@Rally Power. Almost 90% of French rallying happens in the Southern half of France, I think... Apart from Le Touquet, Cote Fleurie and some other small events, the North-West of France doesn't have much events and also not so much followers. I'm sure that if you would go to the Rallye du Mont-Blanc or Rallye du Var, which are in the same championship, the experience would be very different. I've visited Le Touquet several times, and indeed, on most places you arrive, you are almost completely alone. No big crowds and no big atmosphere...

As said before here, in almost every country rallying is a sport that exists only in a few regions. Same goes for Belgium, where you have a few regions where rallying is quite popular. Those regions have almost too much events for the capacity of it, while in other large parts of the country the sport simply doesn't exist. When no events take place regionally, people can only get to know the sport via other promotion (internet/tv/newspapers), and that's something that has never been great with WRC...