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Looks like we just need more Sebastians in this sport to make it interesting.

 

But that Toyota is...

 

BTW: The F1 champion of 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 was a Sebastian!

Don't assume you will be able to mirror your iPad to your AppleTV - the app from my cableco blocks it somehow (although we could mirror the audio).

 

IMHO the problem with the WRC Yaris is mainly with the styling of the rear fender. How "stock" are these WRC cars? It looks like the track is a good 12" wider than the body so they've had to build out the fenders to match. It's okay on the front, but ridiculous on the back. If the car isn't using the stock frame, why not just make the whole body wider?

At this point, I'm not planning to subscribe anyway. Mirroring would be a bonus. I could always use an HDMI adapter though, if I really wanted it on my TV badly enough.

 

Some of the other WRC cars have the squared-off haunches as well. Not sure why they're doing that - they used to widen the whole back of the car. Maybe there was a regulation change. Anyway, I don't think that's the Yaris' only problem. The proportions are all wrong. The paint job is awful. Maybe a better livery would help.

 

I really wished they'd get away from these tiny little econo-boxes and allow larger cars back into the main category again (Focus, Impreza, Corolla, etc). Or allow a range of cars, and use horsepower to balance them out.

When you limit the power (probably for safety reasons) then the cars automatically get smaller. IMO besides the Yaris, the other cars, while being small, look OK.


But of course they are far away from the classic rally cars.

And even little "econo-boxes" can be impressive:

Yeah... I missed the whole golden age of rallying. Of course, it did get a big insane there near the end, so they had to reign things in a bit.

 

The modern-day econo-boxes just don't have that same sense of style. They're all so much the same now. (I fixed your image link - it wasn't working.)

Ogier won Mexico, too.

 

I see what he's doing now.

 

Since Loeb retired from the WRC, Ogier can't beat him head-to-head.

 

So he's going to beat his records.

 

So far, he's got a pretty good start.

What are your predictions for 2016?

I didn't really pay much attention last year.

 

But with Citroën out of the picture this year, that leaves even less competition for Ogier. So he'll probably win 7 or 8 rallies, and lock up the championship in September.

 

I was half-considering signing up for their WRC-Plus subscription service, but they don't have an app that works on AppleTV, so it's not worth it.

 

The Dakar was fun to watch though - we actually had daily highlights for it. I was very impressed with Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen in their debuts. Mikko almost took a podium spot, and if not for a couple of bad days, Loeb may very well have won the thing (guess he needs to do some more practicing in the dunes). Sure wish Robby Gordon would just stay home though, he's an embarrassment to the U.S.

Yea, Dakar was quite entertaining. But IMO there was too much (bad) luck involved this year to take it serious.

 

And of course Ogier will win again. There is no other Sebastian competing.

Oddly enough, we get ERC highlights over here - but they don't start airing them until the season is almost over. Still, they're more interesting to watch than the WRC. At least there's some competition.

 

Rally America has zero media coverage, apart from some online clips. But it has a similar problem to the WRC - a completely dominant team with effectively no real competition. But since it's Subaru, I don't mind as much.

Well, that's one.