We know there is a lot to learn about our sport, so we broke it down so you can enjoy the thrills of rallying! If you are new to rallying or know someone who is, this is the video for you.
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0:00 Intro
0:29 What is Rallying?
1:10 Co-Drivers
1:48 Roadbook
2:42 Pace notes
3:05 Recce
3:59 Championship
4:50 Points System
5:17 Wolf Power Stage
5:28 Cars/Rally1
6:43 WRC2
7:11 WRC3
7:27 Junior WRC
7:54 Schedule
7:57 Shakedown
8:22 Special Stages
8:51 Flying Finish
9:09 Super Special Stages
9:51 Repairs & Maintenance
10:56 Surfaces
11:54 Retirements & Restarts
12:33 Every Moment Live
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What's your favourite thing about rallying? 🤩
As someone that got into rally near the tail end of last year, this was super helpful! Thank you!
But how do you watch it ? Does rally fans really see all stages ? I want to watch rally but all stages is a bit time consuming.
great content keep it coming, but please get rid of that horrible new points system
what a well made video, keep it coming, we NEED this kind of content to get more people engaged with rally
新ポイントシステムは実に複雑怪奇ですね。一層の事４日間通算では無く一日毎に順位に応じてポイントを与えて４日間のポイントを合算して優勝者を決めた方が好いかも知れませんね？
Speed… Me gustaría que tuviera traducción para audiencia latina
I love WRC. It's a damn shame there is no way to watch in the US via one of the broadcast networks
WRC is great, but now it is so tamed and boring. I remembet when we had: Mitsubishi, Subaru, Peugeot, Citroen, Ford, Suzuki… even Seat appeared a few times.
Gonna try to keep up with this now
That's the worst points system I have ever seen…
Nice guide, but I still don't like the absence of Kalle Rovanpera in full time this year.
Hopefully, he's gonna win the title part-time.
I just subscribed to rally tv!
The most spectacular Motorsport with the most spectacular drivers👌
Fantastic video, already showed it to some of my American friends who have barely any idea what rallying is, really well explained and to the point 🙂
Could you make a spectator guideline?
It's ij my bucket list to travel and attend the WRC in many countries but I have no idea what do to once I get there..
I still don't get the point system 😭
We need Lancia back in rally
Great way to get new fans, until they try and use/pay for Rally TV….please do better, WRC.
Excellent introductory video to explain the basics of the WRC. We need more people to follow and engage this amazing motorsport.
3:00 OH MY GOD NOSTALGIA
This is What is Rally updated spectacular
I'm fairly new to rallying and this was a great sum up! Thanks.
I now know what SS, SSS and PS mean. What about ES? Extra Stage?
WRC+ is awefully expensive for what it offers…
This is really nice video to now link people that have not been with the sport for the last 20 years. Thanks for making such a comprehensive video and making it available to us all.
I just wish Ford had a third car with a star driver.
Wait, you can leave the weekend with the most points (and win) without being the fastest when all times are added to a total?
You forgot about tyres and tyre management.
Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾
To all new fans.This point system is pure dog $hit,its going to ruin this season and i honestly hope that it i`l be replaced at the end of this season
My Favourite Thing is The Rallye of Portugal, The Rallye of Japan, The Rally of Croatia😁😁
Great video! More of these kind of videos where you explain the sport, the rules and technology behind the cars etcetera 👍
This content attracts more new fans 🎉
Great intro except sadly there are 2 lies in this video around 6:30
The Rally1's are sold as having "modifications" of rollcage and advanced suspension etc. when they are not at all. They are bespoke welded up race cars that are not modified from road vehicles. Thus nothing is really modified, it is made.
2nd is right after that, selling WRC2 as slower than Rally1 specifically due to the lack of Hybrid unit. (if anything, the WRC2 cars are often close to Rally1 in slippy tight conditions as they don't have the weight of Hybrid)
Taking advantage of people who don't know. 👎 (Has Julian reviewed this? )
Money
That’s my excuse
If someone wants to check out if watching a stage is for you: This WRC-channel also livestreams every Shakedown on YouTube for free.
Very informative. Thanks! 👍
So if i understand correctly basically WRC consinsts of multiple "Events" over the year which consist of multiple "Stages". You get points for being under the top 10 fastest at a stage, under the top 7 fastest at the end of the last day and under the top 5 fastest at the last stage. All points of every event get added up and the team with the most points wins. Is this correct?
Two questions: Are the sunday points for being under the top 7 fastest overall at the end of sunday or for the top 7 fastest on that day? And do all Events consist of the same kind of stages / do all events have special and super special stages?
Very good 👍