Rally-eMag February 2014 / Contents
This month
Who made it?
The first part of the season is now
over. In the beginning we were quite
optimistic. Unfortunately we have to
amend that on several fields. First of
all WRC Promoter GmbH: they don’t
seem to have their act together yet.
You can read all about the unfortunate proof of that: the TV problem
in Portugal. Basically the promoter
should have had their contracts in
order before the season started and
not play hardball during the third
rally! All parties met again later and
said they were happy, but still it is
not clear what is going to happen.
At the same time the promoter
is busy trying to conceive a programme that enables the fans to
see extra content for an extra price.
I thought we had to reach bigger
audiences. We would pay for really
interesting extra content, but will
all these new crowds? If in Munich
they would like to have some good
examples they don’t have to go that
far. Look at the new FIA WRX. OK
TV coverage is a lot easier WRX
but spirit and PR machines are
excellent, making it a very serious
threat to WRC. And what do we
think about ERC TV coverage? Everyone can watch Eurosport andthey
provide us with a good programme,
including live stages and wrap-ups.
Publisher: Rally-eMag
Words: Steven van
Veenendaal, Harry van
Veenendaal.
Photography: Bas Romeny,
Timo Anis
Who helped?
Logo design: Minse Blom
Distribution: Issuu.com
Who we thank!
PR Photography from:
Peugeot Sport, Hyundai Motorsport, Citroen Racing, FIA
ERC.
Well at least the teams and promoter are
on speaking terms again and, optimistic
as we are, let’s hope for the best.
And then the championships. In WRC
Ogier is the king and probably will be that
for quite some time to come. Luckily both
Østberg and Hirvonen now seem to have
found their rhythm and the Hyundai camp
took their first stage wins.
JWRC vs DDFT
Springtime in Portugal
8/42
WRC
Rally Portugal
Page 11
In ERC all eyes are on Peugeot. With two
very competent drivers in Breen and Abbring they should be able to play an important role, but their battle machine is not
completely reliable yet. Once they get that
right we foresee a bright future, a future
that fits the historic name of the car T16.
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Meanwhile we wish you pleasant reading.
erc
circuit of ireland
For my Friends
Junior trophies
ERC
Acropolis rally
Page 22
A New Roar
Bumpy Circuit
Page 39
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The ‘other’ shots