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New Look for season summaries, reports and calendar.

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Hi There!

I've notice that user:Prisonermonkeys recently changed completely the look of the article, by including stages and length to the calendar, and separating the summary with the report. Now, I must admit that it is better this way (in fact, I suggested something like this a couple of months ago in the project), I think that for such a change we should have a consensus. Or at least give notice before doing it. MNSZ (talk) 01:00, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@MNSZ — I mostly did it because I found that the rally summary tables to be too unwieldy. They contained massive amounts of information, and were out of step with the other motorsport season pages. No other championship gives a full podium plus race times, entries and finishers. So I decided to cut it back, but I felt that the number of stages and competitive kilometres was useful, so I moved it to the calendar. Prisonermonkeys (talk) 06:01, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I think we can improve on this new tables with info that I think is relevant for Rallies competitions, as I see in other webpages and infografs/statistics.

For example, in the calendar table, we could add the Entries and finishers:

Round Dates Rally name Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Entries
Start Finish Starters Finishers
1 22 January 24 January Monaco 84ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo Gap, Hautes-Alpes Mixed 16 337.59km 88 63
2 12 February 14 February Sweden 64th Rally Sweden Karlstad, Värmland Snow 121a 226.48km1b 50 37
3 4 March 6 March Mexico 30º Rally Guanajuato México León, Guanajuato Gravel 21 399.67km 28 20
4 22 April 24 April Argentina 36º Rally Argentina Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba Gravel
5 20 May 22 May Portugal 50º Rally de Portugal Matosinhos, Porto Gravel
6 10 June 12 June Italy 13º Rally d'Italia Sardegna Alghero, Sardinia Gravel
7 1 July 3 July Poland 73rd Rally Poland Mikołajki, Warmia-Masuria Gravel
8 29 July 31 July Finland 66th Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi Gravel
9 19 August 21 August Germany 34. ADAC Rallye Deutschland Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate Tarmac
10 9 September 11 September China 19th China Rally Beijing, Hebei Tarmac
11 30 September 2 October France 59ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud Tarmac
12 14 October 16 October Spain 52º Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada       Salou, Tarragona Mixed
13 28 October 30 October United Kingdom 72nd Wales Rally GB Deeside, Flintshire Gravel
14 18 November 20 November Australia 25th Rally Australia Coffs Harbour, New South Wales Gravel
Notes
  • ^1  – The Rally Sweden was shortened due to warm weather conditions turning frozen roads into soft, muddy gravel.[1]

And for the season summaries, we could add the winning car also:

Round Event name Winning driver Winning co-driver Winning manufacturer Winning car Winning time Report
1 Monaco 84ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo  France Sébastien Ogier France Julien Ingrassia Germany Volkswagen Motorsport  Volkswagen Polo R WRC 3:49:53.1 Report
2 Sweden 61st Rally Sweden France Sébastien Ogier France Julien Ingrassia  Germany Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC 1:59:47.4 Report
3 Mexico 30º Rally Guanajuato México Finland Jari-Matti Latvala  Finland Miikka Anttila Germany Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC 4:25:57.4 Report

What do you think? MNSZ (talk) 23:39, 13 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I think that the entries column is TRIVIA. I mean, we only focus on the dozen or so WRC entries in the article. A lot of the privateers who enter single rounds don't have much bearing on the season. If anywhere is an appropriate place for it, I would say that it should go in individual rally articles.
As for the cars, it's already covered elsewhere as to who is driving what. Prisonermonkeys (talk) 04:48, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ "Weather forces Sweden route revamp". WRC.com. WRC.com. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

Abu Dhabi Total WRT nationality?

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When listing the official WRC website I've stumbled across the teams section and one of the teams - Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team - was listed as a team with an United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) racing license. Also there is no acknowledgement of PH-Sport (French preperator) running the opperations for the team. So what nationality should this team have - UAE or French? Ivaneurope (talk) 20:40, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

In this news from the official Citroen Racing website, it is clear that PH Sport is running the team, so I think it should have a French Nationality. Citröen Racing Website News MNSZ (talk) 13:02, 10 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Numbers in non-Manufacturers Entries

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Hi There!

I was thinking: Is it really needed to showcase the numbers of the drivers on the "Major entries ineligible to score manufacturer points" table? I think that it will be a lot more organized if we took of the numbers, as several drivers have run with different numbers in different events. This will not affect the table for Manufacturer Entries. What do you think? MNSZ (talk) 01:36, 22 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Changes should not be made because they offer an aesthetic appeal to an aeticle. Prisonermonkeys (talk) 21:35, 27 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress

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There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:2018 World Rally Championship which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 05:46, 28 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]