ARC "control tyre" IDEA

[MikeW]

The thing that stand out for me is that he talks about the tyre deal bringing:
- closeness of competition
- prize money for competitors (~AUD$55,000)
- a factory drive for a prize at rally GB
- good tyres at a good price

All of his comments are about how good the deal was for competitors, over here it's more about the championship and ARCom and Rallycorp. I think that is the key difference, the focus on what a tyre deal will bring here is wrong.

[Buerckner]

Originally Posted by MikeW

All of his comments are about how good the deal was for competitors, over here it's more about the championship and ARCom and Rallycorp. I think that is the key difference, the focus on what a tyre deal will bring here is wrong.

My understanding is that they are still seeing if any tyre manufacturers are interested in any type of tyre deal for the ARC.
Without knowing what is on offer to the series and competitors how can you say the focus is wrong?

"1 Partner with the NEC ARC to find opportunities to bring marketing and sponsorship benefits to the
Championship and the sport of rallying;"

This may include prizemoney for competitors, or a factory drive etc.

"2 Reduce the cost & quantity of tyres being privately transported by competitors, (delivering safety improvements for both competitor’s teams and the public);"

This could be read as making tyres and transport cheaper or just removing the transport costs.

Having everyone on the same rubber should help even up the competition,(not that I agree with trying to acheive parity with the rulebook, the performance difference of vehicles should be inspiration for the manufacturers to make better race cars)

Andrew

[sheps]

Originally Posted by Buerckner

This may include prizemoney for competitors, or a factory drive etc.

"Andrew

Mate not picking on you..

But this would be a joke to add this to the hat thinking it may help.

Lets look back over the past 10 years to see how many events or even rounds have been won by privateers. (not people that have backing from a factory that are classed as privateers) but real privateers. I can only recall Stuart Reid

[Buerckner]

I don't really expect anything much from a competitors point of view, I'm just young and optimistic.

[Livewireshock]

http://www.crash.net/motorsport/moto...announced.html

An interesting article about how MotoGP were considering a control tyre for the class. Now they have backflipped & more so, actually increased the tyre allocation per event from 31 tyres to 40.

Basically, there was too much uproar about the loss of sponsorship & lose too much of the dynamics that make up a race. Other rumours state that the control tyre issue which was announced in September was only a ploy to bring the tyre companies in line.

Either way, it does make it interesting to see a major category buck the trend. It is obvious that a control tyre does not suit everybody.