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It looks like Sanremo will be back in WRC in 2013... - Autosport
Come on, being serious it's almost impossible to organize a WRC event in 6 months... they have to prepare the route, get the authorisations, negotiate the institutional sponsorships with Ligury Region (they give less than 100k euros at the moment. Don't think they'll get 1 million like Sardinia, plus 200k euros from Olbia town, etc...), arrange all the logistic plan, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
There's a too long "to do" pile in a few time! :)
But they wouldn't be starting from scratch... the event has still been running since it's departure from the WRC. It would be great to see it in it's former glory, as mixed surface event, rather than all asphalt test it has been since '97.
And then have Rally Catalunya return to the Costa Brava. I would love to see the cars slide past the bridge at Viladrau. That was always one of the greatest shots in rallying, even better when Panizzi did donuts in '02
That corner is a little bit different nowadays :(
http://www.motorsportforums.com/wrc/...ladrau-ss.html
Of course, roads slightly different in character.... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by mousti
But yes, preparing, getting seat time, in the zone and all that.
Sardinia over San Remo any day, some amazing nature in Sardinia and the amount of spectators are just growing so i don't see a reason to remove it. Especially since there really isn't any other island rallies anymore.
Yeah, that Viladrau stage would not be the same, because the C-25, "eix transversal", the main road over the bridge, is actually being doubled, so if they wanted to run that stage today it would be a bit different. I haven't been there in 5 or 6 years but, I do know that, in their regional championship, the Catalan rallyes are avoiding these roads since the works started, and with the crisis we are suffering who knows when they are going to finish them. Viladrau was awesome because it was the union of three different rally stages and it had it all, one of the greatest in the world.
Some amazing nature from SardiniaQuote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
Coiluna Lizard - Rally Italia 2011 Coiluna 2 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Not a lizard (just so you know I can tell the difference) - Rally Italia 2011 Coiluna 2 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
For now it's just a rumour (AS source is "someone close to FIA") but it would be great for WRC to have this iconic rally back.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
An amazing clip from last mixed Sanremo with the unforgettable 555 Imprezas: Subaru WRC team-San Remo 1996 - YouTube