"Kenya has signed a three-year deal with the promoter to run the event as part of the #WRC from 2020 to 2022"
Phineas Kimathi
Safari Rally Project CEO
https://twitter.com/KiwiWRCfan/statu...493888000?s=19
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"Kenya has signed a three-year deal with the promoter to run the event as part of the #WRC from 2020 to 2022"
Phineas Kimathi
Safari Rally Project CEO
https://twitter.com/KiwiWRCfan/statu...493888000?s=19
Rallye Deutschland could move in October next year 🤔🥶
Not so good weatherwise, but actionwise not too bad :D
https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...pularity--todt
Monte Carlo
Sweden
Mexico
Argentina
Chile
Portugal
Sardinia
Kenya
Germany
Finland
New Zealand
Turkey
GB
Japan
So basically, we are left with 2 (Monte is a special kind) of Tarmac rounds....great...Quote:
Originally Posted by maailmameister
Maybe GB will take place in Ireland, on tarmac...
Spain dropped? Didnt see that one coming to be honest, why dont they drop Turkey and put Spain in
That calendar has a tarmac shaped whole after Chile, way too much gravel. I'd love Spain to be squeezed in there but the chances of that are zilch, so even if Spain just remained over Turkey later in the season I'd have been happy. Doesnt sit right with me that we only have two pure tarmac events in the 14 round championship, and I was looking forward to Spain being full tarmac again and not mixed.
http://www.revistascratch.com/wrc/no...-en-2020-52494
According to this Germany would take Catalunya's place in October, whereas Finland would then take Germany's place in late August. That would also ensure a summer break for the drivers, as Kenya is now added after Sardegna.
So possibly no Tarmac round until the last few months of the season? Germany will be wet hell in October as well.
70 crews entered Catalunya last year, 28 entered Turkey this year. It's indeed sad :(Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Number of competitors is not important for them...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Thing is the calendar is close to being really good in my eyes, which is annoying;
>Nice split between fly away events and European rounds.
>Classics such as Monte/Sweden/Argentina/Finland/ GB and a return for an old favourite like New Zealand.
>New events in Japan and Kenya, which will be exciting to add to Chile which joined this year and had great roads.
Changes I'd make would be to change Sardinia for a tarmac round on the mainland, or another tarmac round elsewhere in europe. Would also have Spain (full tarmac like was planned) over Turkey, and move Japan before GB and go back to having the finale of the season in the muddy, rain soaked forests.
Sardegna does nothing for me as a rally. Italian tarmac, however, I'd love that in the WRC calendar.Quote:
Originally Posted by er88
Totally agree with you.Quote:
Originally Posted by er88
this would DO for me (although i would swap Kenya for Estonia or Poland but thats not realistic)
Monte Carlo
Sweden
Mexico
Argentina
Chile
Portugal
Spain (full tarmac)
Kenya
Germany
Finland
New Zealand
Japan
GB
Dropping Spain for Germany disappointing. Germany in October not be as pleasant to spectate as Salou.
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Germany is way more spectacular than Spain imo. And unlike most of the guys here, I'm happy that Turkey stays. Along with Kenya, they are gonna be the most challenging rallies of the calendar.
Not anything official, so obviously do take this with a grain of salt: https://www.rallye-magazin.de/wrc/ar...schland-42021/
Germany could move to middle of October, and the calendar will then follow to NZ & Japan to close the season, so:
Monte Carlo, Sweden, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Portugal, Sardinia, Kenya, Finland, Turkey, Wales, Germany, New Zealand and Japan.
Again, only speculations, hopefully we'll find out soon enough.
I don't think they'd put the two 'fly away' rallies together at the end due to the gap required for logistics. They'd normally put a European round between them to fill the time gap. In this case I could see GB between them.
Again, it's just speculations at this point, too early to tell, hopefully we'll know before October the 4th.Quote:
Originally Posted by the sniper
So with this do we expect Finland to keep same date after summer break instead of moving to end of August as first thought?Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
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And wouldn't Japan be somw kind od copy of Monte Carlo at that time of year? It would be a real roller coaster to finish the season on a rally like that.
I don't agree with that, the landscape and history in Spain makes it special in it's self, i got a buz just driving the road sections!Quote:
Originally Posted by McRae555
From what I've heard Germany is one of the worst events to spectate.
Nearly 2 million people agree, my video from last year https://youtu.be/qMu1tOds8-Q
I have to agree here , I've been to both and Spain is way above Germany in my book , but everyone is entitled to an opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
Its just a rotation for one year as I understood, that gives Spain time to settle a proper tarmac event for 21.
Went to Germany this year. Awesome experience, and had no trouble with spectating. Also a very good itineary, 14 out of 19 stages were possible to watch.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
I respectfully disagree, went to the event this time, was pretty special, very nice to spectate and a very very good atmosphere. Enjoyed it immensely, would nice to see it in October with more mixed conditions as this time was summer sunny only. Then again, haven't seen Catalunya yet unfortunately.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
apparently latest edition of France's AutoHebdo magazine has an interview with Yves Matton that includes some discussion about rotation of events in WRC for future years. Has anyone seen it and could they provide a summary of what is written.
If demand is bigger than supply then rotation is the only possibility. So did it work last time out? Probably not, but maybe the "Estonian concept" could be replicated for the events without official Championship status?
Depends on many aspects, in some cases/regions it could work very well, in others...no chance.
Several competitors at APRC Rally Hokkaido last weekend featured this sticker on their back window. I spoke with one senior rally person there who said there is concern about the lack of WRC experience of the Rally Japan Organsiers. A driver from that region told me that he doubted that any of the stages used by the candidate event would be suitable for WRC Cars! I believe that when the event is confirmed there will be a simultaneous announcement of all the important details of 2020 Rally Japan
worrying for Aava and co. Its the kind of date as Rally Estonia has had past years (12-14 july this year), there must be also a summer break somewhere, so good luck to them getting drivers for next years Rally Estonia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
The summer break thing is interesting. The rumored calendar would have Chile move earlier in the calendar to be before Argentina, in the place where Corsica is dropped off. This would leave a full month between Argentina and Portugal, and then another month before Kenya. After that it would be again three week gaps, I suppose. Another option on this system would be to move Portugal and Sardegna earlier to make up one long summer break instead of two shorter ones.
I liked the old summer break in the mid/late 90s. Acropolis was first weekend in June - then there was about a 6 week break until NZ towards the end of July.
From Rally New Zealand FB page: "We understand that the FIA will be announcing the 2020 World Rally Championship calendar tonight. Rally New Zealand is confident that it will be included on the WRC calendar for the first time since 2012.
A positive result overnight would be an historic outcome for New Zealand and Motorsport in our country.
After many years of lobbying to Bring Back WRC Rally New Zealand we are awaiting the announcement tonight with interest.
Keep an eye on the social feeds after 10pm tonight. "
#WRC #RallyNewZealand #BringBackWRCRallyNewZealand #Rally #ATEED #AucklandCity #FIA
At long last: https://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/sept...0--12-12-.html
Good to have it confirmed. Lacking another pure tarmac event earlier in the season but exciting new rallies and a return to NZ. Harsh on Spain.
FIA Rally Director Yves Matton commented:
“In order to further globalise the championship, we needed to have more WRC rounds outside Europe. I am glad to see the results of our expansion strategy, with emblematic events such as Kenya and Japan coming back to the WRC calendar next year, alongside New Zealand replacing Australia, while long-standing, iconic European events provide a great balance and preserve the DNA of the sport.
“Following the integration of Chile last year, the 2020 calendar also expands our presence on both the Asian and African continents.
“With the strong interest of many countries to host a WRC round, we had more high-quality candidates than the number of slots available in the calendar, which demonstrates the robust health and popularity of the championship. The rotation system that we are adopting gives us the opportunity to maintain a higher number of good events in the WRC.
“Thanks to the new calendar strategy that was put in place following the World Motor Sport Council in March 2019, we are able to announce the WRC schedule earlier than in recent years and in the future we aim to be in a position to publish it in March.”