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Hi everyone. I couldn't find anything on this, so I figured I'd start up a poll to see what we all think. Here's the idea:
Like Formula 1, World Rallying is losing global appeal. And fast. The FIA have woken up to this and are considering implementing the following nw rules and regulations regarding rally structure and cars:
- Rallies will now take place following the 'highly successful' SuperRally system as used by the Australian Rally Championship. This involves two Heats each day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, repeating the stages in order. Points are awarded at the end of each Heat (sort of a championship-within-a-championship) and the driver with the most points at the end wins. This will allow drivers who retire in one heat to keep on competing, provided the car is repaired without breaking the rules.
- Overall route length will be shortened by repeating each stage more frequently. This is designed to make the sport more spectator-friendly by cutting down travel time to and from stages.
- Gravel crews will only be given ONE car to practice recee in, with ONE run over each stage in order ot prepare an entire team. This will be done on Friday morning in conjunction with the SuperRally system, with the first Heat starting that afternoon.
- In order for more sponsorship, driver numbers are now placed in either a small square on the door or on the rear passenger windows.
- Co-driver naems are not to be placed beneath driver names.
I think these new proposals are appaling:
- Whoever call the 'SuperRally' system 'highly successful' has no idea what they're talking about (bet it was Gary Connolly). It has done NOTHING for the ARC whatsoever. Many dirvers complain about how the competition is forced to repeat each stage once every heat for four heats, meaning about four or fives stages max are used over the enitre course of the rally.
- How can one gravel crew prepare an entire team for three days' competition by passing over a stage just once?
- We can no longer see who's who when a driver goes past. I actually like to know who I'm cheering for during a rally. Bring back the old highly-visible white square/black number that they used to use! Ubless you're like that Japanese fan at Rally Japan who had a poster of every driver in the field painted into an A3 scrapbook.
- And this last one is shocking? Isn't the co-driver a part of the team? If it weren't for these guys, few drivers would actually finish a rally. Though Peugeot did find a novel way around this by sticking the co-driver's name on the body of the car. The FIA was not amused.
Like Formula 1, World Rallying is losing global appeal. And fast. The FIA have woken up to this and are considering implementing the following nw rules and regulations regarding rally structure and cars:
- Rallies will now take place following the 'highly successful' SuperRally system as used by the Australian Rally Championship. This involves two Heats each day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, repeating the stages in order. Points are awarded at the end of each Heat (sort of a championship-within-a-championship) and the driver with the most points at the end wins. This will allow drivers who retire in one heat to keep on competing, provided the car is repaired without breaking the rules.
- Overall route length will be shortened by repeating each stage more frequently. This is designed to make the sport more spectator-friendly by cutting down travel time to and from stages.
- Gravel crews will only be given ONE car to practice recee in, with ONE run over each stage in order ot prepare an entire team. This will be done on Friday morning in conjunction with the SuperRally system, with the first Heat starting that afternoon.
- In order for more sponsorship, driver numbers are now placed in either a small square on the door or on the rear passenger windows.
- Co-driver naems are not to be placed beneath driver names.
I think these new proposals are appaling:
- Whoever call the 'SuperRally' system 'highly successful' has no idea what they're talking about (bet it was Gary Connolly). It has done NOTHING for the ARC whatsoever. Many dirvers complain about how the competition is forced to repeat each stage once every heat for four heats, meaning about four or fives stages max are used over the enitre course of the rally.
- How can one gravel crew prepare an entire team for three days' competition by passing over a stage just once?
- We can no longer see who's who when a driver goes past. I actually like to know who I'm cheering for during a rally. Bring back the old highly-visible white square/black number that they used to use! Ubless you're like that Japanese fan at Rally Japan who had a poster of every driver in the field painted into an A3 scrapbook.
- And this last one is shocking? Isn't the co-driver a part of the team? If it weren't for these guys, few drivers would actually finish a rally. Though Peugeot did find a novel way around this by sticking the co-driver's name on the body of the car. The FIA was not amused.
