British & Irish Rally calendars 2023

[HKSjbg]

Wow, 190-224km long, multi-day, classic 80s/90s RAC stages and even open to all car classes! This is exactly what British rallying needs. Hopefully we’ll see a healthy Rally2 entry

[AndyRAC]

It means (hopefully) there is a multi-day rally every year in November.........

[Fast Eddie WRC]

It are the wrong facts, he's just registered for the Brits because he can use Michelin tyres, for Belgian championship he's only allowed to use Pirelli..

The fact is a quote by Lefebvre:
“In order to not influence the Belgian Championship, we will only be registered in the British championship.”

[mousti]

The fact is a quote by Lefebvre:
“In order to not influence the Belgian Championship, we will only be registered in the British championship.”

And a quote in Belgian Press by Alain Georges team manager of DG Sport, "In the British Rally Championship, the choice of tyre brand is free and we benefit from an agreement with Michelin as part of this operation."

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[Fast Eddie WRC]

Donegal Rally preview:

https://rallyinsight.com/2023/06/14/...kend-classics/

[hutchie]

Seemingly there is 4 BRC registered Rally2 competitors doing Ypres, one being Lefebvre and the other being Fourmaux. Essentially meaning 2 British crews in the top class doing the event.

It's a really bad look for the championship and seems to me the decision to include Ypres again has backfired. Could we ever foresee a situation where the Belgian Rally Championship would include a British round in their calendar?

I don't have the answers to fix the BRC but the Jim Clark seemed relatively like a minor success for the championship while Ypres feels a failure.

[HKSjbg]

And no doubt Ulster and Ceredigion will be roaring successes and both for different reasons for why the Jim Clark was.

I feel like if the Ulster moved to run alongside the Down Rally on the penultimate weekend of July, the gap from the Jim Clark would be suitable enough for a normal summer break and there would be no need for a late June event.

The huge gap between rounds 1 & 2 would still need sorting though and the Cork 20 organisers wouldn’t want to go back to being the final round of the ITRC - if you could imagine the ITRC finishing even earlier than it does now!

[Sal yet again]

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/...-41158342.html

Next years Galway Rally which has traditionally been the ITRC opener has been cancelled due to a fallout between the organisers and the governing body.

This bit of the story also looks ominous for the other rounds:

The Irish Examiner understands that Motorsport Ireland is to hike up the costs of rally championship permits for 2024. Earlier this week during a planned meeting between MI officials and the TROA, the latter were informed that the increase could be as much as eighty per cent of the current fee. The TROA apply for four permits to run the various categories of the ITRC. A decision on the amount will be announced in due course.

[Steve Boyd]

Manx Autosport have announced that the Chris Kelly Memorial Stages Rally due to run on 29 & 30 September 2023 has been cancelled.

A report from Manx Radio with a club statement is available here:
https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-...t-restructure/

[HKSjbg]

Is it wishful thinking to hope ‘two major events each year’ means they’re aiming to bring the BRC back to the Isle of Man?