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Official: RACC Catalunya Rally will be removed from the 2023 calendar
The FIA officially unveiled the calendar for the 2023 World Rally Championship this Friday. This has definitively confirmed the exclusion of RallyRACC Catalunya Costa Dorada from the 2023 WRC World Championship, which will consist of 13 events. The resurgence of appointments in Mexico and Chile stands out, with new Central European asphalt tests. In addition to Spain, rallies in Belgium and New Zealand have fallen, with Calle Rovanpera crowned champion, returning after a long hiatus in 2022.
“ClubRACC continues to work with promoters to ensure that RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada can qualify for the WRC again in 2024. I will qualify for the RACC has released the news through its social networks, confirming that it is already working with WRC Promoter for a return next season.
“There is no reason to blame Rally Catalunya. But by integrating this new event into the asphalt test. We could never have run so many asphalt tests,” said promoter Simon Larkin. I was.
The RACC Catalunya Rally has been on the WRC calendar since 1991 after it absorbed the Costa Brava, but was dropped in 1994 for the last 30 years as the FIA imposed a three-year rotation. In 2020, he had to rest again for rotation due to the Covid 19 pandemic.
Although it is not part of the WRC World Championship, testing will continue in 2023, possibly on gravel, with other championships being scored.
According to the FIA calendar released yesterday, the season runs from January to November. Starting with the traditional Monte Carlo Rally (January 19-22), we return to snow and ice in Sweden (February 9-12) and Mexico (March 16-19). Croatia (20-23 April), Portugal (11-14 May) and Italy-Sardinia (1-4 June) lead the Kenya Safari Rally (22-25 June), From there Estonia (July 20-23), Finland (August 3-6) and Greece (September 7-10) traveled to Chile (September 28-October 1) and then Central Europe (October 26-29) face the final sprint on asphalt. Austria, with headquarters in the German city of Passau and Japan (November 16-19), had a notable security issue at a recent rally.
Despite great pressure to introduce the rally in Saudi Arabia in 2023, it was ultimately ruled out, with its debut scheduled for 2024, despite the interest of WRC promoters.
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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