Talk:World Rally Championship

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[edit] Female drivers?

Quick question for anyone in the know... can female drivers compete in the WRC? Erath 14:47, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, they can. Michèle Mouton even came close to winning the title. The article definitely needs a history section. Prolog 14:49, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the very quick reply. I'm working on the List of world cups and world championships article and it looks like we need a "unisex" section. Erath 14:52, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Ah, good luck. It might be a bit hard, if not impossible, to find out this info for all of those. Prolog 14:59, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
If you are gonna build a history section, why not just create a page on it. It will be much clearer. Also (if you choose to do this) do a brief bit on it and then add a link back to History page! LB22 18:38, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
I finally wrote the history section. It's very simple and not very long (8KB), so I think it serves the reader best as part of this article. If someone wants to write a more detailed piece, a separate article would then be a good idea. It is hard to find good references, though. Prolog (talk) 04:15, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] World rally Championship result pages

Hello! Can you add more results from the World Rally championship seasons from 1984 to 1991. SndrAndrss 18:56, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

These are probably a lot of work because the tables grow very large. Feel free to create one yourself. You can copy the tables and layout from existing articles. Prolog 20:56, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Copy/pasting from previous years and then editing the tables takes me about two hours with a triple screen arrangement (which facilitates multiple browser windows) or about three with a single screen, and even then I usually miss stuff which needs proofed afterwards. Also, it's a bit annoying to spend all that time building the page, to have some destructive pest jump in after less than a week and re-edit all your stuff to add wrong dates. The constant reverting kinda takes away the desire to keep going... --DeLarge 21:35, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] World Rally Championship result pages again

Hello! DeLarge. Can your page add the world rally championship results from 1986 to 1991. This is important because of clarity reasons.

Regards Sondre 22:41 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nationality of Ford in WRC champions list

I think Ford is a company of the United States, though the WRC team may be based in the United Kingdom. On the other hand, the nationality of Toyota is Japan in the same list though the WRC team (TTE) based in Germany. Should we change the nationality of Toyota into Germany?--Morio 17:34, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

I have seen this changed back and forth in this article. Ford is American, but BP-Ford World Rally Team is British and based in Cumbria, England. Rally-Live.com seems to use UK flag, but I can't say which flag would be more correct. Prolog 18:04, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

The Subaru rally team is English based too, but they're classed as Jap. Ford is american, period. PiP 01:58, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Ford is an American marque so it should stay that way. And European Ford is Germany-based, so it would get even more confusing. EOT. --Maggot666PL 15:02, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rules

I would love to see a short summary of some of the basic rules used in the WRC. By that, I mean things such as: how much time do teams have to "fix" damage between races? I thought that they were limited to fixing just minor damage between stages, but could do major repairs - with a time limit - after the day's stages were run. Can spectators help an overturned car? I was under the impression that, for some time anyway, no one could touch the car except the driver or co-driver, even if the car overturned. Are there rules for passing (much) slower cars? If the road ahead is completely blocked by an earlier accident, do the later drivers get a "do-over" since they can't get by?MarkieAA (talk) 14:00, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] World Rally Championship Page

03ogmsmith 15:48, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Hey, I've just updated the World Rally Championship Drivers Championship Table to accomadate Sebastian Loebs 2007 Championship Win (2 Dec 2007) - Let me know what you think and has anyone got the results of Rally GB 2007 as well as the points for the drivers and manufactuers (for Rally GB) so I can add these to the 2007 standings

This seems to have been updated already. Prolog 16:00, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] English?

"... further than eight overall (due to private drivers) can score them" - sorry - I am a native speaker of the Queen's English and yet this eludes me! :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 12:17, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

You're right. I fixed it, hope it sounds more "human" than before. --Ṃäģģöṭ · ↑¿₡₴៛↓ 12:39, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
I trust my "Tweek" as well was a correct understanding. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 12:43, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
"Tweek of the weak" or "Tweak of the week"? ;) Of course, this typo was horrible indeed, thanks. --Ṃäģģöṭ · ↑¿₡₴៛↓ 16:03, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Car - Stobart

Either the column in the 2008 standings should say Team or those "Stobarts" should be Fords. --Falcadore (talk) 10:22, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Good point. Corrected. --Ṃäģģöṭ · ↑¿₡₴៛↓ 13:35, 21 February 2008 (UTC)