If you could decide your dream wrc schedule and venues, how would it look like ?
Lets use a 13 rally calendar, with 1 reserve venue.
Printable View
If you could decide your dream wrc schedule and venues, how would it look like ?
Lets use a 13 rally calendar, with 1 reserve venue.
3 winter rallies (Sweden, Norway and would love to see Finland in winter)
Portugal
New Zealand
Sardegna
Poland
Finland
Greece
Argentina
Australia
I don't like tarmac rallies as it's not so spectacular, but if I have to choose one it would be Germany
Wales GB
And as a reserve Turkey as it looked really spectacular last time.
(geografically sorted)
Portugal
Spain
Monte
Wales or Scotland
Norway or Sweden
Finland
Poland gravel
Italy tarmac
Greece
Turkey
Bulgaria tarmac
Argentina
I'd like to see the old corner-stone rallies on the calendar every year. These are IMO: Finland, Monte Carlo, Corsica, Wales, San Remo and, yes, the Safari. Other than that, there can be quite a lot of rotation.
Monte Carlo
Sweden
Norway
Safari
Portugal
New Zealand
Greece
Poland
Estonia
Finland
Sanremo
Tour de Corse
GB
Reserve - Argentina
Monte
Sweden
Corsica
Safari
Acropolis
Turkey
Poland
Finland
Argentina / Mexico
Sanremo
New Zealand
Japan
Scotland ;)
Monte Carlo - Legend.
Sweden-Norway combined event - Long snow event.
Argentina - Long rough event.
Sardinia - Technical sand rally.
Germany - Special tarmac.
Poland - High speed gravel, the 2009 edition was very nice.
Czech Republic - Czech tarmac (the more slow techical one) would deserve a place in the WRC.
Finland - The Best.
New Zealand - Legend in the Southern hemisphere.
Corsica - Difficult tarmac.
Turkey - 2010 route was interesting. Good combination of slow technical rough roads and very high-speed flat out stuff.
Ireland - Dirty, bumpy tarmac. Like.
Wales - The season finale as it should be.
1. Monte-Carlo, the legend always comes first
2. Combined event Sweden/Norway, but would like organisers to move further north direction ostersund (s) or trondheim (n) to secure winter conditions
3. Safari, the battle of man and machine again nature
4. Portugal, although Algarve area has nice stages, love to go back to north and arganil area
5. catalunya: all asfalt stages from LLoret de Mar
6. Acropolis Rally, another legend, more to discover from magnificent gravel roads, always spectaculair
7. Finland, rollercoaster speeds on gravel,
8. Corsica, a bumpy asfalt rally, always tricky
9. RAC, not the combination of micky mouse stages, but the real thing, starting in Cardiff and finish up north in Scotland,
10. Australia, was twice in Perth (97,98) and love the timing, a lot of stages visited or new Zealand,perhaps alternate year to year
11. Sanremo, not the Sardinia-version but the one with 2 days of gravel in tuscany and then 2 days of asfalt in sanremo
12. a event on the american continent, argentina is popular, but would the US been have a contender, i'd go for the yankees
13. other asian event, china, hongkong- peking, himalaya,
1.Ireland
2.Norway
3.Sweden
4.New Zealand
5.Poland
6.Greece
7.Finland
8.Indonesia
9.Tour De Corse
10.Safari
11.Spain
12.USA
13.Wales
For me Monte Carlo, Sweden, Portugal, Greece, Finland, Germany and GB are the must have of the calendar.
Besides those I would like Argentina, Italy (San Remo), Poland, Spain, France ( Corsica) and New Zealand.