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Season to launch at the Autosport show again: https://www.autosport.com/asi/news/147016/autosport-show-to-host-wrc-season-launch

It's probably as simple as Adamo, being Italian, wanting to support a nice event in/near his homeland. Maybe he has friends on the rally organising team...? Rather like Malcolm Wilson taking Elfyn...

Looking like a chance of four Fiestas in GB then, as surely Gus will be in one too.

Indicative of the rally having a more southerly Leg though? I know you've predicted considerable changes for the anniversary year.

Could Spain go back to the North West of Barcelona if it goes back to full tarmac, or is there money from the current region keeping them to the South?

I think it's fair to say those friends are a lost cause.

I've always found that tarmac rallying is a far harder sell to casuals. Particularly modern tarmac rallying, doesn't really work so well...

They're making their money from event organisers. Having Japan or Australia last on the calendar is completely at odds with having a large online audience for the Championship finale, it's frankly a...

You're beating a dead horse on this one fella. There's a long list of 'Shoulda Woulda Coulda' WRC candidates out there. Cronin is far from alone and isn't particularly close to the top of the list.

Earlier this year Mads and his wife were asking on Twitter for ideas for where to go on a short holiday in the UK this summer. I imagine this is that holiday.

You'd have to think it's down to money, as it's otherwise pretty incomprehensible for 2020. To exclude the ONLY event you have in Central Europe and near the Benelux/Northern France region, surely...

DMACK Global (renamed Sinon UK at the end of last year) has gone into Administration in the UK, owing nearly £10m to M-Sport/Malcolm Wilson. Other noteworthy creditors include Skoda Motorsport Italia...

Got to imagine that the Safari has thrown a spanner in the works... Though the AUS/NZ and GB/NI situations still seem to be completely up in the air!

Well, while I'm at it...

Shell V-Power Hyundai Junior Team
Huttunen, Breen

(I've always wanted to see the Hyundai in the full Shell livery... Any photoshop wizards out there?!)

I'll start a wild rumour!

TGR lineup:
Tanak, Meeke, Latvala

Abu Dhabi Toyota
Rovanpera, Katsuta/Al Qassimi

;)

For me it's this logic that just kills any thought that Tanak could go to M-Sport.

I don't think it's far-fetched to imagine a scenario where Mr Toyoda, as President of the sixth-largest company...

Mintex has travelled to many of rallies overseas. It's not much more expensive to do an overseas rally than Rally GB...

Personally I can see the value in a rally in Northern Ireland (& Ireland)...

What a mess...

I'd far rather have a half decent young 'nobody' than literally nobody in a third C3 WRC, which would probably otherwise be the case...

Sad to see a move away from production bodyshells... I wonder who pushed for that. Here's hoping we don't get any odd looking 'scaled' cars like the Mustang in Australian Supercars! Standard tire for...

I wouldn't say this for any other 'new' rally really, but given how relatively unique the Safari will be if it does indeed return for 2020, would there not be a reasonably substantial benefit to any...

A little bit more info about the Rally GB situation in this BBC article. If it goes to Northern Ireland in 2020, it'd be back in Wales in 2021, according to Motorsport UK chief executive Hugh...

I'm curious to see if the MN version of this story adds a bit more meat to the bones, as I'm not sure what Oliver Ciesla actually wants in reality. He says "There's a huge fan base and lots of...

I'm not endorsing that stage, but if you want to look at the positives, a stage like that is very much a part of this Rally's heritage! https://youtu.be/v-JntnA0RyA?t=51 :D

I'm all for a return...

Was there always a National rally attached to the International Ypres rally? So long as he's not entered in the 'International' main event I don't see the issue. And if this attached 'Masters'...

https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/142847/safari-rally-told-to-toughen-up-route-for-return

First time I've seen this mentioned, but alongside what we know about Mouton's opinion, a quote from "a...