Interesting to see where the event will end up in. They have calendar slot reserved for them and precious little time to come up with an WRC grade event - so I think their choices are rather limited.
On "no two French events, please" -question. It is true that they do have an almost fully French event in Monte Carlo and maybe should not have another. Question 1: which should go, Monte or the other one? Monte is so classic and specialized event that I'd hate to lose it despite some shortcomings (which include but are not limited to snow shoveling fans).
Question 2: who should get the slot if not France? It's true that since calendar was shrunk from 16 to 13 there are some past events that could be included but also some new ones too. But are any of those really good ones? There are few which I miss but bear in mind that most were dropped for a reason, economics being the most obvious one.
