Quote Originally Posted by Simmi View Post
I'm sure it will be published online soon but the big Motorsport News story today was that Chile is close to agreeing terms to join the WRC calendar in 2019. Candidate rally to run just before Argentina next year. Forest-based with nice smooth gravel roads.

Japan also pushing for inclusion in 2019. Croatia seems to be off the table now as they can't make a date work.

More importantly there are new quotes from Ciesla reiterating that we may end up with shorter events, so we can move towards a 15 or 16 round championship in the future.
Er, what about NZ. They seem determined that they're not going there.....

As for Ciesla, hasn't he learnt from the previous promoter? 15/16 short identikit events isn't the answer. That's a huge financial burden for the teams - and what is the real benefit? The last time we had that many events, look what happened.

Far better to have 8-10 proper, well promoted EVENTS that completely sell the sport. But that doesn't suit their aims....