WRC mainclass from 2027

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btw... any infos on why havent chinese manufacturers flocked motorsport yet? i dont believe in 'race on sunday sell on monday" but its no secret motorsport raise the aweareness and value of brands, eh? we keep seeing the same euro/us/japanese brands in f1, motogp, wec, rallying... NIO did fórmula e and its probably the only chinese brand i know... other than byd cuz they sell cars now down here in south america
but theres more than 100 chine car brands haha which is crazy

They are aiming at having rally in China, it's their next goal, to bring it there, after USA. At least now on the paper. In WRC it was run two times in 1999 and 2016, but the last one was cancelled. It is still run in APRC (Asian-Pacific Rally Championship). It could be major step to bring rally there and maybe one less in Europe, since the brands here are ''dying''. But I think it will come either way sometime in the future. I mean some manufacturer. More and more chinese brands are present on the European market. It was some time ago, that it is interest of chinese brands for rallying, but don't know why they don't eat from their hands, since those who are here isn't show any real interest.

Before Hyundai there was Proton, we could say the most close to China (I exclude Japan out, because they have strong herritage in rallying). Proton did want to come to WRC, but it ended even before it started (Prodrive built ''Impreza''). Although they were very successful in S2000 I think, they should be aiming at coming back. They try with MEM Iriz R5, but don't know if it was this official manufacturer built car or just special tuner one.