In WRC events citizenship matters, all below that including ERC license matters (ie. Kalle Rovanperä is Latvian in Finnish rally championship events)
Yes, it is usual "exception" made for WRC. It started few years ago, when one manufacturer driver started (I dont know the reason) with exotic licence. And they wanted to have his original flag there...
https://www.powerslideblog.com/wrc-route-previews/2026/rally-japan-2026-route-preview
My Rally Japan route preview - with some cool interactive maps that I have made. Pretty much identical to last...
And instead of two Toyotas vs Neuville sometimes, it will be Toyota vs Toyota all day, any day ^^
I tell you, we will miss the rare cases where Hyundai was competitive with Toyota next year
Nice to see Heikkilä get the win. Finally a bit of luck which has deserted him in the past.
[ERC] Royal Rally of Scandinavia...