[WRC] News & Rumours 2020

[AnttiL]

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/ypres...g-on-wrc-date/

The Sunday of WRC Ypres would be driven at Spa-Francorchamps, with a ~270 km liaison across Belgium

[Fast Eddie WRC]

I'll be amazed if Ypres can plan this and pull it off safely (both re Covid-19 & in fans spectating in the right places).

[Fast Eddie WRC]

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/wrc-p...fill-schedule/

[MartijnS]

Germany will announce a ban on big events today untill the end of October.

[br21]

Same weekend like planned Ypres there will be WRX round in Spa also. Bit hard to imagine two so big events same time, even on Spa. From publicity point of view maybe perfect, but from organisational not that easy and nice, as I believe due to RX many service roads on Spa will be not available and they were heavily used during Spa rally in the past and they were really spectacular and nice to drive.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Germany will announce a ban on big events today untill the end of October.

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/fresh...-ban-extension

[the sniper]

I've got to be honest, I'm not going to get my hopes up for any WRC rally supposedly happening this year until the eve of any event, maybe not even until the first cars leave the service park for the first stage! The situation is just too fluid, I can see people being too keen to move on, but Covid 19 isn't done with us.

If anything, I'm bizarrely most optimistic about Rally Estonia happening, as the rally organising story there has been so crazy, anything seems to be possible!

[EstWRC]

But it has confirmed nine rallies that will definitely be on the 2021 schedule – Monte Carlo, Finland, Portugal, Sweden, the Safari, Spain, Italy, Japan and Australia – albeit without dates yet

The big unanswered question – not that we really expected it to be answered – is the one about the size of that 2021 calendar. The manufacturers are pushing for 10 rounds, the WRC Promoter wants 12. There’s a sensible compromise which would dictate 11 rallies next year.

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/what-...FbdsFQlg_5sF78

so many good events left out if its true, Australia instead of New Zealand

[the sniper]

Hopefully WRC Promoter gets its way with 12 rounds, then you can add New Zealand, Argentina and GB to those. That'd be a very reasonable calendar, if it's deliverable. I'd drop Mexico because the limited number of unique stage miles have been done to death now. And the Monte is a French rally in all but name and ceremonial terms... If slots are limited, and Citroen have gone, why does mainland France need two rounds?

With only 10 rounds, you're not going to be delivering a lot of content for the manufacturers investment. I wouldn't even bank on WRC promoter reducing the price of All Live... Do we know yet if we're getting any kind of recompense on this year's subscription yet?

[dimviii]

Asked by DirtFish about the chances of seeing Ypres ink its deal for a WRC slot, Penasse said: “We have to wait to see if it’s possible for Turkey to move, everything depends on that. If Turkey cannot move then it’s simply not possible for us to run. Everything hinges on that date. Without that, it’s not possible for the teams to get from there to Ypres.”

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/rally...pres-wrc-slot/