WRC/ERC/Irish & British Rallying 2014 - News and Chat

h3000

mjhickeyie wrote: »

I presume that is only on BT Sport?

Good start for Meeke.

It looks like Motors TV will be showing daily highlights. Missed that last year.

Yeah, live coverage is on BT Sport only.



I joined a league on http://www.fantasywrc.com/ which should be fun. It's #WRCLiveTwitterati if anyone else wants to join.

recyclebin

Great to have so many TV options this year.

leoch

h3000 how much was the bt sport subscription

h3000

leoch wrote: »

h3000 how much was the bt sport subscription

You need to get it through the Setanta subscription. I went for the annual sub of €199. You get BT Sport 1 & 2, ESPN and the Setanta channels included in the sub.

mjhickeyie

leoch wrote: »

h3000 how much was the bt sport subscription

Setanta have good deals from time to time.

It was one euro for the month of december incl BT Sport.

They might do something similar later in the year.

h3000

Has anyone else signed up to fantasywrc.com ?

mjhickeyie

h3000 wrote: »

Has anyone else signed up to fantasywrc.com ?

Yes, I've signed up. 10m doesn't go very far!

h3000

mjhickeyie wrote: »

Yes, I've signed up. 10m doesn't go very far!

No it doesn't. Join the #WRCLiveTwitterati league if you have not already. It should be a bit of fun for the season.

h3000

I think I'll keep this spoiler free but it's a really exciting start to Monte and WRC 2014

I'm absolutely gobsmacked by Kubica's speed this morning.

Robbo

Notwithstanding that Neuville binned it early in SS1, the Hyundai's running well in Bouffier's hands. Meeke up to second after an inspired tyre choice in SS3, this is a proper Monte classic already.

Also none of the VWs are having a particularly good time of it so that's great for the championship.

h3000

Robbo wrote: »

Notwithstanding that Neuville binned it early in SS1, the Hyundai's running well in Bouffier's hands. Meeke up to second after an inspired tyre choice in SS3, this is a proper Monte classic already.

Also none of the VWs are having a particularly good time of it so that's great for the championship.

Bouffier is actually in a Fiesta with M-Sport. Dani doing a decent job in the Hyundai though.

Robbo

h3000 wrote: »

Bouffier is actually in a Fiesta with M-Sport. Dani doing a decent job in the Hyundai though.

Ah, that'll be the lack of coffee so far today.

That being said, Sordo's going well enough in it.

mjhickeyie

Looked good on tv tonight. Great to see so many new drivers doing well.

Ogier has really picked up his pace this afternoon and looks set to catch the leaders but the weather tomorrow will through up plenty more surprises.

Big test for Meeke now to try and get a good finish after again showing he has the speed at this level.

barney 20v

Kubica crashed out as i predicted he would... I know he has many new and old fans but i just dont like the guy, he over-drives the cars and not in a McRae style.
Its easy to see why people like him but to me its a waste of another seat at Rallyings top table

afatbollix

Think of it that he is bringing money to pay for Evans seat.

recyclebin

barney 20v wrote: »

Kubica crashed out as i predicted he would... I know he has many new and old fans but i just dont like the guy, he over-drives the cars and not in a McRae style.
Its easy to see why people like him but to me its a waste of another seat at Rallyings top table

From what we have seen of Kubica so far he is very similar to Latvala. He is fast but will crash too much to compete for championships. You have to remember Kubica was a Formula 1 driver which is a very different sport. The fact that he is competitive shows how well he has adapted. Just look at the much slower pace Hirvonen is setting in the same car on the first two days.

h3000

Really great Monte Carlo. I won't give the results just yet. BT coverage was really good.

mjhickeyie

Anybody know why motors tv are not showing the rally at the moment.

De Hipster

recyclebin wrote: »

From what we have seen of Kubica so far he is very similar to Latvala. He is fast but will crash too much to compete for championships. You have to remember Kubica was a Formula 1 driver which is a very different sport. The fact that he is competitive shows how well he has adapted. Just look at the much slower pace Hirvonen is setting in the same car on the first two days.

Kubica has more than adapted to rallying since recovering from his crash & has proved his winning capabilities...

from here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kubica

Since his return to good health he has stated that a return to Formula One would be "nearly impossible" because of his injury.[1][5]

Kubica returned to racing in September 2012, winning a minor rally in Italy.[6][7] Kubica was named one of "The Men of the Year 2012" by Top Gear magazine for his return. In 2013, he drove for Citroën in the European and World Rally-2 Championships.[8][9] He went on to win the inaugural WRC-2 title, he will move to the championship full-time in 2014, driving a Ford Fiesta RS WRC prepared by M-Sport.[10]

guyfo

barney 20v wrote: »

Kubica crashed out as i predicted he would... I know he has many new and old fans but i just dont like the guy, he over-drives the cars and not in a McRae style.
Its easy to see why people like him but to me its a waste of another seat at Rallyings top table

Its a bit early to be saying that, Kubica came from a completely different sport, he is now in his second full season of rallying (at any level let alone world championship) and in his second rally in a wrc car he led the event then consistently trounced the "works" drivers.

Yes he crashed out but he has the speed, give the lad a chance to become consistent, have a look at the results from Oiger's first WRC season in the C4, even he threw the thing of the road on a regular basis.

Robbo

barney 20v wrote: »

Kubica crashed out as i predicted he would... I know he has many new and old fans but i just dont like the guy, he over-drives the cars and not in a McRae style.
Its easy to see why people like him but to me its a waste of another seat at Rallyings top table

Care to elaborate on who Kubica is depriving of a seat? To my mind, he's bringing money and profile with him that allows M-Sport to run a full effort in the absence of the Qatar money this year. Moreover, his pace on the Monte and win in Austria show that he's more than capable of competing at this level.

Funny how whenever McRae bent a car it was entertaining but when a lesser "character" does it, it's a waste of machinery and money. It was a different era and I suspect if he was around these days, he wouldn't have made it past year 2, Latvala being an outlier in this respect.

afatbollix

Kubica is pretty much paying for Evans seat so its great he is in a ford helping a young lad get into the sport.

h3000

In fairness I think Kubica has a lot of potential and some wins in him. I was not too sure about him at first he seemed to throw it off the road far to easy but he has scaled that back an auful lot. It's a lot easier for a driver to scale back from 105% to 100% than to get from 95% to 100%. He is a smart guy I think he will sort it.

As said above he is bringing extra attention and money into the WRC and that is very important right now.

Tommytipp

barney 20v wrote: »

Kubica crashed out as i predicted he would... I know he has many new and old fans but i just dont like the guy, he over-drives the cars and not in a McRae style.
Its easy to see why people like him but to me its a waste of another seat at Rallyings top table

There's more than a touch of the Toivonen about Kubica as a rally driver. Only knows one speed, he was very lucky to not have a more serious accident in the Canaries last year. The speed and talent is there without any doubt but he neeeds to temper it a bit.

h3000

Breen's motor for Rally Sweden.

Really nice livery

h3000

Rally Sweden just about to kick off. SS1 Super Special now live on BT Sport for any who has it.

wobbles

Great watching the super special on TV again.

Hope the lads have a steady weekend, not expecting top times but a finish would be good. Really like Breens feista. Anyone know where i could get high res photos of it other than his twitter account

h3000

wobbles wrote: »

Great watching the super special on TV again.

Hope the lads have a steady weekend, not expecting top times but a finish would be good. Really like Breens feista. Anyone know where i could get high res photos of it other than his twitter account

Great to have proper TV coverage again.

There a few pics here, I'm sure more will pop up over the weekend.

wobbles

h3000 wrote: »

Great to have proper TV coverage again.

There a few pics here, I'm sure more will pop up over the weekend.

Thanks for the link. I make models and want to make one of his car if he has a good event

h3000

wobbles wrote: »

Thanks for the link. I make models and want to make one of his car if he has a good event

Ah cool. If I see any more detailed pics over the weekend I'll post links. I think this car looks great alright. Do you sell the models you make?

h3000

Times after day 1 in Sweden

Pos Car No Driver Eligibility Time Diff Prev Diff 1st
1. 1 OGIER M 39:56.5 0 0
2. 9 MIKKELSEN T 40:02.3 +5.8 +5.8
3. 2 LATVALA M 40:08.7 +6.4 +12.2
4. 11 TANAK 40:11.3 +2.6 +14.8
5. 4 ØSTBERG M 40:19.0 +7.7 +22.5
6. 5 HIRVONEN M 40:19.0 +0.0 +22.5
7. 7 NEUVILLE M 40:28.5 +9.5 +32.0
8. 8 HÄNNINEN M 40:38.5 +10.0 +42.0
9. 15 TIDEMAND 40:41.1 +2.6 +44.6
10. 3 MEEKE M 40:43.1 +2.0 +46.6
11. 10 KUBICA T 40:56.4 +13.3 +59.9
12. 6 EVANS M 41:07.7 +11.3 +1:11.2
13. 16 SOLBERG 41:20.5 +12.8 +1:24.0
14. 17 BREEN 41:27.5 +7.0 +1:31.0
15. 14 M. SOLOWOW 42:40.4 +1:12.9 +2:43.9

wobbles

h3000 wrote: »

Ah cool. If I see any more detailed pics over the weekend I'll post links. I think this car looks great alright. Do you sell the models you make?

Im just coming to the end of a run of 20 models and while they sold very well, it gets mind numbingly boring doing so many of the same model. Im concentrating on one off builds now for drivers etc as well as my own collection. Of course ill sell decals of some of the builds for my own collection but dont think id do another large run of models.


Back to the rally, is there a list of times where they are showing the rally on BTSport.

h3000

wobbles wrote: »

Im just coming to the end of a run of 20 models and while they sold very well, it gets mind numbingly boring doing so many of the same model. Im concentrating on one off builds now for drivers etc as well as my own collection. Of course ill sell decals of some of the builds for my own collection but dont think id do another large run of models.

Cool, you'll have to post a pic or two of your rally collection

wobbles wrote: »

Back to the rally, is there a list of times where they are showing the rally on BTSport.

This is for the live stages


Not too sure on the times of the review shows, will check when I get home.


Just found the times actually
Tonight @9 BT Sport 2
Tomorrow 7th @11:30 BT Sport 2
Saturday 8th @10:30 BT Sport 1

seanskyline

Hi all i have missed the first to rallys of this year and I heard that BT sport have the rights this year for it. I am with UPC does anyone know if satanta are going to showing it too or do i need to fork out another €20 a month to upc for the BT sport channel??

Thanks for the help.

h3000

seanskyline wrote: »

Hi all i have missed the first to rallys of this year and I heard that BT sport have the rights this year for it. I am with UPC does anyone know if satanta are going to showing it too or do i need to fork out another €20 a month to upc for the BT sport channel??

Thanks for the help.

You can also watch highlights programs on MotorsTV (& ITV4 I think). BT Sport only for the live stages.

Robbo

h3000 wrote: »

You can also watch highlights programs on MotorsTV (& ITV4 I think). BT Sport only for the live stages.

If you're with UPC, they block the transmission for the WRC and BTCC on ITV4. The bastards.

h3000

Robbo wrote: »

If you're with UPC, they block the transmission for the WRC and BTCC on ITV4. The bastards.

That's not nice now is it. Is MotorsTV available on UPC?

I have BT Sport myself and I'm really enjoying the coverage. I'm a big MotoGP fan too so I said I'd treat myself.

h3000

Meeke was very unlucky with his spin the weekend, he is taking a real good approach to his rallying at the moment. If there was a few more spectators around he would have got out of the snow bank much quicker.

Breen showed some nice speed from time to time too, pretty impressive performance for the first competitive test in a WRC. He can be a little inconsistent with his pace for the last while. Hopefully now that he has a more permanent co-driver his speed might pick up again. I'm interested to see how the 208 T16 works out.

wobbles

Setanta showed highlights last year but not sure on this year. They may not since BTsport is part of their package. No motors tv on UPC at all and itv4 block it.

I use an app called FilmOn to get itv4 as it uses the british feed

seanskyline

Yea looks like BT sport is the only real option. Hay i found this site that streams the BT sport channel live for free. Not exactly HD but will have to do

http://cricfree.tv/bt-sport-1.php

twincamman

only 29 cars for mexico

De Hipster

RTÉ 1 tonight @ 19.30-20.00. Irish passions - 2 school teachers (ladies too!) outline their passion for rallying:http://www.rte.ie/ten/listings/42429912_tv_Gliondar

Pádraig O Driscoll travels around the country to meet people who have taken their individual pursuits to impressive levels of success. In the first edition, he encounters two women teachers whose passions for speed have taken them into rally driving

wobbles

Do we have a time for when Galway is being shown. There was a date for it on Motors TV but i dont have that channel

h3000

wobbles wrote: »

Do we have a time for when Galway is being shown. There was a date for it on Motors TV but i dont have that channel

Unfortunately the only coverage I know of is Friday 21st February 10:35pm - Motors TV

Mad Bull

Any thoughts on who will win in Mexico?
I think Atkinson could be on the podium for Hyundai. Maybe 3rd.

h3000

Mad Bull wrote: »

Any thoughts on who will win in Mexico?
I think Atkinson could be on the podium for Hyundai. Maybe 3rd.

I'd love to see it but I really don't think it will happen. Too much of a chance of either him or the car messing up.

My podium prediction is:
1. Ogier
2. Latvala
3. Ostberg/Meeke

De Hipster

Hoping Meeke's head is screwed firmly on & luck is on his side (for a change!).

h3000

De Hipster wrote: »

Hoping Meeke's head is screwed firmly on & luck is on his side (for a change!).

I think he has his head sorted alright, he has been a lot more mature in his drives. This really could be his last chance to cement himself in the WRC for a few years. His luck or lack thereof on the other hand, we can only hope improves.

Mad Bull

De Hipster wrote: »

Hoping Meeke's head is screwed firmly on & luck is on his side (for a change!).

I think it is too. He had a very mature drive in Sweden and hopefully he can continue on from were he left off.
I like Ostberg too.
Theres just something telling me that Atkinson will be somewhere on the podium.

Pudsey64

wobbles wrote: »

Do we have a time for when Galway is being shown. There was a date for it on Motors TV but i dont have that channel

UTV 6th March
Tg4 12th & 19th March