Interested to see how this develops after Colin fired some fairly public shots at the Absolute Rally podcast. Definitely found the Mads episode insightful - even if it did demonstrate no one knows what the heck is happening with Mikkelsen!
Rossel will be one of the drivers, and probably one or two Italians.
From this article, it's also clear that if the WRC goes to Roma, there will be some support coming from the promoter also:...
Tarmac rallies are part of the WRC challenge for drivers.
And having the Championship in a major European capital city will bring great publicity to the sport there.
It is big political fight in Italy if it will be in Sardegna or Rome. Like usually...
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