Silly Season 2024

[rp]

Poland is in for next year!

Shame! Definetely should have been Argentina or New Zealand. Poland is almost the same kind of event than Latvia. Now there is three high speed gravel events in a row.

[HKSjbg]

Shame! Definetely should have been Argentina or New Zealand. Poland is almost the same kind of event than Latvia. Now there is three high speed gravel events in a row.

And also at a ‘dusty’ time of year. There’s very little autumnal or damp gravel in the championship these days, especially with Chile moving from May to September. The whole run from Portugal in May to Chile in September would potentially be the same

[Tauri_J]

Shame! Definetely should have been Argentina or New Zealand. Poland is almost the same kind of event than Latvia. Now there is three high speed gravel events in a row.

I dont mind three spectacular high speed gravel events and especially so close to mine. But I agree that calendar needs variety.

[EstWRC]

The whining about the calendar is absolutely ridiculous on Twitter in various comments sections.

Especially from UK people who seem to be pissed that GB isn’t in the calendar but that isn’t only promoters fault.

I can’t get my head around why people don’t like fast events and how can you call the run from Portugal to Chile the same?

My only complaint is that there be should a tarmac round also in the middle of the season.

[HKSjbg]

Not the same as in the events are all of the same nature - but Portugal used to be in March, Chile first ran in May - there should be some more variety in terms of time of year and possible weather conditions. It’s the dustyness that bores me.

Poland, Latvia and especially Finland will all have very different stage characteristics, and Finland rarely has a dust issue - but the lack of variety doesn’t make for much excitement as each rally comes around.

I’d much prefer to see any of the following: Portugal earlier in the year; Chile in May again; Acropolis back in it’s traditional May/June slot (that’s one rally I think we can all agree should be dusty!); Poland in September which it was often held in before joining the WRC in 2009 (was it a traditional time of year for Rajd Polski though?)

[EstWRC]

Ah that’s what you meant. Got it and I agree in that sense

[HKSjbg]

Also, having read Luke Barry’s piece on it on Dirt Fish I can see why Poland should have a spot on the WRC calendar, but I still won’t be excited when that weekend comes around

[ToKu]

Traditional time for Poland was and is late May/early June. In 2009 and 2014 - 2017 (WRC years) it was late June. September was time of year in years 2011 - 2013 and 2018.

Anyway, obviously I'm happy that Poland is in calendar, but to be honest I would prefer Estonia, cause Estonia is great rally with MANY JUMPS and also in my operational range.

Plan for next year POLAND and LATVIA!

[lmmjvss]

So.... Polska & Latvija to WRC and France & Eesti to ERC?
I was hoping for a return of Argentina, but Chile won my heart (Im a south american)

[HKSjbg]

Haven’t heard anything in a few months about France in the ERC, is it still happening? Last thing I read on the ERC side of this forum was that Hungary was swapping it’s tarmac season finale for a gravel March opener, Rajd Polksi was being swapped for Rajd Śląska and Estonia plus Ceredigion effectively replace Latvia and Fafe. Fafe not holding the ERC opener was then refuted…

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