I'm not sure if this is correct. In Motorsport News last week they said that the JWRC competition could effectively become what ERC Juniors is now.
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Ypres counting to Belguim and British championship in 2017 according official Ypres Rally facebook
News is confirmed and in an interview, Penasse says this doesn't mean they will leave ERC next year. They want to continue in ERC too. That would be very interesting: 20 Belgian + 20 British + 10 European R5s...
They will change 50% of the stages next year, to make competition between Belgian and British Championship more even.
Looks like a cash incentive to try and get a few more top entries to Cyprus - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/125653