EDIT: As most of you have probabaly understood by now, this was only a 1st of April Joke. Happy fools day, all!
A FIA representative in Algarve that I’ve been in contact with have confirmed the rumours that has circulated down in Portugal during the day: the WRC season 2009 will end already in May after the Ralli d’Italia-Sardegna – and then leave room for a new winter-based season starting in September this year. The main class during that new season will be the Super2000 class, with the same technical specifications as the Super2000 class used in the IRC.
The decision was made this morning at a meeting in Algarve with the most important FIA delegates, mobilised by Max Mosley – president of the organisation. The formal decision is scheduled to be taken this evening during a meeting starting at 7PM Portugese time, allowing for the FIA to inform media, team, organisers and fans already tomorrow – before the Rally of Portugal get’s started.
Swedish rally driver Daniel Carlsson is chocked but happy about the decision:
- I had no clue this was coming, but we saw already in the last World Council meeting that Max [Mosley] wanted to speed up the conversion to Super2000. Now, he has certainly done that and it will of course cause some problems to those drivers and teams that have commited to the full season – but at the same time I don’t see why we should wait for a change that we know are to come. Super2000 is the best class to attract manufacturers, so I think it makes sense to do it immediately. To me it feels like FIA has finally got their pieces together and made a good decision for the development of WRC.
I’ll get back with more information on this subject as soon as possible.
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Tags: daniel carlsson, fia, IRC, main class, max mosley, super2000, winter season, world council, WRC
Whoa!!! This is unexpected, but not entirely irrational. Why prolong the agony?
I hope this is just a 1st of april joke!
Damn! I fell for it
Haha, you certainly did Miguel! But no problem, other people did also fall, they just e-mailed me asking questions and were a bit lucky
No matter what, I promise to get back with TRUE news during the weekend regarding Rally of Portugal.
Hope you had fun and fool on you guys!