2022 Rallying

[NaBUru38]

Loeb won at Monte Carlo with a Ford.


It's not the car, it's the drivers.

[ArnageWRC]

The Monte is a specialist event, and can't be taken as a true reflection of a car's outright pace.

However, it might help if a true top line driver was in it; but on another forum it was reported they didn't do a pre Finland test.

[TzeiTzei]

WRC puts a lot of stuff on their Youtube channel, but it's all quite short and not very inviting. If they want grow their fan base, then these days I think that a strong presence on platforms like Youtube is the way to go.

[ArnageWRC]

Yes, it's all pretty poor. And having WRC, ERC & WorldRX behind a paywall is a massive mistake.

[NaBUru38]

I understand that they charge 10-15 dollars per month for live streams of every WRC1 car. I don't understand two-minute daily highlights.

[pimmy]

You can still watch the daily highlights on Red Bull TV. It's not all behind a pay wall.

[ArnageWRC]

25 min daily highlights are nice to watch, but aren't going to bring in more sponsors, manufacturers, etc
Fine in the 90s/early 00s but not in 2022. The WRC needs some free to view live action....

[justracing]

A rare mistake from the young maestro in Belgium and Tanak takes the win by a slim margin from Evans. Rovanpera's off was absolutely huge, how on earth the team repaired it in 4 hours is beyond me and Craig Breen's excursion in the Ford along with the Hyundai of Neuville in the closing stages must have been a real blow to their teams chances.
I'm lucky enough to be able to watch on BT Sport but as others have said putting the whole event behind a paywall is very damaging, the Red Bull TV offering hardly constitutes full coverage.

[S griffin]

Yes, that could be a very costly mistake from Rovanpera. Great win from Tanak and good charge by Evans. Seems a very challenging rally, where mistakes are easily punished. Great coverage by ITV4 as always

[Tel 911S]

Originally Posted by S griffin

Yes, that could be a very costly mistake from Rovanpera. Great win from Tanak and good charge by Evans. Seems a very challenging rally, where mistakes are easily punished. Great coverage by ITV4 as always

Ypres is very challenging .
Have done it several times , and the ditches are not very forgiving .
Pace notes must be spot on , with cuts on the corners needing to list how deep, and how early or late .
And some places on the tarmac are so slippery that you can spin just from lifting off the throttle .

But a very good , although hard work , event .

[BertMk2]

Originally Posted by S griffin

Yes, that could be a very costly mistake from Rovanpera.

I don't think it'll have much impact - his lead is still pretty healthy looking. It'll take a couple more dnf's from Rovanpera (and some consistency from his rivals) to make the title fight interesting.

[S griffin]

True, but he needs to make sure he doesn't repeat the mistake or let it get to him.

[justracing]

South Down Stages 3rd December http://southdownsstages.co.uk/
Wrap up warm!

[BertMk2]

So Hyundai finally get a good result: 1-2-3 a clean sweep of the podium. Again M-Sport seemed to have the pace in the car to get a decent result but manage to somehow come away without a car on the podium even when the Toyotas falter. Strange weekend really with the Toyotas not really being in contention - not often that's been said this year. Hyundai certainly made the most of the opportunity.

[NaBUru38]

Standings after the Acropolis Rally:

• 1. FIN Kalle Rovanperä (Toyota), 207 pts
• 2. EST Ott Tänak (Hyundai), 154
• 3. BEL Thierry Neuville (Hyundai), 131
• 4. GBR Elfyn Evans (Toyota), 116
• 5. JPN Takamoto Katsuta (Toyota), 100
• 6. IRL Craig Breen (Ford), 77
• 7. FIN Esapekka Lappi (Toyota), 58
• 8. ESP Dani Sordo (Hyundai), 49
• 9. GBR Gus Greensmith (Ford), 36
• 10. FRA Sébastien Loeb (Ford), 35
• 11. FRA Sébastien Ogier (Toyota), 34
• 12. FRA Pierre-Louis Loubet (Ford), 30

Next round is at Auckland, New Zealand on September 29 - October 2.