[WRC] News & Rumours 2021

[er88]

Finland will be there I'm sure. It's not like the UK is going to have a round, with the bunch frauds currently in charge of putting a round together.....
Fly away events like Mexico/argentina/ New Zealand will all be difficult.

[mknight]

Next years calendar has Sweden that didn´t take place this year ...
and was very bad year ago.

so canceling for Covid isn´t reason to get kicked.

There is no snow rally that can immediatelly take Swedens place. Arctic organizers were afaik quite open that it wasn't sustainable to do Arctic as WRC round like this again.

For Finlands sake Estonia is already on the list.

As you mentioned Sweden didn't take place one year. Finland might be at risk of cancelling second time in a row if they don't allow foreign spectators.

[Tauri_J]

Rumors that Japan will be cancelled...again.

[Andre Oliveira]

If cancelled, should be out of 2022 calendar.

[Co-driven]

Rumors that Japan will be cancelled...again.

Considering WEC event in Fuji was cancelled last week and also the new emergency state started by Japanese government until end of August, I think chances are quite big of cancelling the WRC event...

[Eli]

Considering WEC event in Fuji was cancelled last week and also the new emergency state started by Japanese government until end of August, I think chances are quite big of cancelling the WRC event...

So Monza for a second year running? If they do that I hope at least this time they include more stages outside the track.

[masa90]

I am really worried about Rally Finland in 2021 aswell. Somehow all of the deadlines for ticket sales starting just go by, nothing activity wise. No updates on the site etc

[EstWRC]

yeah, i looked at their site the other day too


any info from you dear Finnish friends?

[wyler]

So Monza for a second year running? If they do that I hope at least this time they include more stages outside the track.

Italian rumors about this are already circulating for a couple of months.

[dimviii]

Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director Pascal Vasselon has confirmed to Motorsport.com that Ogier has undergone sessions in the outfit's simulator and talks are ongoing, but there is "no fixed plan" regarding any outings in Toyota's Le Mans Hypercar.

"It is something that is in discussion. There is no fixed plan at the moment; it is just something we are looking at," Vasselon told Motorsport.com.

"He is interested in driving our car and I understand why he would want to drive our Le Mans Hypercar. He has already done some simulator sessions.

"We have put our WEC drivers in rally cars on team-building events, but we've never had a rally driver in one of our prototypes, so it would be quite interesting, I think."

https://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/...sions/6631300/