2024 WRC News & Rumours

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

It should be possible, but it's rallying, and we all know how poorly it's run......the sport isn't big enough to support another global series. And that's poor in my opinion.

Sportscars has the WEC, but teams/ drivers will do other races/ series in different cars - whether it's IMSA, NLS (VLN), Fanatec GT, et al, etc


I would love to see a proper European Tarmac series for Rally 2 cars, R-GT, GT3 cars

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Is it really a question of how poorly the sport is run, or a reflection on how complicated the events are to run?

To compare to any kind of circuit racing is a little disingenuous. They use fixed infrastructure purely designed for their purpose. They can run every single week and just roll out the same process regardless of the cars on track, or the suitability of the drivers.

Rallying surely remains probably the highest participation motorsports in the world....

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

WRC has been determined to copy what F1 does since the late 90s/ early 00s - and look where that landed the sport.

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I'd love to hear your alternative timeline with what should and shouldn't have happened.

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

Too many people in the sport, and even on here can't grasp what the sport is meant to be about - speed & endurance.

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By sport I think you mean this championship and depending on what you mean by endurance (please explain), it might just be your opinion.

Gryazin will race under an European flag in 2024

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Originally Posted by bisak

Gryazin will race under an European flag in 2024

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Bulgarian

So he will get Bulgarian nationality? In WRC flag is passport depended, no licence.

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Originally Posted by Tom K

So he will get Bulgarian nationality? In WRC flag is passport depended, no licence.

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His mother is Bulgarian, isn’t she?

I guess it can just take time to get a new passport / citizenship even when entitled to it.

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Originally Posted by Tom K

So he will get Bulgarian nationality? In WRC flag is passport depended, no licence.

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Really? If so, what's the reason behind it?

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Originally Posted by becher

Really? If so, what's the reason behind it?

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idiots who try to expand the war in ukraine into sports.

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Originally Posted by denkimi

idiots who try to expand the war in ukraine into sports.

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While the whole situation is quite complicated it's a mater of fact that the Russian sportsmen themselves are largely responsible for what is happening. Large part of them are active members of the military, some wear military or propaganda logos on their jerseys (Z letters; USSR symbols; Red banners; Rossoboronexport logos etc. all is common in Russian sport), some even still actively support Putin or even the war.

Anyway the international sport has always been a tool of politics.