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    Several competitors at APRC Rally Hokkaido last weekend featured this sticker on their back window. I spoke with one senior rally person there who said there is concern about the lack of WRC experience of the Rally Japan Organsiers. A driver from that region told me that he doubted that any of the stages used by the candidate event would be suitable for WRC Cars! I believe that when the event is confirmed there will be a simultaneous announcement of all the important details of 2020 Rally Japan
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    Quote Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira View Post
    worrying for Aava and co. Its the kind of date as Rally Estonia has had past years (12-14 july this year), there must be also a summer break somewhere, so good luck to them getting drivers for next years Rally Estonia.
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    The summer break thing is interesting. The rumored calendar would have Chile move earlier in the calendar to be before Argentina, in the place where Corsica is dropped off. This would leave a full month between Argentina and Portugal, and then another month before Kenya. After that it would be again three week gaps, I suppose. Another option on this system would be to move Portugal and Sardegna earlier to make up one long summer break instead of two shorter ones.

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    I liked the old summer break in the mid/late 90s. Acropolis was first weekend in June - then there was about a 6 week break until NZ towards the end of July.

    Is there a better sound than that of Porsche engined Flat-6 ???

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    From Rally New Zealand FB page: "We understand that the FIA will be announcing the 2020 World Rally Championship calendar tonight. Rally New Zealand is confident that it will be included on the WRC calendar for the first time since 2012.

    A positive result overnight would be an historic outcome for New Zealand and Motorsport in our country.

    After many years of lobbying to Bring Back WRC Rally New Zealand we are awaiting the announcement tonight with interest.

    Keep an eye on the social feeds after 10pm tonight. "

    #WRC #RallyNewZealand #BringBackWRCRallyNewZealand #Rally #ATEED #AucklandCity #FIA
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    Only you know your true potential.
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    Good to have it confirmed. Lacking another pure tarmac event earlier in the season but exciting new rallies and a return to NZ. Harsh on Spain.

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    FIA Rally Director Yves Matton commented:

    “In order to further globalise the championship, we needed to have more WRC rounds outside Europe. I am glad to see the results of our expansion strategy, with emblematic events such as Kenya and Japan coming back to the WRC calendar next year, alongside New Zealand replacing Australia, while long-standing, iconic European events provide a great balance and preserve the DNA of the sport.

    “Following the integration of Chile last year, the 2020 calendar also expands our presence on both the Asian and African continents.

    “With the strong interest of many countries to host a WRC round, we had more high-quality candidates than the number of slots available in the calendar, which demonstrates the robust health and popularity of the championship. The rotation system that we are adopting gives us the opportunity to maintain a higher number of good events in the WRC.

    “Thanks to the new calendar strategy that was put in place following the World Motor Sport Council in March 2019, we are able to announce the WRC schedule earlier than in recent years and in the future we aim to be in a position to publish it in March.”
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