2024 WRC News & Rumours

[TypeR]

Source? Latvians know what they are doing. It is the same team that made Lat WRX top event for few years.

https://www.go4speed.lv/lv/news/wrc/...18--21-julija/

[sindroms]

What a joke if so. The event has serious questions as to why it's even in the WRC before this (if true)

Come on... do you really believe that Latvia organizers invented it by themselves?🤨 "Hey, we are newcomers so let's surprise the whole rally world by something new like shorter distance".

I think answer can be found above in autosport.com article. FIA World Motor Sport Council is considering the idea of shorter distances so Latvia WRC as a newcomer could have been chosen as a test.

[br21]

It's organizers choice, Promotor has nothing to do with it. I think simply not enough roads to make more mileage, and with SS1 in Riga and one rally day around Talsi/Tukums and base in Liepaja long road sections are also sure.

[AndyRAC]

That's what the ERC is for then......If they haven't got the roads for a 300km WRC event, they shouldn't have bid for a spot.

[Sal yet again]

That's what the ERC is for then......If they haven't got the roads for a 300km WRC event, they shouldn't have bid for a spot.

But they have the money obviously which is why the promoter accepted their bid..

[Negaiss]

https://www.go4speed.lv/lv/news/wrc/...18--21-julija/

Please, Do not worry ! The article states just that rally SS distance will be longer than 250 km and this is just one journalists personal analysis based on the fact that WRC rally distances are longer than ERC rally distances. Do not worry, we have plenty of fast gravel and narrow forest roads.

[denkimi]

It's organizers choice, Promotor has nothing to do with it. I think simply not enough roads to make more mileage, and with SS1 in Riga and one rally day around Talsi/Tukums and base in Liepaja long road sections are also sure.

You know they had 315km in 2021?

there is never a lack of roads, only a lack of effort.

[AndersX]

https://www.go4speed.lv/lv/news/wrc/...18--21-julija/

So, are you mastering Latvian language? Correct translation says that distance will exceed 250km, not that it will be 250km. About total distance you are right. But do not make fake news!

[TypeR]

So, are you mastering Latvian language? Correct translation says that distance will exceed 250km, not that it will be 250km. About total distance you are right. But do not make fake news!

No need to master Latvian language. I translated it to English.
What fake news? I wrote ,,ca 250kms'' and source says ,,exceed 250kms''. If the distance would be 280-300km, they wouldn't write like that..(although 280 or 251 would also be ,,exceed 250km'').
Haven't been to Latvia/their rallies and didn't write anything about organizers. I just read the article and what officials said there. Hopefully comes good rally!

[Tauri_J]

You know they had 315km in 2021?

there is never a lack of roads, only a lack of effort.

What rally?