I'm still bemused by the Shakedown/Qualifying stage, particularly the corner where most of the videos came from, seen here on Ingram's onboard at 1m19s:
https://youtu.be/oDt8JmFmedw?t=79
Perfect tarmac road just becomes a muddy field, then turn into another tarmac road leading away from the field.
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.
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