Which rally should they add to the WRC-calendar?

The idea was to go from Villa Carlos Paz to Sao Paulo. But then the Brazilians decided that they wanted to have their own rally, and now they're holding a candidate event and lobbying to be on the 2014 calendar.

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Originally Posted by Prisoner Monkeys

The idea was to go from Villa Carlos Paz to Sao Paulo. But then the Brazilians decided that they wanted to have their own rally, and now they're holding a candidate event and lobbying to be on the 2014 calendar.

Is there any info about these candidate events both Brazil and China are running?

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Originally Posted by tommeke_B

Is there any info about these candidate events both Brazil and China are running?

On Rally Erechim (biggest event in Brazil and also first round of FIA-Codasur Championship) there was a portuguese watching the rally that was being presented as a FIA delegate. But, besides that, there was no info that the event was candidate event.

Here in Brazil, for the last years, there were 3 'fronts' battling to bring a WRC event here. Two of them had ideas of candidate events still this year (both on the second half of the year) but none of them will happen. So, if Brazil really had a candidate event and is willing to be on the 2014 calendar, then Rally Erechim was it.

There is not a lot of information about this around here, things are being made in secret.

I agree in pricipal, you,can not force rally into a poor country far away from rally tradition and hope it will be a full list of participants, to fill up from the 6 pro-cars from the manufacturers.

the idea is so stupid that it can only be thought out by a pencil pusher in the open and democratic organisation called FIA!
The only place rally,couldmhave a chance to expand is into Canada/USA, where there is still some money. But it has to be done via better Internet/ TV coverage than today.

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Originally Posted by trickydicky

I thought of a way of bypassing the problem of how to have a 14 round WRC and please the marketing departments of car manufacturers, Malcolm Wilson, normal rally fans and traditionalists. I decided the best solution would be to have two separate championships; one called the 'Global Marketing Bandwagon' and one called the 'World Rally Championship'. The former would be for whichever car manufacturers wanted to take part with purpose built prototypes based on super-minis, and the latter for private entrants in modified 2wd road cars of any type. I have even thought of calendars for each.

GMB:
1: Norway. A snow rally of around 250km.
2. Mexico. Large growing car market, lots of people, keen government, plenty of sponsors.
3. Brazil. See above and then add some. One stage could be a drag race down one of their new motorways past an airport, so as to showcase the country's steadily improving infrastructure.
4. USA. Could be held at the same time as the Pikes Peak hill climb, one stage up and one back down, short enough to fit in one TV show.
5. Turkey. Massive country, massive population, plenty of folk to sell cars to.
6. Italy. Could be held in Sardinia as an act of good will towards our Qatari friends to encourage them to open their wallets a little further.
7. Qatar. Might as well have one there too. It would all be paid for, obvs.
8. Abu Dhabi/Dubai. I can't tell them apart so either would do.
9. Jordan. The king there seems keen and isn't short of cash.
10. China. Somewhere near Shanghai, on featureless gravel roads in front of no spectators other than government employees paid to go there for the day. Entirely state funded.
11. Indonesia. Massive population of potential car buyers.
12. India. See above.
13. Russia. See above. Apparently has more billionaires than anywhere else, so good sense says we should go, and its not as if they are short of countryside, or forests either. But to save cost we'd keep it to 100km.
14. Wales Rally Wales. Based in Cardiff and held in Margam, Resolfen and Port Talbot forests. 3 stages repeated four times each past strategically placed 'visit Wales' banners. Ceremonial duties undertaken by Tom Jones.

WRC:
1. Monte Carlo. 3 legs. The first one from Aix les Baines to Monte Carlo, the second from Monte Carlo up to Gap, through the Ardeche and bag to Monte Carlo. Leg 3 'la nuit du Turini'.
2. Sweden. Based in Karlstad, held in Varmland forests, hopefully on snow, fairly quick and a sprint event in nature.
3. Portugal. Held on roads in the hills north of Lisbon, including Fafe and Arganil. Last leg at night on tarmac roads around Sintra.
4. Safari. 'Open road' event in Kenya, Mombasa to Nairobi and back, at Easter.
5. Tour de Corse. 24 hour event, starting at lunchtime on Saturday, leg 1 from Ajaccio to Bastia through the mountains, time for a shower and a coffee in Bastia, leg two along the coast between Bastia and Ajaccio.
6. Acropolis. Based in Athens, held over northern and western Greece, very rough stages, very hot, about 1000km long.
7. Argentina. Based in Cordoba, would be close to 1000km in length and have very long stages.
8. New Zealand. Held on sweeping Gravel roads on North Island.
9. 1000 lakes. Sprint event of 400km or so held on fast gravel roads in central Finland. Much as it has always been.
10. Australia. Preferably in Perth with a leg in the Bunnings complex.
11. San Remo. Based in said town. First leg at night on tar in mountains near San Remo. Leg two on gravel in Tuscan area, then back over the passes to San Remo.
12. Catalunya. Would have to have that stage under the flyover, it looks good.
13. 'RAC' Rally. 4 day event in November. Spectator stages on first day. Then 3 days and nights near on non stop through various forests in northern England, Scotland and northern Wales.
14. Morocco. Held on fast, rough gravel and sand roads, over 1000km, car breaker.

I'd bet one would last longer and attract more fans than the other!

so in the comming weeks they will present us the callendar let's hope it will be a good one,i can't wait for them to have 16 events again, it makes it so much intersting...

16? Where have you heard that? They are going down to 12 next year.

i haven't heard that, i'm saying that i can't wait until it will be back to 16 events, i know it what happen for the next couple of years, i hope it will return ASAP. you say they are going down to 12 events-not cool, how do they expect to draw more manufacturers to the sport if they won't bring more events. i hope they'll at least bring corsica instead of alsace and keep greece and sardegna in the calendar.

does anyone has any idea what is going to be the WRC calendar for next year???

Due to be announced at the FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting on the 28th June.

too much time to wait...