Superb footage, music to my ears. I.e. no music apart from the engines. Only just suggested to me, but with the great season we've had this year seems ancient. F1 would die for a championship this close. WRC is best motorsport on the planet, again.
I stared rallying in 1973, at 21 years of age, and dumb, dumb to what was about to greet me. I have compete and over 60 rallies, not many by some standards but 15 of those were either State or National events. Oh by the by I live in Australia. 1980 till 1988 I won many class and State awards and even though not a National rated competitor sure had some fun. . I competed in the 1989 Australian Rally Championship in a Mazda 4x4 Familiar (8th overall national ) and the 1989 Rally Australia in a Ralph Schmidt (Austria) built Audi Quattro Group A. I went to the 1982 and 1984 Rally of New Zealand as a spectator, what a event, what a country, what fun, and I defy anyone to tell me now that Group 'B' is still that fastest Rally Car Group compared to current times.. The fuss that was made and still is made about that group (B) is unfounded and out of kilter with what is on the road today. The Peugeot 205 T16 was fast by any standard in 1983,4,5 with drivers like Ari Vatanan and Timo Salonen. They were something to behold. The likes of Hannu Mikkola driving for Audi S1 in the 1000 Lakes gave the sport the most publicity ever seen. Sadly the powers of the sport over reacted by banning the cars. The Corsica Rally was very sad and we lost a real champion. Yes it was to have been driver error, no public in sight. Maybe poor course signage, who knows. But, and I say But drivers do make mistakes and some a real deadly. The cars and the drivers weren't the problem it was the public..??? The death of Group 'B' was poor course control and the fact they couldn't control the crowd, Portugal 1985 is a prime example (Sintra stage) comes to mind. Any death is one too many ..but you go there knowing it's a dangerous sport. Some go for the crashes????? I know first hand, trees don't move when the are 2 meters in circumference. but cars bend and people get hurt. If the public want to see the sport the they need to be controlled. Controlled to the point where no access to the course where the car will come within a limited space that could injure people. I'm gob smacked by the Finish Rallies you see on You Tube where people are running to the car before it has even stopped rolling to pull it back on the road........really, is that smart? How dumb are they these drunken fools, don't tell me they are not, as no intelligent safety aware person would do what they do. Yes there could be serious injury, to the crew. Are all those drunk spectators doctors? are the experienced in patient care? Is the site safe from fuel explosions????. The directors need to be more proactive and mitigating perceived problems. But $$$$$ are the issue aren't they. No Bucks ...No Buck Rogers. Sponsorship. Then again some sponsor may well like death and carnage......So more security more cost. Double edge sword. Is it protect the dumb uninformed, or the rally crews. I say dumb because every motor racing event has one or four who will put their lives in the way of a race car, some how or another. Rallying today is a small brother of F1. They re-run stages over and over the same roads because they have eliminated the shifty bits and put in the spectacular bits then water them down for the TV coverage and the sell it to the public. In my early days it wasn't about speed it was about navigation by maps (Monte Carlo in the 20's), that went to route cards now pace note. In fact Why should a rally crew run over the course up to 4 times and have pace note crews in front to radio back changes to the course, 24, 12 or even 3 hours before!!!.? We have lost the art of Rallying for the sake of Speed, Bucks and TV Rights. My first Rally in 1973 was 700 miles on Route card and Map. The drivers who compete are great people on the whole, some are on a mission of death but their day will come. I was hit by a driver from Europe in Rally Australia while getting out of my car at a control.???? No names ( oh wel, l Skohagge from Sweden) poor spelling but what the F... but I later asked him why he treats human life so cheap as to speed into a control when the timing markers was 100 meters back, no answer. His Navigator was Linda Thorner???? Ring any bells you rally people. Excuse my spelling. Hope you both remember because I ended up with a fractured pelvis because you crushed me against my car. Oh and Skohagge got a touch up as well I believe. The sport has seen many deaths and Roger Freeth and Possum Bourne are two guys I shared a table with in 1989 Rally Australia at the presentation night for the 1989 Rally Australia. Respected rally competitors. RIP. My point to all this is; if you want the sport the the officials need bigger teeth. 98% of the public are great but uninformed or not sure, some are drunk, some don't care and are there for a party and rallying is just a vehicle for them to get plastered. If you think I'm talking out my rear look at the 1985 Portugal Rally... them tell me whats changed. 90% of the public are smart when it comes to safety maybe 98% but 2% will bring the house down like 1985. The Current WRC cars are state of the art out of this world and fast.... lightning always comes second. They are fast. Safety Safety Safety.
it would be great if the cars were normal hatchbacks - we have so many of them today and the marketing is very strong - focus, i30, golf, Ceed, mazda3, leon, corola...
Bonne video dans laquelle on voit l inconscience des gens qui ne réalisent pas que dans un virage une voiture peut les renverser en faisant un tout droit.
