Croatia officially out for 2025.
https://rally-croatia.com/en/news/wr...a-on-the-break
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Croatia officially out for 2025.
https://rally-croatia.com/en/news/wr...a-on-the-break
Ah FFSQuote:
Originally Posted by Managarium
That's a shame. It was a pretty good rally this year. Partly because five drivers stayed on the road and avoided punctures and were generally in close competition, but also it was just good stages.Quote:
Originally Posted by Managarium
Does anyone have a template for the calendar to show, what has been confirmed and which spots are still available?
Portugal in March would be good, bit of much needed weather jeopardy and breaks the gravel run a little if Canaries stays in May.
Unpredictable weather is nice, but not so nice when stages get canceled.Quote:
Originally Posted by WRCStan
No need to go back a long time... ERC Fafe gave plenty of proof that having an early round in this area can be a wrong choice.
I don't see it being earlier than April at best.
Sad to see Croatia go. One of my favorites if not the favorite of the recently added rallies.
Always drama and action and the stages also looked amazing
Quote:
Originally Posted by saepuru
I dont have, but i would like to know to.
Lot off roumors, but wich one's are confirmed?
After this weekend rally fans don't need GPS in Latvia anymore.. allLive maps is fully memorized :D
Monte Carlo (should be finalised), Sweden, (I think) Kenya, Canary Islands, Portugal, Italy-Sardgena, Greece, Estonia(pretty much confirmed), Finland, Paraguay,Chile, Central European, Japan, Saudi Arabia. Give or take ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Duvel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_W...y_Championship, it pretty much says it all. Monte will be included, I'm sure.
I am against all the "new" countries.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
Very few of them will be able to get a larger field than the normal rally1 and rally2 contracted crews. It will probably be to expensive for locals to compete, so small fields.
Aim for predictable weather than. Come a bit further north maybe, very little chance it'd be the holiday resort/southern European rallies.Quote:
Originally Posted by pedro16
Best chance would be if Safari upped the milage and ran over an extra day or two. We need more variable weather on the gravel rounds. Poland/Estonia/Latvia/Finland and Portugal/Italy/Greece in the sun are all too similar for my liking.
I would have Argentina, Australia, Wales, Deutschland, Corsica back in a heartbeat but like it has been said here time and again, Money talks. I mean, did the organisers pay their own people their salaries in Kenya this year? Are they still having the event next year? I guess that and the fact Saudi Arabia are in until 2035(!) tells you what you need to know…Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
WRC is too heavy on gravel, ERC too heavy on tarmac. Solution = swap gravel for gravel, tarmac for tarmac. Maybe could've been addressed.
The calendar should consist all continents of the world, have 7 gravel, 4 tarmac, 1 snow, 2 mixed events (monte-tarmac/snow and one gravel/tarmac). It should be spread at least like that, that it isn't only gravel or tarmac events one after another. The dates for some should be moving in the season, where there is a great chance of desired weather conditions, or having enough snow or not too hot like Kenya or Saudi. Also the road should be somewhere smooth, somewhere rough, somewhere nice tarmac, somewhere bad as shit.
I would personal throw out some european events and bring America and Aus or NZ back. Some countries could link their rallies like CER or rotate like Latvia/Estonia. That way all would get one piece of cake.
Read somewhere that Greece might be from Loutrake again next year. The last used hotel as HQ is ‘fully’ booked only in the week from 23-30 June next year. Suspicious;)
Stop with mixed event wishes.
They were ditched for a reason
It is in, but think the first issue for the Safari is the current political situation where basically the whole cabinet was sacked by the president. A CS for sports will need to be nominated and approved before anything can begin to be looked at, never mind approved or signed off. I think part of the delays with stuff this year (on the government side of things) was that nothing was looked at until start of January.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
That’s always been the case for more exotic events, and you just have to look at the reduction in national crews entering. I think especially after the first year enthusiasm wears off, the high cost of competing is too much for a lot of crews. I think Paraguay is a fairly popular event already so should have locals competing, maybe some South Americans can do both that and Chile? Saudi will be a MERC round so will bring a few Rally2 crews.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
Renember though that the promotors, organisers and most people on here simply couldn’t care less about those outside Rally1 & Rally2 crews, nobody else exists past them on the entry list - a lot of people on here also complain about events with low entry numbers!!
I can neither confirm nor deny these rumours 👀Quote:
Originally Posted by MartijnS
It will be very hot at that time of year…
I know, I thought it was going to be in early June, where the temp would have been similar to September. But late June will have 32°C at best. And also, the Loutraki stages could be in risk of fire, but usually fires start in July and August.
So has the calendar been published?
Not yet, they said June, then beginning of July and now we’re nearly in August..Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
Looks like World Rally Championship will dispute in Gran Canaria the last week of April, Rally Islas Canarias, formerly called Rally El Corte Inglés.
There are many people who want to know when Rally Islas Canarias, Gran Canaria, will take place, so that, they can buy tickets to Gran Canaria, an island that receives more than 4,500,000 tourists every year.
Kenya is in March
Canarias is end of April (27th)
Paraguay is end of Aug
Followed by Chile
The CER
KSA last weekend of Nov.
e: calendar game out
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GT01ZZbX...jpg&name=small
At long last:
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/wrc-2...ndar-revealed/
Nothing new here I guess.
Why the hell did they again put 7 pure gravel events one after another?
What tarmac rally could they break it up with?!Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
Well, none of the tarmac rallies clash with my holiday plans. :)
Replacing Sardegna with tarmac Rally Roma di Capitale would be great. Then changing spots of Acropolis and Roma di Capitale.Quote:
Originally Posted by rallyfiend
Canary Islands
Portugal
Acropolis
Roma di Capitale
Estonia
Finland
Paraguay
Chile
Central Europe
It's Rally di Roma Capitale, or just Roma Capitale.Quote:
Originally Posted by Backa
It always felt like a generic asphalt rally to me, I like Sardegna roads more... but rather than having 7 gravel rallies in a row, might as well do the swap.
Another bad thing about this calendar is Saudi Arabia as last round, I would imagine a big cleaning effect for the championship leader in the decisive round. But with Kalle coming back, there's a good chance the championship will be decided by then.
Ridiculous ! They learned nothing from this year's constant gripes about road position, sweeping and part-time drivers.Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
The top guys may as well relax for Monte and Sweden and let the others lead the Championship and open the gravel events.
In the ridiculous eventuality that Ogier wins this year's title, I'd start thinking about a part time program if I were Tanak and Neuville... skipping their weakest rallies and let others open the road. Then watch people complaining than in some events there are 5 Rally1 cars at the start.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
ive been thinking the same thing and i wouldnt rule it out.Quote:
Originally Posted by focus206
If Ogier indeed wins the title this year, its a huge blow for the full time drivers and i can see Evans, Tänak and Neuville all thinking they would do the same then.
Like Kalle said, everybody (last WDC's) has done sweeping and no point of whining about it anymore.
Neuville has had 10+ years of this advantage, haven't managed to bring it home and now ONE bad rally.. and max big problem.
If Ogier wins the title this year, then 9 hats off to him! All done by the rules and nothing more to say. Maybe - ,,Learn to drive!''
You're right, all of the are dead, Corsica, not run since 2019, Ireland, won't come back atm, Deutschland, also last seen in 2019, Ypres-2022....but yeah, no tarmac rallies having the money to run in the summer slot I guess?Quote:
Originally Posted by rallyfiend
Yes, that's why we're criticizing the rules/calendar. If Ogier wins the title this year, it won't be because he was faster, or more reliable than the other title rivals (so far, of course). So far it's because he's had a big road advantage compared to the other title rivals, that even if Ogier DNS here and there it won't matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
A championship in which it's better to skip rounds than to compete in all of them sounds very silly.
Because they don't know what they're doing.Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
How does a championship with only 2.5 manufacturers afford 14 rounds? Absolutely deluded.....10 should be the max until they get more manufacturers.
The WEC only has 8-9 rounds......and has all kinds of manufacturers.