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Rally Ireland WRC 2012

  • 04-06-2010 11:24am
    #1
    De Hipster
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    What are the chances of a summer 2012 WRC for a different location in Ireland?

    With their colours firmly nailed to the mast, Gordon Noble and the team are pitching for a 2012 Summer date and have opted not to explore the IRC route...
    Rally Ireland Clerk of the Course Gordon Noble and Motorsport Ireland President Joe Corcoran visited the recent Rally Portugal with a view to securing their event's return to the WRC calendar for 2012, according to maxrally.com.

    The pair met with the main movers and shakers within the World Rally Championship, as they discussed a possible summer slot.

    "We want to get Rally Ireland back onto the WRC calendar and we were disappointed not to have made it for 2011,” said Noble. “We’re here to see what needs to be done because it’s our aim to be on the 2012 calendar.”

    The trend towards remote servicing and a greater geographical spread, could be ideal for the next Rally Ireland.

    “It would allow us to be much more flexible and go to different areas,” said Noble. “Although Ireland is known as a Tarmac rallying country, we wouldn’t rule out a mixed surface event [like we did for the pilot rally in 2005].”

    Rally Ireland wants to remain within the World Rally Championship and not pursue the Intercontinental Rally Challenge route.

    “Technically our rally is very good with lots of very good and experienced people involved,” said Noble. “We had the fourth most TV coverage of any round of the WRC in 2009 and I’m convinced we can offer a lot to the WRC again. A date in January or November does us no favours because inevitably it rains and there is less daylight so a summer date would definitely be our preference.”

    source: maxrally.com


Comments

  • #2
    reiger
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    It will not happen this is a pure Pr exercise by MSI,anyway the IRC route was closed at easter by bobby willis and the circuit of Ireland it ran as a candate event


  • #3
    De Hipster
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    I'm all for an internation rally event in Ireland but I think we marked our cards in relation to the FIA politics, spectator fleecing, and indecision in relation to the possible relocation of the event.

    The WRC event powers that be have many aspiring candidates for WRC. As for the IRC - I think it's a long shot for COI considering the years of damage the UAC politics have done...maybe Bobby can pull it out of the depths - large ask though!


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