Which rally should they add to the WRC-calendar?

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Originally Posted by Motorsportfun

Manufacturers clearly said they are NOT happy to go to the actual Chinese candidate event, which is - in their opinion - too far away from biggest cities, namely Beijing and Shanghai.

France/Alsace will stay in WRC until they got money, but in the past there was some rumors from Mouton/Todt, thinking to merge the event with Germany and doing something like Sweden did with Norway.

Should be good, but there's quite a lot politics and is not easy at the moment. We'll see...

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For me there should be only one event/country, in both WRC and ERC. There are already only few places. France already has Monte Carlo, so... Same applies/applied to Italy and Portugal in ERC by the way.

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Originally Posted by tommeke_B

For me there should be only one event/country, in both WRC and ERC. There are already only few places. France already has Monte Carlo, so... Same applies/applied to Italy and Portugal in ERC by the way.

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Last time I checked Monte Carlo was in Monaco. ;)

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Originally Posted by BleAivano

Last time I checked Monte Carlo was in Monaco. ;)

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But the stages are in France.

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Originally Posted by Juha_Koo

just like Mikkelsen's car mysteriously happened to carry regular Skoda colours instead of Union Jack painting in Circuit of Ireland driven in Northern Ireland...

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Carry the a Union Jack on the streets of Belfast is asking for troubles.

All the talk about Brazil and China, but no, we will probably just get another European round....

Poland leads race as World Rally Championship plans new 2014 event - WRC news - AUTOSPORT.com

Poland looked great the last time, so I would be happy :)

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Originally Posted by MartijnS

Poland looked great the last time, so I would be happy :)

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Yeah, I still remember Poland '09 as a great event. Fast flowing stages, some massive jumps and overall the rally had a nice character. I can still remember one camera spot from Day 1 (?), shot from outside the corner, a long right hander over double crest, Mikko was pushing the maximum. :)

I would really want to visit the rally if it comes back to WRC...

but they are still downsizing on events as only 12 will be next year, i can't belive they will drop sardegna for poland!!!

Sardegna isn't that great. It might be the Rally of Italy, but it pales in comparison to San Remo and the island itself is pretty isolated.

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Originally Posted by Prisoner Monkeys

Sardegna isn't that great. It might be the Rally of Italy, but it pales in comparison to San Remo and the island itself is pretty isolated.

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What makes a rally great? In case the spectator numbers then yes it's not crowded like some others....but then I dont believe Brazil and China will be great rally. WRC promoter's role is key, without a good job there WRC will not shine better whatever the calendar will be.