He needs to do another event, Spain or Australia, and he needs 28 points more than Kopecky. It's not yet confirmed whether Kopecky will do Spain or not (probably yes).
If you will go opposite, you will see plenty of drivers who went to WRC/WRC2 too early and failed as they were not ready to fight on this level. Then they step down back to ERC/national championships...
This was probably the case before. But when the future is Rally2 Cars (& WRC27) anyone aiming for WRC sees getting experience on WRC events as important.
Who has won many ERC events in the last 10...
He will do Rally Islas Canarias. Unfortunately, Sierra Morena and Canarias is with only one week difference, so almost impossible to do both events (especially with same car)... So lot of drivers...
If you will go opposite, you will see plenty of drivers who went to WRC/WRC2 too early and failed as they were not ready to fight on this level. Then they step down back to ERC/national championships...
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