WRC Calendar 2025

[rallyfiend]

Let's be realistic, no amount of safety issues on the candidate event will stop the WRC round from going ahead. There is far too much money involved.

Hopefully they can get their act together by November.

Were there any safety incidents that were the fault of th eorganisers?

EVen the stewards declared that the actions of the driver going the wrong direction were 'reckless'.....

[saco0o]

i really wish the MERC was bigger, somehow. like having someone to build it like a real erc competitor
https://www.ewrc-results.com/season/2025/39-merc/
do they have social media / yt highlights presence? i never found any (tho Im not on social media hehe)

[saco0o]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2vxz1kcxYQ

this channel is cool. he went to saudi to see a little bit of the local

[Tauri_J]

Heard that test rally for Saudi Arabia was a mess. Huge security problems, even cars driving wrong way on the stages lol

[deephouse]

Heard that test rally for Saudi Arabia was a mess. Huge security problems, even cars driving wrong way on the stages lol

That's impossible. How could that be, they got never before seen 10-year deal without even trying.

[Andre Oliveira]

It is urgent clean the FIA. That guy is the worst president ever.

[Franky]

It is urgent clean the FIA. That guy is the worst president ever.

Isn't the promoter the one who chooses who gets to be on the calendar?

[rallyfiend]

Isn't the promoter the one who chooses who gets to be on the calendar?

Yes.

But I bet the FIA take a lot of the money generated....

[deephouse]

Isn't the promoter the one who chooses who gets to be on the calendar?

With Ben as president of FIA and Saudi getting the spot cemented for such a long period without any previous events held there, it's obviously who decide what.

[wyler]

With Ben as president of FIA and Saudi getting the spot cemented for such a long period without any previous events held there, it's obviously who decide what.

money decides.
saudi is injecting a huge quantity of cash into sport washing and cultural washing. they got good footballer, they host foreign sport event (like Italy football cup, but also word championships), they're trying to get into euroleague basketball, and did a huge tennis tournament. they host huge music festivals. they already have f1 and motogp in the area...
fia is really marginal for them, they have enough money to bypass any president.