[WRC] 2025 News & Rumours

[deephouse]

Could it be Spain in the fall 2026? Wasn't there news that Spain wanted to explore the possibility of switching between Canary Islands and the Mainland, Salou area? Salou has the proven and good area for rally.

The sad part is the tarmac rounds only replace tarmac ones, so we can assume that either Canary will lost a place for Croatia or they will stay and CER will be gone. Japan, have new contract until 2028 but they don't run that event in april time usualy. Maybe they will finaly put another tarmac event in the middle of season to break that gravel dominance of events, but we can just hope of that happening.

[Eli]

Could it be Spain in the fall 2026? Wasn't there news that Spain wanted to explore the possibility of switching between Canary Islands and the Mainland, Salou area? Salou has the proven and good area for rally.

Yes since the Canary Islands have a contract in place for 2025-2026 it would make sense they’d take up that slot, and then come 2027 they’d go back to Salou like it was (almost) always in October. However, it would mean the layout would still be, Tarmac event in April and then nothing in-between for 6 months…but who knows, 2027 is a long way a away, and a lot can change until then. It’s purely speculative at this point.

[Sal yet again]

Who knows. If they listen to Kalle all the events will be held in field in Tuscany over one day...

[106 sport]

Could it be Spain in the fall 2026? Wasn't there news that Spain wanted to explore the possibility of switching between Canary Islands and the Mainland, Salou area? Salou has the proven and good area for rally.

I think that is not what is planned.
The idea is that the rally that represents Spain in the World Rally Championship remains forever in Gran Canaria.

[deephouse]

https://rallyjournal.com/wrc-stars-c...-honestly-say/ I don't know who is lying now, but if Adrien is ''rising'' his value like that, then he will soon become most hated driver in the field.

[becher]

https://rallyjournal.com/wrc-stars-c...-honestly-say/ I don't know who is lying now, but if Adrien is ''rising'' his value like that, then he will soon become most hated driver in the field.

Remember Drive to Survive? It is documentary-fiction with a whole lot of bs. It be a shame if they took a look at that and thought "we need some of those".

[Fast Eddie WRC]

https://rallyjournal.com/wrc-stars-c...-honestly-say/ I don't know who is lying now, but if Adrien is ''rising'' his value like that, then he will soon become most hated driver in the field.

Maybe he didnt get an "official offer", but in their chat it was said the best they could possibly have available is a part-season.

[PLuto]

I think that is not what is planned.
The idea is that the rally that represents Spain in the World Rally Championship remains forever in Gran Canaria.

I dont think so...

[TypeR]

Maybe he didnt get an "official offer", but in their chat it was said the best they could possibly have available is a part-season.

This,


and I believe Latvala himself is not in a position to make such offers

[Eli]

I think that is not what is planned.
The idea is that the rally that represents Spain in the World Rally Championship remains forever in Gran Canaria.

No, they said they only want it so they can celebrate their 50th anniversary in the WRC, after that there's no reason the rally in Spain shouldn't return to Catalunya.