2026 WRC News & Rumours

**deephouse** · Yesterday, 18:25

Originally Posted by Eli

Didn’t they say or weren’t there rumours about an announcement regarding a new promoter on the eve of the Acropolis Rally or did they manage to drive the new promoter away already?

Don't believe them anything anymore. They are lying. There is no one and even that one who was, wasn't there anymore.

They said that new manufacturer from Europe will be revealed, not tuner, but manufacturer in a Rally Japan time. Rally Japan ended almost month ago and nothing. We kinda understand, because again delaying this affair with new promoter. But Rally Greece was coming and also WMSC meeting was in place. That shitface of Ben announced that they will finaly reveal promoter soon, max in three weeks... So that would be, what 2 weeks after Rally Greece, if my timeline is correct. If not he will be to blame. So what? What will happen? Will he be fired? Of course not. Now we got some weird news about that useless KIT soon after WMSC meeting which practicaly nobody wanted. So again, don't expect anything. They are lying, because there is nothing, sadly.

Originally Posted by skarderud

I'm sure there is no new promoter, its just trying to hype up by useless "business-PR" people in todays promoter/FIA.

If some of this "genius" people actually reading this forum, her is what you have to do:

Rally2's as topclass next 4 years while making a new direction how next generation WRC1's will be.

Give 30 mins round up tv-shows out for free to both streaming and regular TV-channels around the world.
You can't hide your product behind paywalls to get a fanbase.

Dont try to please todays team, several of them won't join anyway, and noone of them will go in the same direction.

Then, in 4 years time, you will have manufacturers joining the new regulation, because its actually a solid fanbase to show your brand for, good numbers from streaming/regular tv, the ROI will be aceptable for most interested manufacturers. Its like the hypercars in LeMans, it was quite dead some years ago, today its totalt different.

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Or we could just face the truth and accept that wrc will be without manufacturers. They will just build the cars and private teams will compete. As likes of Toksport, Printsport, PH-Sport, 2C competition, M-Sport... I mean it wouldn't be that bad. And Rally2 prove every single rally that can witstand better every conditions, tyres, drivers...

**Eli** · Yesterday, 18:48

Originally Posted by deephouse

Don't believe them anything anymore. They are lying. There is no one and even that one who was, wasn't there anymore.

They said that new manufacturer from Europe will be revealed, not tuner, but manufacturer in a Rally Japan time. Rally Japan ended almost month ago and nothing. We kinda understand, because again delaying this affair with new promoter. But Rally Greece was coming and also WMSC meeting was in place. That shitface of Ben announced that they will finaly reveal promoter soon, max in three weeks... So that would be, what 2 weeks after Rally Greece, if my timeline is correct. If not he will be to blame. So what? What will happen? Will he be fired? Of course not. Now we got some weird news about that useless KIT soon after WMSC meeting which practicaly nobody wanted. So again, don't expect anything. They are lying, because there is nothing, sadly.

Or we could just face the truth and accept that wrc will be without manufacturers. They will just build the cars and private teams will compete. As likes of Toksport, Printsport, PH-Sport, 2C competition, M-Sport... I mean it wouldn't be that bad. And Rally2 prove every single rally that can witstand better every conditions, tyres, drivers...

Didn’t you see? Ben just overthrew the rule saying his time is limited for 12 years…only took him a year into his second term to do that…just wonderful…the WRC will die, it’s just a matter of when…

**PLuto** · Yesterday, 19:08

Originally Posted by deephouse

Or we could just face the truth and accept that wrc will be without manufacturers. They will just build the cars and private teams will compete. As likes of Toksport, Printsport, PH-Sport, 2C competition, M-Sport... I mean it wouldn't be that bad. And Rally2 prove every single rally that can witstand better every conditions, tyres, drivers...

And who will pay this whole circus? If you will not have money from manufacturers, where they will find them?

**Steve Boyd** · Today, 00:53

Originally Posted by PLuto

If you will not have money from manufacturers, where they will find them?

Exactly! There is no Tobacco or Alcohol advertising money these days so unless the non-manufacturer teams can find rich rally fans that own billion dollar companies as sponsors they won't be able to pay for a full season of WRC events. The only hope for private teams might just be if they were allowed to score points on maybe 10 out of 14 events and maybe say two rounds have to be outside Europe (to make it a "world" championship). Even then the budget would still be much bigger than ERC.

Time to get Elon Musk & Jeff Bezos into rallying!

**PLuto** · Today, 01:39

Originally Posted by Steve Boyd

Exactly! There is no Tobacco or Alcohol advertising money these days so unless the non-manufacturer teams can find rich rally fans that own billion dollar companies as sponsors they won't be able to pay for a full season of WRC events. The only hope for private teams might just be if they were allowed to score points on maybe 10 out of 14 events and maybe say two rounds have to be outside Europe (to make it a "world" championship). Even then the budget would still be much bigger than ERC.

Time to get Elon Musk & Jeff Bezos into rallying!

But I am not talking about competitors. But running the events and whole circus around (with FIA, promoter, live TV etc) is very expensive. Until now big part of this costs was paid by manufacturers money. If you will not have manufacturers willing to pay similar money, it will be very difficult for everybody...

**giu canbera** · Today, 03:35

Originally Posted by PLuto

But I am not talking about competitors. But running the events and whole circus around (with FIA, promoter, live TV etc) is very expensive. Until now big part of this costs was paid by manufacturers money. If you will not have manufacturers willing to pay similar money, it will be very difficult for everybody...

Thats easy...
2028 Calendar: Monte Carlo, Saudi Arabia1, Qatar, Emirates, Dubai1, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia2, Dubai2....

Eaaaaasy

**Eli** · Today, 06:40

So…to sum up, apart from Toyota, ProjectRally1 & probably M-Sport, we still have no idea what will come from other so called manufacturers that told the FIA are interested, something like 10 did they claim? We have no calendar for next year and apart from this new kit, no other news related to promoter or whatever concerning the future of the WRC after the second meeting of the WMSC, nearing the end of June, lovely…we truly have everyone concerned to thank for that

**TypeR** · Today, 07:41

News will come in next couple of weeks..
New promotor is almost set, at least 5 manufacturers waiting and begging to take their money, eventhough rules don't exist and everything is crappy.

But they will be announced soon

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**Ferranis** · Today, 09:20

That "9 Manufacturers / Tuners" were interested was such a BS. Maybe the regulation document was downloaded 9 times, but that's it ^^

**deephouse** · Today, 10:18

Originally Posted by Ferranis

That "9 Manufacturers / Tuners" were interested was such a BS. Maybe the regulation document was downloaded 9 times, but that's it ^^

I figured that out when I play with chatGPT and it eventually gave me the same answer that they actually do that to "raise" the stakes. But it don't work here, obviously. I think it's the same with promoter.