[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

What's the "membership" fee of being a WRC event anyway?

So what do the organizer get for the extra 200 kEuros? Don´t expect anything but higher sallarys for M Todt and co.

(In Sweden it´s rumours about Rally Sweden have to pay much more to be organizer in the future - correspondending to the news above)

I believe that the FIA are putting pressure on the weakest events. Acropolis & Sardegna lost this year one day of competition because, as we all know, the economies of these countries aren't the wealthiest ones. Portugal, the other event that had to cut one leg, maybe pulled it out the fire when they started negociating going back to the North. In fact, it seems that Greek organisation follows a similar path: they've announced some changes for 2014 as the return to the Olympic Stadium and taking next year's event to completely new roads. However, the FIA won't forget the bar of 200,000 euros. I really hope the Acropolis jumps over it :) .

All three factory WRC teams are expected to enter the Cambrian Rally in October. For instance, Wilson said that they'd probably send Mads down there to do it.

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Originally Posted by Kielder

In fact, it seems that Greek organisation follows a similar path: they've announced some changes for 2014 as the return to the Olympic Stadium and taking next year's event to completely new roads. However, the FIA won't forget the bar of 200,000 euros. I really hope the Acropolis jumps over it :) .

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Where did you see these announcements?

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Originally Posted by tolis

Where did you see these announcements?

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Rally director Pavlos Athanassoulas said it to MN. As an one-off, the rally will return to the stadium to help celebrate the 60th running of the event. They're planning a SSS & the ceremonial start at the venue. I believe this would be a way to tackle the amount FIA has asked to pay because he told that they expect to fit the stadium with 63,000 fans charging 15 euros (so they'll earn almost one million). In addition, they want to persuade Mouton to drive an Audi quattro and bring Tommi Mäkinen over.
On the other hand, the organisers have signed a new three-year agreement with the south Peloponnese region to take Acropolis to new stages. They will be back to three full days too.
Maybe they're putting the cart before the horse...

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Originally Posted by Kielder

Rally director Pavlos Athanassoulas said it to MN. As an one-off, the rally will return to the stadium to help celebrate the 60th running of the event. They're planning a SSS & the ceremonial start at the venue. I believe this would be a way to tackle the amount FIA has asked to pay because he told that they expect to fit the stadium with 63,000 fans charging 15 euros (so they'll earn almost one million). In addition, they want to persuade Mouton to drive an Audi quattro and bring Tommi Mäkinen over.
On the other hand, the organisers have signed a new three-year agreement with the south Peloponnese region to take Acropolis to new stages. They will be back to three full days too.
Maybe they're putting the cart before the horse...

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You are right!And pavlos said that is very unlikely to lost Acropolis for next year

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Originally Posted by Vaggelis27

You are right!And pavlos said that is very unlikely to lost Acropolis for next year

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He said they have no assurances from the FIA or from the promoter for 2014, but he doesn't think any rally has...

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Originally Posted by Kielder

I believe that the FIA are putting pressure on the weakest events. Acropolis & Sardegna lost this year one day of competition because, as we all know, the economies of these countries aren't the wealthiest ones. Portugal, the other event that had to cut one leg, maybe pulled it out the fire when they started negociating going back to the North. In fact, it seems that Greek organisation follows a similar path: they've announced some changes for 2014 as the return to the Olympic Stadium and taking next year's event to completely new roads. However, the FIA won't forget the bar of 200,000 euros. I really hope the Acropolis jumps over it :) .

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Can you really blame them?

Everyone complains that rallying to being damaged by the way "historic" events are being dropped in favour of new rallies with no "heritage" (whatever the hell that means). But honestly, if the alternative is to keep that "historic" event on the calendar and let the organisers run a sub-standard event simply because of that event's "heritage", then I think that's just going to do more damage than dropping it outright.

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