WRC Calendar 2025

Acropolis rally extend the contract until 2027. The golden sponsor of the rally EKO did an event today ! Good news for us !!

And also the Rally will return to its normal June slot, which means there's likely to be a Portugal Sardegna and Acropolis triple header next year

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Originally Posted by Dimitris

And also the Rally will return to its normal June slot, which means there's likely to be a Portugal Sardegna and Acropolis triple header next year

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So a double header in South America in September perhaps?

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Originally Posted by Eli

So a double header in South America in September perhaps?

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Yes probably!!

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And also the Rally will return to its normal June slot, which means there's likely to be a Portugal Sardegna and Acropolis triple header next year

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Or Portugal, Acropolis and then Rally di Roma Capitale in July.

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Originally Posted by focus206

But Cyprus is not in consideration for a spot in the calendar, manufacturers don't want that.

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Because it's too rough, isn't it? I bet they axed Turkey again for the same reason. Whenever I see this "manufacturers don't want it" argument, I just read "the competitor doesn't want challenge, the event should be removed."
Maybe that's another reason for the sport's decline in popularity. Like F1, they seek to cater to competitors' desires more than the desires of the fans - which are typically diametrically opposed to each other. As a fan, I want to watch them struggle, and deal with rough terrain. Adapt and overcome. What THEY want is a 12 round calendar with 6 butter smooth gravel rallies like Finland and 6 smooth tarmac rallies like Japan. We are not the same

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Originally Posted by MentalParadox

Because it's too rough, isn't it? I bet they axed Turkey again for the same reason. Whenever I see this "manufacturers don't want it" argument, I just read "the competitor doesn't want challenge, the event should be removed."
Maybe that's another reason for the sport's decline in popularity. Like F1, they seek to cater to competitors' desires more than the desires of the fans - which are typically diametrically opposed to each other. As a fan, I want to watch them struggle, and deal with rough terrain. Adapt and overcome. What THEY want is a 12 round calendar with 6 butter smooth gravel rallies like Finland and 6 smooth tarmac rallies like Japan. We are not the same

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I think event like Turkey are off the calendar because there is no money there - just like in F1....

WRC events are expensive to run. The money needs to come from somewhere....

Cyprus is currently having 2 national championships and disputes between two organisations on who has the right to organise rallies in Cyprus. Rally Cyprus is only part of the MERC nowadays.

As for Turkey, they just don't have a lot of money, and Acropolis is a lot better

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Originally Posted by Dimitris

Cyprus is currently having 2 national championships and disputes between two organisations on who has the right to organise rallies in Cyprus. Rally Cyprus is only part of the MERC nowadays.

As for Turkey, they just don't have a lot of money, and Acropolis is a lot better

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Which again is a great shame, it brought a unique challenge for all crews whether during the WRC era, IRC days, and even later during it's time in the ERC.

Yeah, I'd like to see it in the ERC, there aren't any rough gravel rallies in there