2017 News and results

[Oliverk]

If I understand well, that officially means not only there will not be Rally Estonia in ERC, but there will not be Rally Estonia at all.

Yes. No rally at all next year.

[focus206]

I do think that is a big possibility, giving the fact that they wanted to be in ERC for years at the beginning of the 2000s, but couldn't get in because Ypres was...

I was just thinking about that, it'd be great to see Condroz in ERC. But I remember someone talking on this forum about problems with crowds at Condroz which would become an even bigger problem in ERC...?

[dupanton]

I was just thinking about that, it'd be great to see Condroz in ERC. But I remember someone talking on this forum about problems with crowds at Condroz which would become an even bigger problem in ERC...?

Crowd control is an issue yes. There is always a lot of public, a lack of stewards on most places and a lot of (drunk) spectator who can't take care of themselves. Just watch some images of the rally and you will see plenty of examples, unfortunatly...

[Franky]

If I understand well, that officially means not only there will not be Rally Estonia in ERC, but there will not be Rally Estonia at all.

Just read the full press release and there will be no Rally Estonia in 2017. The next one will be in 2018. The gap year is used to find more ways how to make the event better and also to decide in what championship/series it will be in.

[Oliverk]

Painful truth is that, ERC drivers with few exeptions, are just too slow for estonian rally fans. And participation was joke even comparing to national events. I know plenty of friends who went to see 2-3 WRC rallies this year and not to Rally Estonia in it's current state. But what other rally series to attract here besides WRC is a bit of mystery.

[Sub_Skoda]

Official, no Rally Estonia 2017
http://sport.delfi.ee/news/auto/eest...mu?id=76143675 (Estonian news story. Info from organizers.)

Very sad news...

No Ypres, No Rally Estonia, No Winter rally, no Jänner, no Circuit of Ireland... no ERC in 2017???! Where are you going ERC?!

[SVrally]

What a shame! Anyway, maybe Rally di Roma Capitale will be a new entry of the 2017 FIA ERC Calendar!

[focus206]

Crowd control is an issue yes. There is always a lot of public, a lack of stewards on most places and a lot of (drunk) spectator who can't take care of themselves. Just watch some images of the rally and you will see plenty of examples, unfortunatly...

Shame, I hope they'll be able to fix that, I see Condroz as a great last round of ERC, much better than Cyprus for that.

[dupanton]

Shame, I hope they'll be able to fix that, I see Condroz as a great last round of ERC, much better than Cyprus for that.

I don't think so, it has been going on for years and years, they get a lot of complaints about it, but they just can't handle it...
Anyway, with Lefebvre, Breen, Duval, Bergkvist, Matton, Princen, De Mevius etc at the start, they have a great entrylist even without ERC!

[PLuto]

What a shame! Anyway, maybe Rally di Roma Capitale will be a new entry of the 2017 FIA ERC Calendar!

I hoped for Sanremo...