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2012 World Rall Championship provisional calendar:
January 22 - Monte Carlo
February 12 - Sweden
March 11 - Mexico
April 1 - Portugal
April 29 - Argentina
May 27 or June 6 - Greece
June 24 - New Zealand
August 5 - Finland
August 26 - Germany
September 16 - Great Britain
October 7 - France
October - Italy
November 4 - Spain
Have to say I agree in part. I don't understand the rationale behind these cross-border events when the Safari would fulfil that long-distance requirement at a stroke — to say nothing of a five-day RAC (as I insist on calling it). I can dream, can't I?Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Well at least this year Rally GB is coming back to North Wales. I'm going to enjoy freezing my bollocks off on the Orme :DQuote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
The Safari can never be what it was, and it will not run again in the same format. The format can not be used anywhere in the world, so the Safari will be a memory.
Endurance doesn't necessarily mean 5 days event, cold be even 3 with longer loops, night stages etc. Form my point of view when going to rally I want to see as much as possible and spend as little as possible. So cross country rallies mean I need to spend for extra charges in car rental, petrol, accoodation etc. For many spectators that's not good idea but longer loops don't make big differance in my budget and I am busy after 5 pm.
Handbrakes & Hairpins reports on Monte Carlo 2012 route:
BREAKING NEWS: WRC Monte Carlo Rally 2012 itinerary and programme « HANDBRAKES & HAIRPINS
Stages from Wednesday to Sunday.
5 days of rallying...nice and 433 of total stage Kms...nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hartusvuori
Looks to be a brilliant rally!Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
One would say that there are only very few stages each day but on the other hand they are very long and spectators can see majority of them without any stress. It will be nice holiday :)
nice to see a classic rally back in WRC and also taking it a step further to include many miles and a move away from the recent standardised rally formats