real life 2020 FIA World Rally Championship

[carpa 233]

juu1ius said:

https://twitter.com/GosiaZya/status/977164779814088705 all candidate WRC locations.

For me it would be New Zealand, Safari and Canada (in winter as a 2nd snow rally). Then again manufacturers only allow up to 14 rallies sadly :/

[Fedemaisonnave 48]

14 rallies is a huuuge amount of rallies, drivers don't have any spare time, with PET, recce and rally, and then the costs, I think 14 rallies is enough, I'd rotate events for example Mexico and Chile, New Zealand and Australia, and then a random location, one year Japan another China another Jordania, so rookie drivers don't have the disadvantage of going through the stages for the first time against a lot of runs of the most experienced guys

[carpa 233]

Fedemaisonnave said:

14 rallies is a huuuge amount of rallies, drivers don't have any spare time, with PET, recce and rally, and then the costs, I think 14 rallies is enough, I'd rotate events for example Mexico and Chile, New Zealand and Australia, and then a random location, one year Japan another China another Jordania, so rookie drivers don't have the disadvantage of going through the stages for the first time against a lot of runs of the most experienced guys

Of course it is, and all you said is true, but they aren't enough for rally fans ;)

[Dytut 37]

http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/march-2018/neuville-test-crash/page/5323--12-12-.html

Well Neuville pushes in testing at least ;-)

[carpa 233]

Dytut said:

http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/march-2018/neuville-test-crash/page/5323--12-12-.html

Well Neuville pushes in testing at least ;-)

Hopefully he has completed his mandatory number of crashes for the season :D

Glad to see the crew is ok, this just goes to show how tough WRC cars are... that looks like a very big hit.

[DiRTKiNG808 8]

HOLY ****! I'm glad that he is okay. Props to the guys who built that car, glad that they are so safe now. It really lets the drivers go all out.

[DiRTKiNG808 8]

For the other rally's I think it would be awesome to max out the calendar and then swap rally's every year. I would think something like this.

Monte Carlo
Sweden - Canada
Mexico
Corse
Argentina - Chili
Portugal
Italy
Kenya - Japan
Finland
Germany
Turkey - Poland
Wales
Spain
Australia - New Zealand

[Fedemaisonnave 48]

DiRTKiNG808 said:

For the other rally's I think it would be awesome to max out the calendar and then swap rally's every year. I would think something like this.

Monte Carlo
Sweden - Canada
Mexico
Corse
Argentina - Chili
Portugal
Italy
Kenya - Japan
Finland
Germany
Turkey - Poland
Wales
Spain
Australia - New Zealand

Mexico Rally doesn't deserve as much as Argentina to get a fixed rally in my opinion

[DiRTKiNG808 8]

Ya, I guess so. They could switch between Chili and Mexico then.

[Porkhammer 78]

DiRTKiNG808 said:

Ya, I guess so. They could switch between Chili and Mexico then.

Yeah Chili doesn't look too grippy.

[cjl9 12]

DiRTKiNG808 said:

For the other rally's 

Umm...the plural of "rally" is "rallies" and not as written.

And certainly does not use a possessive apostrophe.

[DiRTKiNG808 8]

cjl9 said:

DiRTKiNG808 said:

For the other rally's 

Umm...the plural of "rally" is "rallies" and not as written.

And certainly does not use a possessive apostrophe.

Oh, I forgot it was mandatory to have gooder grammar on internet's.

[Etirion 2]

http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/march-2018/barritt-update-/page/5325--12-12-.html

Phil Mills going to be the co-driver for Elfyn Evans at corsica!

[warpengage 103]

Meanwhile, in Corsica:



Those are some darn fast Juniors!

[carpa 233]

https://twitter.com/OfficialWRC/status/982191944532045825?s=20

Well... looks like Loeb found another ditch to get stuck into after the one in the Dakar. I was hoping to see him battle with Ogier this rally :/ , hopefully in Spain

[ShouldBeThere 0]

Where is Sordo's pace? Don't Hyundai chiefly employ him for tarmac events such as this? Neuville's been saying the car is handling horribly, is it just that bad? 

[dwkGravey 0]

carpa said:

https://twitter.com/OfficialWRC/status/982191944532045825?s=20

Well... looks like Loeb found another ditch to get stuck into after the one in the Dakar. I was hoping to see him battle with Ogier this rally :/ , hopefully in Spain

One positive at least is that Loeb isn't stealing points from the drivers who can challenge Ogier for the championship.

[warpengage 103]

dwkGravey said:

carpa said:

https://twitter.com/OfficialWRC/status/982191944532045825?s=20

Well... looks like Loeb found another ditch to get stuck into after the one in the Dakar. I was hoping to see him battle with Ogier this rally :/ , hopefully in Spain

One positive at least is that Loeb isn't stealing points from the drivers who can challenge Ogier for the championship.

You know, I'm not the only rally fan in my house and I was discussing just that at dinner tonight. I think that drivers who don't do a program of, at least, enough rounds to mathematically secure the championship (assuming the same drivers always finish 1st and 2nd respectively), shouldn't be aloud to score points for said championship. They'll still be able to collect the prize for winning the event but points will only be distributed to drivers who are signed up for enough rounds and are actually commited to the title chase.

EDIT: Did the math, to be allowed to score points, you should commit to at least 75% of the championship. That's how I believe it should be.

[carpa 233]

dwkGravey said:

carpa said:

https://twitter.com/OfficialWRC/status/982191944532045825?s=20

Well... looks like Loeb found another ditch to get stuck into after the one in the Dakar. I was hoping to see him battle with Ogier this rally :/ , hopefully in Spain

One positive at least is that Loeb isn't stealing points from the drivers who can challenge Ogier for the championship.

Well with the pace he has, he could have stolen points from Ogier himself... shame he's out. I totally see your point but from what I've seen in the WRC it's quite normal to have different people drive the cars during the course of the season and it usually isn't a big deal, it's just that Seb is too good to do just three rallies :D

[DiRTKiNG808 8]

I really wanted to see Seb vs Seb but, oh well. Ogier is putting in an incredible drive in that Ford. He is not even pushing 100% the other guys just can not keep up!

[dwkGravey 0]

carpa said:

dwkGravey said:

carpa said:

https://twitter.com/OfficialWRC/status/982191944532045825?s=20

Well... looks like Loeb found another ditch to get stuck into after the one in the Dakar. I was hoping to see him battle with Ogier this rally :/ , hopefully in Spain

One positive at least is that Loeb isn't stealing points from the drivers who can challenge Ogier for the championship.

Well with the pace he has, he could have stolen points from Ogier himself... shame he's out. 

True, if Loeb won every rally he was in, it would have pushed Ogier and Neuville closer together in the standings. Win it or bin it, Loeb!

[DiRTKiNG808 8]

I just finished watching the last stage. I can’t stop smiling at the fact that Evans always looks so scared when he is driving. I thought Evans did good for a new co-driver. I hope he picks up the pace in the coming rallies though, to aid Ogier in the manufactures fight.

[Dytut 37]

Hope the frustration doesn't turn into a problem for Neuville. He looks extremely frustrated not being able to keep pace with Ogier.
Tänak does look strongen and stronger, kind of like Neuville did last year. Wonder if he'll be the strongest contender to Ogier at the end of the season. But from how fast the Fiesta is now and how Ogier drives it looks to be extremely hard to challenge him for the title this year.

Looks hopeful that Lappi can be a real title contender next year when he has some more experience, he's starting to have some impressive speed at most rallies now. Still a bunch or rookie mistakes here and there for now.

[DiRTKiNG808 8]

Ken Block is making an appearance in Spain driving a Fiesta. It will be really cool to see him driving the new generation of cars. I can’t wait!

[Dytut 37]

So C3 with new rear axle. I'm calling Breen taking the win in Argentina. He'll be so bloody hungry to drive now.