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    Poland OUT! PLEASE
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    and China IN!
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    worst suggestion ever. Mexico or Argentina out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EstWRC View Post
    worst suggestion ever. Mexico or Argentina out.

    And still end up with only 3 events outside of Europe? Won't happen I think.

    France can go, they already have the Monte.
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    Quote Originally Posted by EightGear View Post
    And still end up with only 3 events outside of Europe? Won't happen I think.

    France can go, they already have the Monte.
    Neither Argentina nor Mexico could go as they 'tick the box' for two continents - North and South America. I think to be classified as a world championship you need to hit 4 continents?

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    It pretty clear that when China is in then Corsica will be thrown out, Only question is when? next year or year after that?. Half of the France is in bankrupcy and it is not practical to held two rounds in one country which economy struggles and carsales numbers are not very good and one more event on the island. Corsica is no longer what it used to be, so I do not see any major loss here, I do not see much "classic" left there either.
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    Why not 14 event (with China) calendar?! Anyway sport is boring at the moment with/without China unfortunatelly...

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    If there are rallys in Italy and Portugal, where economy is even worse, France can host his own. They have Monte but they have also won the last 12 championship. I think France deserves his round more than others (and I'm not french).
    Poland will stay there, or will be replaced by some other east Europe State like Estonia, not China.
    Mexico should go in my opinion, there are always too less cars and it is not that spectacular. But it's the only north american round so he will probably stay.

    BTW, the decisions are taken with money and with friendships. We have to find who is the more poor and less loved rally.

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    Hummm... I got the strangest feelling that I've seen this movie in 2001! In the end, the poor Rally Portugal will be out so a sup€r China can enter. Altought if their WRC Rally will be so good as the one that was in IRC...cof cof... God help us :S

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    Quote Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1 View Post
    Poland OUT! PLEASE
    What's your problem with Rally Poland? Yes, the organisation has a lot of work to do regarding safety and organisation... But the stages are great! The people are interested in the sport, they are travelling big distances inside the country to see the event. And in all national news during the event it's one of the main subjects in the national media (probably partly because of the Kubica-effect, but still). In Poland the WRC has a reason to be there.


    Quote Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1 View Post
    and China IN!
    Why have an event in a country where almost NOBODY cares about rallying, which is too far away for anyone else to visit, and which is too expensive to drive for privateers? Just because some high-ranked people who happen to work for the manufacturers want it, as it fits the theory they want to sell to the big bosses?

    I like to visit events where you feel that rallying is alive, where people look forward to it all year long. In Sweden, Finland, Monte Carlo, Poland, but also in Sardinia last few years, the WRC event is the big thing. The market may be smaller but the impact you have on it is many times bigger. No point of having China on the calendar if nobody goes to watch it and if no local media spreads out much more about it than about a WRC round on the other side of the globe...

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