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  1. 3 hours ago, ianism said:

    I'll be honest (and I'm sorry if he ever reads this) but Bennett and his car did absolutely nothing this year to interest me in what happens with them next year.

    Yep, absolutely. As I have said before I admire his enthusiasm (and if I had the money I'd love to do what he was/is doing), but he is out of his depth in World RX and competing in an unproven (and unreliable) car. 

    If I was in his shoes I'd be incredibly frustrated at this point, as he has surely thrown a lot of money at World RX for little return and zero results. 

    He would have been better off running his ex-OMSE Fiesta in the UK and European Championship to gain experience while properly developing the MINI outside the race weekends. 

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  2. Bakkerud hasn't been the cleanest in the past, but yeah, absolutely terrible way to lose the Championship. I think the fans have picked their own winner though...

    It seemed highly unlikely, but latest article on Motorsport.com confirms that there will be no UK World RX round next year:

    https://www.motorsport.com/world-rx/news/silverstone-dropped-2020-calendar-economic/4596103/amp/?https%3A%2F%2Fwww.motorsport.com%2Fworld-rx%2Fnews%2Fsilverstone-dropped-2020-calendar-economic%2F4596103%2F&__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR1gqAw1tzJpWGIWPUhMZJS2JwRqHtSRN54jlkHCWlEypT4vskfueOye9L4

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  3. 1 hour ago, PJTierney said:

    How is stewarding done in World RX?

    In F1 there are a number of FIA staff who are present at every round, plus 1 or 2 former drivers that rotate duties across the season.

    It used to be local stewards at each event @PJTierney (which is why there always seemed to be a convenient disqualification to get Duval into the final in Belgium!), but I am not sure if that has been revised as they were talking about reviewing the process a year or so ago. 

    Either way I am sure that the FiA/IMG have some overriding authority. 


  4. 46 minutes ago, JorritVD said:

    overall I think they give the championship to Timmy, so it would give it a bigger chance they will return next season, as the RX Cartel will return anyway.

    As much as I try to steer clear of conspiracy theories, this isn't the first questionable stewards decision made at South Africa: the disqualification of Block at Killarney in 2017 was very questionable and, at the time, many said it was purely to put another Peugeot into the final. 

    RX Cartel I am not so sure about. From what I gather they are going to have to work hard to secure a budget for next year. 

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  5. 1 minute ago, RallyDriven said:

    I will be disappointed if there is any action with the investigation. It was purely a racing incident, Andreas was wide, Timmy went for the gap and the made contact. Yes it cost Andreas the lead, but he had already lost the lead when he went wide, it just meant that gronholm went into first rather than Timmy. Plus Timmy came of worse (in regards to the race, not as it turns out in the championship).

    I don't entirely agree with you, but I would be surprised if there is any change now. 

    Yes Andreas was wide, but the gap wasn't big enough for Timmy to pass cleanly and, if Timmy had got past at that point it would have been "push to pass" and, exactly as it was for Kevin/Niclas at Abu Dhabi, the result would be corrected.  The crucial element was that Andreas was forced onto the barrier by the contact with Timmy and slowed enough to allow Niclas through. If Bakkerud had retained the lead then he would have had enough points to win...

    ...but, as said in my first line, I seriously doubt that the results will change now. 

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  6. 11 minutes ago, JorritVD said:

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    Probably they found a trick, but it is not allowed according to the technical regulations. 

    I thought that might be what you were referencing: that is a regulation I questioned in the past, as multiple European rallycross cars (used in the European and World Championship) have been based on WRCar shells. 

    The European regulations actually originally included a line that said that World Rally Cars could be used (from 2000 to 2002), then this was reversed and the line that you have quoted was added in. The best theory is that the FiA didn't/don't want any car that is "obviously" a WRCar being used in anything other than the WRC, which is why they reversed that wording @JorritVD

    Many recent builds have been based on WRCar shells - some of the M-Sport Fiestas, the Prodrive MINIs, the VW Motorsport Polos, the GRX i20's, multiple DS3's - plus a load of older 90's and 00's European Championship cars. It is really just the shell that is the "WRCar" part though: virtually everything else is different in the rallycross car.

    There have been some questionable cars in the last few years: the Polo definitely isn't one of them. It's just a fantastic bit of engineering.

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  7. 22 hours ago, JZStudios said:

    I don't know who he is, but he's less annoying than Forrest or whatever that usually narrates. What's wrong with him?

    Well as you've asked @JZStudios, I'll tell you...

    My dislike for Neil Cole started over a decade ago when Dave (that's a TV channel we have here in the UK) started showing coverage of the WRC. The coverage of the WRC was hosted by two presenters, one of whom was Neil Cole. At that time I found his presenting style stilted and he didn't seem to have any real understanding - or passion - for what he was commenting on. I found it rather frustrating that, when they were many better rally presenters available in the UK, they were using him..

    ...fast forward a decade and he continues to get presenting jobs - many of which involve motorsport and most recently the World Rallycross - yet his delivery is still as unenthusiastic - and he is seemingly as uninformed - as he was all those years ago.  Compare him to Ed Leigh (who did the WRC coverage back in the day) or Andrew Coley (who does the World Rallycross) and you'll see what I mean: two presenters who clearly have enthusiasm and passion for what they are doing. 


    NB: Fun Neil Cole story for you: I was fortunate enough to be at the DiRT 3 launch event at Battersea power station a few years ago and, after watching the launch, I settled down to get my hands on the game for the first time and who decided to sit down next at the console next to me?...

    ...Neil ******* Cole, that's who. I then had to endure 10 minutes of him re-doing a 30 second piece to the camera and spouting utter nonsense. I contemplated hitting him with the controller I had in my hands on more than one occasion, but I was aware that a camera was rolling and that it was a waste of a good controller. 

    15 hours ago, koog2003 said:

    What about this awesome track from Nitro ? It would be so NICE to have with the mega jump @PJTierney 🙂

    "This is the best rallycross track in the whole world !" (Kevin Hansen) 

    I think the sun got to Kevin: he clearly thought he was in Holjes when he made that comment @koog2003:classic_biggrin:

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  8. 47 minutes ago, JorritVD said:

    I cant imagine that people still miss the Volkswagen team (and it’s illegal WRC car) after this season. 

    Illegal car? 

    39 minutes ago, RallyDriven said:

    Well that was a pretty mental final wasn’t it?

    Bonkers! I celebrated when Timmy stuffed it into the wall, then got sad when I worked out the numbers as Timo retired. 

    With four wins I'd say Timmy has earned the Championship, but I still am yet to warm to him as a driver. Gutted for Bakkerud, a whole season and it is decided on countback. 

    The real champion though? Niclas Gronholm: damn his appendix!

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  9. 6 hours ago, AlexSpartan316 said:

    @tbtstt in your honest opinion,why Subaru Tecnica decided to not invest in the Rally scene anymore? I mean as a manufacturer,i’m Not talking about privateers.you think we are going to see Subi again invest in a rally project in the future?

    Combination of factors I think @AlexSpartan316. Trends in car sales (both domestic and foreign markets) were changing and the WRC program seemed less relevant, '06 or '07 were awful seasons for SWRT and '08 was really the final nail in the coffin. I wonder just how different the 2008 campaign might have been with McRae onboard and if he could have extracted more from the S14: and perhaps prolonged the existence of SWRT.

    Subaru still have some factory involvement with the Japanese (and Pacific-Asia) Championship, plus Subaru USA seem have heavily invested in their US rally programme with Vermont...

    ...as for a return to WRC I can't see it happening in the near future. The WRX STI is too big to work with the current regulations. If the rumours about the next WRX STI are true and it is going to be based on a smaller platform, then perhaps they might have a suitable car, but with changes to the regulations coming I can't see Subaru getting involved until those come into effect. 

    6 hours ago, gfRally said:

    @tbtstt  I have no mental investment in the EJ25, my heart isn't with any particular block.  I like the boxer design.  I was a bit stuck on the EJ25 over here because it was the engine that Subaru put in every car for many years and had the thought that it was also used in the US rally cars for this reason.

    I suspect that the reason the EJ20 isn't mentioned on a lot of the press material is because it isn't great to show the competition car using a different engine to the showroom model (especially given how much the US marketing seems to focus on the direct connection between the stage and showroom models).

    Yeah, can understand that you were/are trapped by the market. A lot of the Forester crowd really rate the EJ25 and, to be fair, the UK hawk (the first UK model to get the EJ25) was OK, it was the hatch when the trouble (specifically ringland failure) began. Although that was later proven to not be directly connected to the engine itself, it gave the EJ25 a real stigma. 

    Shame that the UK got stuck with the EJ25 because of the US market. It's perhaps an unfair judgement on my part, but there is no way I'd buy a post-2005 UK model because of that engine. 

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  10. 9 minutes ago, AlexSpartan316 said:

    For what I see you really dislike the EJ20/22t engines...you almost hate it 😆

    (sarcasm)

    One of my favorite channels,this guy have a lot of passion for Subi boxer engines.

     

    Although it is not entirely without merit, the EJ25 ruined the UK variant of the Impreza. The EJ25, perhaps unfairly, has a real stigma attached to it in the UK, as the hatch was plagued with engine issues. 

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