WRC calendar 2008

[tribefiend]

Awesome. I only hope it will be ok this time. Alot of problems in this years event.

[jso1985]

not bad IMO, shame Ireland can't stay, we knew ther weren't to but if Cyprus and Poland weren't good enough, they should have kept one of the 3 new events from this year(and I choose Ireland)

[cosmicpanda]

Cossie:
Well, maybe its just me but from what ive seen on TV the stages just seem to be reasonably flat and smooth for a rally that is supposed to be a hot/dusty/rough rally.
Maybe its becasue the rougher sections arnt shown on camera, maybe my definition of a harsh rally is more like the safari of old, and maybe im wrong completly, but, you gotta admit that the rally itself has NO descerning feature at all where as a spectator can watch a bit of footage/look a a pic and say that that is definatly Rally Sardinia.

I don't know about that. Sardinia has those distinctive rock formations, the road is generally yellower in colour (sandier?) than, say, NZ, and the roads are often narrow and rough looking. Well, at least they look rough to me, as an NZ resident

I wouldn't call the rally flat, either, I remember some spectacular onboard footage from Hirvonen last year that was very up-and-down in just the space of a few corners.

Talking of a lack of distinction, if you compared Corsica, Monte Carlo and San Remo, could you tell the difference every time?

[General Prim]

It seems that Rally Argentina will be held one week after because of the problem to carry all the equipment from Mexico to Chile through Panama...

[GigiGalliNo1]

No Poland sucks..... ahh well, no Aus either blahhh

I was planning on doing Jordan as a WRC round but friend in SRTPoland said that he went to Jordan, the manager not Kuzaj, said that Jordan is expensive! Even for British people its expensive. If anything is for them, believe me its for everyone else! So they'll fly me out to NZ next yr

So 100% NZ either way next year, gigi wants me in Monte I'll try, where else is recogmended? I wanted to do Poland/DEU close locations and more or less same weekend/frame but never mind....

[SubaruNorway]

Looks like the teams are not very happy about mexico being in next year
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/63726

[Roy]

The new (final?) version of calendar 2008.
http://www.fia.com/mediacentre/Press...301107-01.html

Following a fax vote of the World Motor Sport Council, the 2008 FIA World Rally Championship calendar is as follows.

Championnat du Monde des Rallyes de la FIA
FIA World Rally Championship

24 - 27/01 MC 76e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo
08 - 10/02 S Uddeholm Swedish Rally
29/02 - 02/03 MEX Rally Mexico
28 - 30/03 RA Rally Argentina
24 - 27/04 HKJ Jordan Rally WRC
16 - 18/05 I Rallye d'Italia-Sardegna
29/05 - 01/06 GR BP Ultimate Acropolis Rally
13 - 15/06 TR Rally of Turkey
31/07 - 03/08 FIN Neste Oil Rally Finland
15 - 17/08 D ADAC Rallye Deutschland
28 - 31/08 NZ Rally of New Zealand
02 - 05/10 E Rallye de España
10 - 12/10 F Rallye de France Tour de Corse
24 - 26/10 J Rally Japan
28 - 30/11 GB Wales Rally GB

Championnat du Monde des Rallyes des Voitures de Production de la FIA
(pour pilotes)
FIA Production Car World Rally Championship (for drivers)

08 - 10/02 S Uddeholm Swedish Rally
28 - 30/03 RA Rally Argentina
29/05 - 01/06 GR BP Ultimate Acropolis Rally
13 - 15/06 TR Rally of Turkey
31/07 - 03/08 FIN Neste Oil Rally Finland
28 - 31/08 NZ Rally of New Zealand
24 - 26/10 J Rally Japan
28 - 30/11 GB Wales Rally GB

Championnat des Rallyes Junior de la FIA (pour pilotes)
FIA Junior Rally Championship (for drivers)

29/02 - 02/03 MEX Rally Mexico
24 - 27/04 HKJ Jordan Rally WRC
16 - 18/05 I Rallye d'Italia-Sardegna
31/07 - 03/08 FIN Neste Oil Rally Finland
15 - 17/08 D ADAC Rallye Deutschland
02 - 05/10 E Rally de España
10 - 12/10 F Rallye de France Tour de Corse