WRC2007 - Just started in Monte-Carlo

[Ferrer]

But that's great! Anyway, it was an exception.. 1st Leg on Thursday, 2nd on Friday, 3rd on Saturday.. An exception also made for this rally was the 2 service parks. Everywhere else there's only one.. A bit stupid opening exceptions, but ok..

I was being sarcastic. The FIA has really messed with rallying, because they were afraid it would eventually be more popular than F1. As a result they turned rallying into some shitful sport with stages being repeated endelessly. The shortened the mileage, banned night stages, got rid of many charismatic rallyes (Portugal, Sanremo, Safari)...

They of course don't like or care about rallying at all.

[JRodrigues]

We need more of those "stupid exceptions" every round of the rally is now a pale copy of the REAL events. So many excellent stage miles unable to access because of the one service park BS and instead running the SAME stage twice - yuk, this is rallying not racing

Besides it's the only chance of theire every being a BRITISH GB rally that actually gets out of the now boring Welsh stages.

I'm not saying they're stupid.. I just say, that they shouldn't open exceptions for anything.. I really want rallies to have hundred's of km's between each service park.. I want to see the WRC in North of Portugal, and in the center..
Why hasn't the Monte-Carlo rally been put off the WRC calendar?? Every year a number of SS are cancelled because of the public, but on other events, one cancelled SS, and they out of the calendar! I'm also against FIA and the WRC committee. Those are the rules, and if they open an exception for one rally, they should do it for every rally.

[JRodrigues]

At the end of the 3rd leg, these are the standings:

1 LOEB         CITROEN    03:08:36.2  	 	
2 SORDO        CITROEN    03:09:07.3 	31.1 	        31.1
3 GRÖNHOLM     FORD 	  03:09:59.8 	01:23.6 	52.5
4 HIRVONEN     FORD 	  03:11:04.8 	02:28.6 	01:05.0
5 ATKINSON     SUBARU 	  03:11:05.6 	02:29.4 	00.8
6 SOLBERG      SUBARU 	  03:11:42.2 	03:06.0 	36.6
7 GARDEMEISTER Mitsubishi 03:12:14.5 	03:38.3 	32.3
8 KOPECKY      SKODA 	  03:13:12.6 	04:36.4 	58.1

A great fight today between Atkinson and Hirvonen. 4th place will be decided tomorrow on the SSS.

[Mustang]

At the end of the 3rd leg, these are the standings:

1 LOEB         CITROEN    03:08:36.2  	 	
2 SORDO        CITROEN    03:09:07.3 	31.1 	        31.1
3 GRÖNHOLM     FORD 	  03:09:59.8 	01:23.6 	52.5
4 HIRVONEN     FORD 	  03:11:04.8 	02:28.6 	01:05.0
5 ATKINSON     SUBARU 	  03:11:05.6 	02:29.4 	00.8
6 SOLBERG      SUBARU 	  03:11:42.2 	03:06.0 	36.6
7 GARDEMEISTER Mitsubishi 03:12:14.5 	03:38.3 	32.3
8 KOPECKY      SKODA 	  03:13:12.6 	04:36.4 	58.1

A great fight today between Atkinson and Hirvonen. 4th place will be decided tomorrow on the SSS.

why cant we have a young one like sordo... instead we have wilson... great ...

although to be fair mchale (sp) isnt doing bad concidering he is in an 03 focus