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So Wales is out? Didn't notice any further explanation where in GB the rally will take place but seems to be a gravel roundQuote:
1 November Rally Great Britain
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Germany marks the first pure asphalt round ahead of the final dirt road fixture in Great Britain...
Yeah - looks like Rally GB will be in Wales again.Quote:
Originally Posted by tr4m
I'm more surprised that there are so few tarmac rounds, given the additional development costs for the tarmac specifications, especially when everyone wants this whole thing to be as cost efficient as possible.
Edit: Cracking to see NZ back. Will they run the Motu? I remember that being mythical in status - proper stage.
Nice to see NZ in there. Germany in October? Better than nothing but certain to be a change in attire, especially compared to this year!
if they only would have Spain instead of Turkey, and Corsica instead of Kenya, and swap GB and Japan with GB being the last round and Japan penultimate, it would be amazing.
Other than that, i like it. Germany in October should hell of a fun!
Woohoo :bounce: :monkeedan: :bounce:
Might have to plan a road trip up north!
(I'm at the other end of NZ)
To me, it looks like GErmany is at the expense of Spain...
Hence why Germany has had to slot in at the October slot where Spain would normally be.
Turkey has kept close to it's normal slot.
http://www.rallyracc.com/2019/es/noticia_2347.html
Spain rotated this year and have signed up for 2020 and 2021
Your only question should be: drive or fly? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by GravelBen
Hopefully Canada can get it together for 2021.
NZ = I expect the WRC cars to get caught in traffic gridlock if they go anywhere near Auckland. Probably about half million population increase since the last WRC event in 2012. Cars would have to leave like 4am from an Auckland Parc ferme to beat the morning traffic crawl.
Probably need a Dakar type marathon stage for NZ now where the competitors stay at a marae (Maori accommodation) or Air BNB in the regions, to reduce the chances of getting caught in a traffic snarl up.
I'm happy to see a rally back on the African continent again. The great tradition of the Safari will be revived even if it's not as rough and long.
NZ really deserves to be back too with its stunning roads that the fans and driver's love.
Japan... well I guess with Toyota being back it was inevitable.
https://www.facebook.com/62356550765...5678333447671/
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Ooh yes. Im happy its coming to us. I will be updating you guys as i will be on safari rallyQuote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
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2021 and 2022 ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by dck1989
Will be enjoyable seeing Germany in the Autumn, won't be as sunny as it was this year ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by T16
Great to see NZ after being gone for 8 years now.. (since 2012), like EstWRC said, wish Corsica & Spain would be in the mix, and a bit foolish (especially if you want to reduce costs) to have NZ & Japan separately...
Having them together would mean everything having to be sent by air freight between the two.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
According to French newspaper L'Equipe, France will be back in 2021 and 2022, as Spain : https://www.lequipe.fr/Sport-auto/Ac...france/1063486
Some thoughts on the blog http://itgetsfasternow.com/2019/09/2...ndar-thoughts/
Great looking calendar. NZ has always been a bucket list event, so I have to go if it’s a one-off. Does anyone know if it will be?
Safari is another classic, another bucket list event, as my dad competed on it twice.
Canada for Sweden in 2021 if the snow is poor? Any mileage in this rumour? Quebec is the perfect place for an event, was there during a national rally, loads of snow, -28 degrees, fantastic place, great for a winter holiday. Montreal is a great city, although Hockey will always overshadow any event in the area, the Bell Centre is an incredible place to watch sport!
Sweden has a three-year contract and Canada hasn't shown much interest or effort in arranging a candidate rally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doon
Been to Rally Sweden 6 times. The atmosphere is nice, lots of spectators, the stages are very nice, the organizers are doing a great job. No reason to replace Sweden with a country where 99% of people don't know what rallying is, no matter how much snow they get.
The thing is that promoter wants one rally to be held in north america since the only country that show interest there is Canada. I believe that Abu Dhabi could be next one for middle-east or Jordan backQuote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
If they're going for continents Mexico is already North America.Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
They are promoters. They don't think in continents, they think in television markets and audience income demographics. "North America" means "middle class USA with disposable income".Quote:
Originally Posted by steve.mandzij
Then again, it`s Nascar territory...
In the usa people don't want to see real fair racing or rallying, they want to see show. Crashes, fire, explosions, ...
As long as it requires a no longer attention span than 10 seconds, it can get popular. Otherwise, forget it.
Quote of the year :D :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
Like the show though, visited Indy 500 this year, was a great spectacle!!
https://www.rallit.fi/esapekka-lappi...nnakkoluuloja/
Lappi has concerns about spectator safety when the series return to Kenya next year. Let's just say our crash in Argentina wasn't that safe due to spectators standing where they were. How are they going to handle these kind of things in Kenya?
But there are some positive things after all (regarding 2020 calendar): There's less tarmac, which is good because our car doesn't work on tarmac at all.
https://www.redbull.com/nz-en/wrc-dr...race-locations
drivers giving their own ideas where to rally, pretty interesting
Rally GB back to Wales in 2020 : https://twitter.com/WalesRallyGB/sta...726179840?s=19
Where did it go :P
Next it goes to Catalunya, and then to Australia. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
I was critical of Rally Turkey from the very beginning, but at least now where Turkey started to attack Rojava the FIA should throw them out of the calendar. Countries like Turkey shouldn't be supported by letting them organize a WRC event.
I´m also disappointed that no driver or team has expressed criticism over the politics in Turkey during the last two years the rally is taking place (or did I miss something?).
They have expressed criticism, but that is all they can do...
And for events taking place in countries attacking others...has happened, is happening, will happen in the future.
The "country" Canada has not shown interest in hosting a WRC... only a small group of dreamers centered on one guy who is a former used car salesman with maybe 7 little 15-17 car rallies under his belt as a driver and years volunteering as "Media Manager' or some inflated title, and volunteer positions organising events that often had maybe 20 or occasionally as many as 30 cars entered...To be fair, he is in a province with many more cows than people and only thanks to oil that it exists....but there is no infastruture that could support a normal rally with 100 cars much less a WRC event....despite millions of miles of fantastic--albeit very VERY fast ----roads..Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
the guy is a joke and/or a fraud..not sure which...
Quebec 20 years ago seemed like it was on the way to having enough organisintional skill and popularity and poltical skill and connections to possibly consider because they had a very well supported amount of events so there was a base....also being Quebec they had the awareness of what a rally should be.....I did the last 4 rallies I ever did in Quebec and at Rally Quebec we started in the iconic Canadian Pacific hotel that sits in the heart of the city..
Unfortunately with the passage of time the rally scene in Quebec has collapsed and now just one decent rally and some local events with 5-8 cars and dozens of "sideby side" 4 wheel UTVs and its a real pity.
So pointless to think of a WRC in such circumstances...
And USA is in worse shape.https://trv-checkin.s3-eu-central-1....-Frontenac.jpg
There is even an event held at the end of this month in a country that is being attacked but another at the moment
Countries with some sort of dictator running them should not be considerered for international sporting events/championships.Quote:
Originally Posted by JUF
Ref world championship in Track and Field i Doha, and football world championship at the same place.
This is a task that FIA and that level of organisations need to consider when awarding. Human rights, the different freedoms as freedom of speach, free press, free religion, equality of people rights and so on.
Many people were killed in building stadiums in Doha, and people are treated more or less like modern slaves.
If the international sports federations award such countries large sports events, they more or less support the dictator and lack of human rights in that country.
https://media.giphy.com/media/fGLM3n...NblY/giphy.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
Its all about money, sadly, nothing about the sport.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
Most FIFA people is under some sort of corruption investigation, same with most of the other big sporting assosiations, i've bet the same in FIA.
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I bet half of them doesn't even care about sporting activities behind the organization as long is it money on the table. So the decisions made are sometimes stupid and worthless.