Talk:2016 World Rally Championship

New Look for season summaries, reports and calendar.

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)

@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)

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	84ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Gap, Hautes-Alpes	Mixed	16	337.59km	88	63
2	12 February	14 February	64th Rally Sweden	Karlstad, Värmland	Snow	121a	226.48km1b	50	37
3	4 March	6 March	30º Rally Guanajuato México	León, Guanajuato	Gravel	21	399.67km	28	20
4	22 April	24 April	36º Rally Argentina	Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel
5	20 May	22 May	50º Rally de Portugal	Matosinhos, Porto	Gravel
6	10 June	12 June	13º Rally d'Italia Sardegna	Alghero, Sardinia	Gravel
7	1 July	3 July	73rd Rally Poland	Mikołajki, Warmia-Masuria	Gravel
8	29 July	31 July	66th Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi	Gravel
9	19 August	21 August	34. ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate	Tarmac
10	9 September	11 September	19th China Rally	Beijing, Hebei	Tarmac
11	30 September	2 October	59ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud	Tarmac
12	14 October	16 October	52º Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada	Salou, Tarragona	Mixed
13	28 October	30 October	72nd Wales Rally GB	Deeside, Flintshire	Gravel
14	18 November	20 November	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.

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	84ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:49:53.1	Report
2	61st Rally Sweden	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1:59:47.4	Report
3	30º Rally Guanajuato México	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:25:57.4	Report

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

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)

References

Abu Dhabi Total WRT nationality?

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)

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)

Numbers in non-Manufacturers Entries

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)

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

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