When watching vids from Swe upcoming stages, must admit - unfortunately boring roads around Umeå; possibly Östersund would have been able to offer smth more interesting. Hard to compare with good old Karlstad region roads.
About gent-drivers: this is clear on FIA table - out of balance situation - overcrowded Rally 2 category with very few top category seats.
I´d wait to see.
Karlstad/Värmland region offered even faster roads than Finland. So there are interesting places where ever you go. Agree though Östersund would´ve been greatest solution.
"Reis vas pät pat kaar vas kut"
Tommi Mäkinen, back in the years...
It's been said that a Lancia Rally2 will enter WRC2 in 2026.
Is it possible one could also be run in ERC ? And him being Italian, maybe Mabellini could be the driver ?
Toyota isnt a factory team in WRC2, Solberg is run by Printsport.
I'm sure a top WRC2 driver would be happy to take his place there. Moving from a Skoda or Citroen wasnt a problem for Solberg.
It´s time to decide the winner, or most pointscoring driver...
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