Rally Sweden 2016

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See you saturday and sunday fellow rally friends! Sorry for not making a large enough offering to the rally weather gods this year!

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122741 Rally Sweden & it's future...

Reading that autosport article and seeing some pictures from twitter i think we wont find out till friday if the rally 100% goes or not.

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Originally Posted by Eli

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122741 Rally Sweden & it's future...

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Sure give the winter rally to Rovaniemi and let Rally Sweden have Finland's summer spot. ;)

I think RS is in a difficult situation, move it too far north, while there might be enough snow there might not be a sufficient population/sponsor basis.
You could compromise and move it to central Dalarna like Mora-Leksand-Falun which is very lovely (scenic area) but that area isn't particular
more snow safe then the Hagfors region, although this year's lack of snow is a bit "extreme", so in that case they could just as well stay where they are now.

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Originally Posted by Eli

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122741 Rally Sweden & it's future...

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OT: Is David Evans interviewing himself in that article? Are we came at this point?

i think this form is easier for someone to read it than read a really big article.i like it!!

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Originally Posted by BleAivano

Sure give the winter rally to Rovaniemi and let Rally Sweden have Finland's summer spot. ;)

I think RS is in a difficult situation, move it too far north, while there might be enough snow there might not be a sufficient population/sponsor basis.
You could compromise and move it to central Dalarna like Mora-Leksand-Falun which is very lovely (scenic area) but that area isn't particular
more snow safe then the Hagfors region, although this year's lack of snow is a bit "extreme", so in that case they could just as well stay where they are now.

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The rally used to go up to Falun area, so I have always wondered why they won't move it up there. There should be enough hotels and surely is a bit more snowsafe

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Originally Posted by BleAivano

Sure give the winter rally to Rovaniemi and let Rally Sweden have Finland's summer spot. ;)

I think RS is in a difficult situation, move it too far north, while there might be enough snow there might not be a sufficient population/sponsor basis.
You could compromise and move it to central Dalarna like Mora-Leksand-Falun which is very lovely (scenic area) but that area isn't particular
more snow safe then the Hagfors region, although this year's lack of snow is a bit "extreme", so in that case they could just as well stay where they are now.

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Moving it north is a no-brainer. However, who will fund/ sponsor the event? You think of Sweden as a 'rally country' but if they struggle to make any profit from their WRC event , why carry on with it? It would be a great shame to lose Sweden, but the WRC should always have a winter round! I hope I'm wrong, but I think Sweden is on borrowed time as a WRC event.
Are Canada, Russia, USA, etc interested in a winter WRC event?

Well, last week there was an article that Canada and Japan are interested.