[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

ProRally: This is the situation Volkswagen was waiting for. They are not dummies. They will enter the swrc. Nobody will worry they are factory team and they have more money in such situation, they will save the SWRC and will be heroes.

I don't think they care about that.

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Originally Posted by ProRally

IF there is SWRC Championship this year, there are only 6 entrants and FIA has right to cancel the series if less then 10

Brynildsen just said no budget for SWRC, I was hoping he was 1 extra entrant....

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The FIA may consider registrations until 10 January 2012, subject to agreement and availability

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Originally Posted by MikeD

There's no ban on alcohol in motorsport ... McLaren ran Johnnie Walker as a sponsor this year and Force India ran with Whyte & Mackay whisky this year.

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Correct - restrictions are country specific. Finland for example bans alcohol advertising above a certain % content, UK does not. We ran Carib Beer advertising on our car on Wales Rally GB 06.

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Originally Posted by Viking

The FIA may consider registrations until 10 January 2012, subject to agreement and availability

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Correct, but that is next week tuesday.... just a week for 4 more to register in a not so cheap championship....

Alternative, maybe FIA will let it 'ride' and do it with less then 10....

Wasn't that the case of last JWRC season?

Can't see FIA cancelling S-WRC, 6 or whatever entrants, it'll still run.

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Originally Posted by noel157

Can't see FIA cancelling S-WRC, 6 or whatever entrants, it'll still run.

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Agree. With what they're letting Prodrive get away with, they'd be hard pressed to screw anyone else too much.

Arzeno will probably do French Championship Asphalt, so no IRC?? :-/

So who could buy the second Mini seat for loose surface rallies of the season instead of Östberg?