviewed at the end of each season. The two worst performing rallies would be dropped and another two would be allowed on. This will encourage not only better stages and entertainment value but also better safety. That reminds me of last year's Monte Carlo. The organisers decided to make the assistance park in Valence be forbidden to spectators and put huge mettalic fences between the public and the park This is definitely something I don't want to see next January.
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Post by Hurricane on Apr 28, 2009 20:23:30 GMT
As always very good arguments there Roo!
I particularly like the event reviews and the internet based election of FIA heads.
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Post by Roo on Apr 29, 2009 10:46:31 GMT
That reminds me of last year's Monte Carlo. The organisers decided to make the assistance park in Valence be forbidden to spectators and put huge mettalic fences between the public and the park This is definitely something I don't want to see next January. It sounds like they could have designed that aspect a little better. Probably a last-minute requirement the FIA wanted. But I think what the organisers need to look at is spectator behaviour out on the stages. I think we all saw the video of Loeb in 2007 almost running over a policeman, and Galli also clipped a spectator in that same year. There's an onboard of Atkinson in 2006 that clearly show spectators swapping the road, reminiscent of Group B crowds, not something we want to have back. Anyway, of the points I made before, the only thing I would change is the end of season rally reviews, maybe a bottom three or four would work better than just two events.
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