WRC Calendar 2025

[Dimitris]

Good on them; rallying needs to attract proper commercial sponsorship - not handouts from government/local assemblies/ tourist boards. The hosting fee for a WRC round is ridiculously high for a currently lame series.

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[Fast Eddie WRC]

Good on them; rallying needs to attract proper commercial sponsorship - not handouts from government/local assemblies/ tourist boards. The hosting fee for a WRC round is ridiculously high for a currently lame series.

Many WRC Rounds are funded this way.

The Welsh government financed WRGB for years and now we dont have a UK round after they pulled the funding. Do you think this is good too ?

[Eli]

Many WRC Rounds are funded this way.

The Welsh government financed WRGB for years and now we don't have a UK round after they pulled the funding. Do you think this is good too ?

The same can be said about Corsica no? or was that just the FFSA?

[rallyfiend]

Good on them; rallying needs to attract proper commercial sponsorship - not handouts from government/local assemblies/ tourist boards. The hosting fee for a WRC round is ridiculously high for a currently lame series.

Governments around the world lining up to renew contracts or to grab a WRC event - but you know better?

Massive crowds pumping money in to the local economy.

Cry harder Britain.

How's your round of WEC in the UK going?

[PLuto]

Everything is about money. Without government money, there are no events on this level. It is not only rally, but also other sports...

[WRCStan]

Everything is about money. Without government money, there are no events on this level. It is not only rally, but also other sports...

Also, the rest of life.

[denkimi]

Everything is about money. Without government money, there are no events on this level. It is not only rally, but also other sports...

There were events before governments started getting involved.
By now it's just an auction and the highest bidders get an event. The FIA gets to charge such ridiculous amounts of money because some governments are desperate to get a rally. If all governments stopped pumping money into it, we would still have a comparable championship but the people in charge of the FIA wouldn't get as rich.

We don't need government money to have a rally, only to fill the pockets of greedy FIA people.

[saco0o]

but is there any current round of wrc/erc that is not government money paying the fee?
some of rallies have a title sponsor, like vodafone and bauhaus. how is the split between government/private company?

[WRCStan]

There were events before governments started getting involved.
By now it's just an auction and the highest bidders get an event. The FIA gets to charge such ridiculous amounts of money because some governments are desperate to get a rally. If all governments stopped pumping money into it, we would still have a comparable championship but the people in charge of the FIA wouldn't get as rich.

We don't need government money to have a rally, only to fill the pockets of greedy FIA people.

If governments weren't creating government money, there'd be a new monetary system. Until that arrives it's pointless dragging up the past.

[Eli]

Sorry to deter the discussion back to the original topic but didn't they say they'd know the calendar by June, and then later said July?