(WRC) Rally Sweden 2021

[SubaruNorway]

It's ok, i can be the punching bag for you guys

[TypeR]

WRC/FIA can't let it happen, that there will be no rally between MC and Croatia.. Teams won't even come to the start of Monte, if already events are being cancelled..
even the Sweden and Croatia gap is too long, 2+ months..

[mknight]

I am not so sure they will mind so much, being busy developing and testing 2022 cars.

[AnttiL]

http://urheiluuutiset.com/ajetaanko-...-osakilpailua/

The replacement for Rally Sweden is apparently planned to happen in Northern Finland on the last week of February

[Tauri_J]

Dare I have to say it again...village of an organisation.

That must be an end to Rally Sweden for a while in the WRC.

[Tauri_J]

http://urheiluuutiset.com/ajetaanko-...-osakilpailua/

The replacement for Rally Sweden is apparently planned to happen in Northern Finland on the last week of February

So its not Artic Lapland Rally, because it is held in January?

[AnttiL]

So its not Artic Lapland Rally, because it is held in January?

Yeah, they have already planned the event to run the weekend before Monte starts, so it's not possible. And would probably come too quick anyway to rearrange everything. But I've understood they could run the stages in the Arctic Lapland Rally area again in late February. Some of those stages are anyway outrageously fast, like Rovanperä run last year one stage at 143 km/h average speed with Yaris WRC, so the route should be redesigned. Although, I think in the current situation anything goes probably...

[Berke]

For the future seasons, wouldn't it be better to ditch Rally Sweden and replace it with Lapland Rally as Rally Finland; considering we now have Rally Estonia which is pretty similar to the event we get in Jyvaskyla. I know losing some classic stages won't be ideal but at least finally we could have some proper snow rally.

Well, obviously money talks and we'll see where things will flow in the future.

[AnttiL]

For the future seasons, wouldn't it be better to ditch Rally Sweden and replace it with Lapland Rally as Rally Finland; considering we now have Rally Estonia which is pretty similar to the event we get in Jyvaskyla. I know losing some classic stages won't be ideal but at least finally we could have some proper snow rally.

Well, obviously money talks and we'll see where things will flow in the future.

Remember how there was plans to arrange Rally Sweden in a completely different location to where it is now? Also, Sweden had a completely different strategy for COVID-19 and now they suffer from that. In the long run, it shouldn't matter.

I know I'm a bit sentimental about Rally Finland in Jyväskylä, but for me it would be wrong to take it away, as it has such a long tradition.

[Tauri_J]

I'm an estonian but theres no way that Rally Finland on gravel should be left out from WRC calendar. Never ever should this happen.