The FiA World Motor Sport Council met today with a number of issues on the agenda. One such item, was the 2011 WRC calendar that has been put forth by North One Sport. The calendar that was purposed has been under wraps and had a large amount of buzz surrounding it as we reported about a month ago. The FiA however has stalled the calendar in a very typical FiA fashion. The motorsport governing body asked North One Sport to further consider the calendar. One point that was debated revolves…
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Rally – Todt Vows to Resurrect WRC
When the head FiA job was up for grabs between Jean Todt and Ari Vatanen, I was obviously pulling for Ari because I think that his rally career would be perfect for the return to glory. He new what fans liked and what needed to be done to return our beloved sport to the premier level and shut the IRC up. He lost. Now Jean Todt who has had a stint in both the WRC and F1 has announced at the official WRC launch in Paris, that he will see…
Read MoreWRC – Todt Holds Rally Development Forum
Well, many of us F1 fans were greatly disappointed in Todt’s victory over Ari Vatanen for the FIA presidency, but there are some positive things that M. Todt is doing. First of all, surpasses his predecessor by realizing that there’s more to the FIA that Formula 1. The WRC isn’t as strong as it used to be, and in response, the FIA held a forum to discuss ways to improve the FIA involvement in rallying at all levels. The forum was attended by several manufactures, Ford and Citroen who are…
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