FIA WRX 2017

[Janneman60 154]

For an insider or fanatic fan it has no real news. But it is a very good article of the last months summing it all up. Thanx for it.

[tbtstt 2,387]

Janneman60 said:

For an insider or fanatic fan it has no real news. But it is a very good article of the last months summing it all up. Thanx for it.

Thanks, it's purpose is summarize all the off-season news in one place! 

[Ruben Correa Alves 28]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7wlRQjT7wA

[tbtstt 2,387]

Areyouben said:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR_5C3j2MMk

It's making my eyes hurt already! :smiley: There was a "3D" Aston at Le Mans last year and it was a sod to take pictures of: I hope the Focus is better! 

STARD cars have been unveiled, look great in the metal:

[Jepsertti 26]

Marklund's Polo looks really nice in my opinion!

https://twitter.com/marklundanton/status/836969194033983489

[Ruben Correa Alves 28]

Loco seems to be sponsering half the field lol.

[zoliRX 3]

Areyouben said:

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Bakkerud should've kept his black/gray/blue livery from last season - easily the best looking car on the field, in my opinion.

[tbtstt 2,387]

Areyouben said:

Loco seems to be sponsering half the field lol.

They seem to be everywhere at the moment: I was watching the opening BDC round last weekend and they have appeared on cars in that Championship as well! 

zoliRX said:

Areyouben said:

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Bakkerud should've kept his black/gray/blue livery from last season - easily the best looking car on the field, in my opinion.

Oooooh, I'm not sure if I can commit to it being the best, but it was definitely up there! As you say, the new livery doesn't look anywhere near as good.

[RallyDriven 398]

Not liking the focus livery, it just looks blurry, and I don't really like the design. Does it actually look 3D if you put glasses on?

[dani211212 328]

zoliRX said:

Areyouben said:

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Bakkerud should've kept his black/gray/blue livery from last season - easily the best looking car on the field, in my opinion.

This 100%

[Porkhammer 78]

Areyouben said:

Loco seems to be sponsering half the field lol.

Because you'd have to be loco to even consider to do such a thing.

[RallyDriven 398]

Reminds me of when an Italian energy drink company (primo energy drink) sponsored Northampton stockcar track. They changed the name to primo energy Northampton, sponsored one of the cars, and the commentator would literally say the word primo every 5 seconds said he was in commission 

[tbtstt 2,387]

Two days before the season kicks off, woo!

[Jepsertti 26]

For some reason this reminds me of the 205 T16 Gr.B, I like it!

https://twitter.com/peugeot_hansen/status/847342633382846465

[RallyDriven 398]

@tbtstt do you or anyone else know where to watch the rallycross this weekend? Doesn't look like it's on quest this year :( unless I'm mistaken

[shadow118 18]

RallyDriven said:

@tbtstt do you or anyone else know where to watch the rallycross this weekend? Doesn't look like it's on quest this year :( unless I'm mistaken

On youtube, maybe? (If it's gonna be geoblocked again, Opera browser has a built-in VPN, at least that worked for me last year)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhZdC4-IDgM

[KingOfCoins 286]

There are many sites that allow you to go around the youtube restrictions. Sadly iøthey usually dont work live

[RallyDriven 398]

Well, I eventually managed to get past the YouTube geo block just in time for the semi finals. Pretty quick racing, and some good action. Especially Bakkerud holding Solberg around the outside from the joker lap exit in the final, and also Hansen getting past Johan on the joker exit!

[shadow118 18]

KingOfCoins said:

There are many sites that allow you to go around the youtube restrictions. Sadly iøthey usually dont work live

Well, the Opera VPN worked just fine for me, and it was live

[SirPhilMcKraken 279]

So everyone is pissed off at the livestream being almost non existant for a lot of countries, only caught the final afterwards on a YouTube upload. Good final though, the VW livery is becoming one of my all time favourite liveries which seems very much against popular opinion! 

[Janneman60 154]

Offcourse a lot of people were pissed of... most of them only found out about the livestream at the moment of startend. This looks very amateuristic of the organiser IMG.

[RallyDriven 398]

I kind of see why it's blocked here in the U.K., as motorsport tv bought the exclusive rights. But for people like myself who don't have sky, it's pretty frustrating that there is no where for me to watch. I'd probably pay a £20/30 subscription fee to watch online for the year 

[SirPhilMcKraken 279]

Yeah I don't get it for example, I would be ok with paying a livestream sub

[KingOfCoins 286]

In Norway they show Rallycross on the state channel which pretty much everybody have accsess too. So I guess we got lucky.

[RyuMakkuro 6]

Dayum the final was epic. After the first day of Qualifiers I thought that Bakkerud would not even get to the finals, but here we have him going balls to the walls with the overtake on the Solberg :D

Kind of not surprised that both previously DTM drivers were fastest on Barcelona, given that it's basically over 90% gravel, or more like 100% in the finals. Still, top stuff there :D Block seems to be doing better as well. Also, is it me or the Polo's have more power at the start of the race but then are definitely slower near the end?