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Indonesia declares curiosity to make WRC return
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Indonesia declares curiosity to make WRC return

By Miles Cooper January 27, 2025
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Indonesia has formally declared its curiosity in internet hosting a spherical of the World Rally Championship within the close to future.

The WRC Promoter met with the Indonesian Minister for Sport and Youth, Dito Ariotedjo, within the nation’s capital metropolis Jakarta this week to debate the potential for Indonesia making a return to the WRC.

A Heads of Settlement for Indonesia to hitch the WRC sooner or later was signed by the Indonesian authorities and WRC occasion director Simon Larkin. Additional discussions will likely be held between each events, with a return to the championship in 2026 considered among the many potential choices.    

Indonesia has a wealthy historical past in rally having beforehand hosted the WRC in 1996 and 1997. Each editions have been received by Carlos Sainz, driving a Ford Escort. Rally Indonesia continues to be an everyday fixture within the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship.     

Indonesia’s world motorsport footprint has been growing lately with the nation welcoming again MotoGP in 2022 on the Mandalika circuit, whereas Components E made its debut in Jakarta, additionally in 2022, and can rejoin the collection’ calendar in 2025 after sitting out 2024.    

Indonesia declares curiosity to make WRC return

Carlos Sainz, Luis Moya, Ford Escort RS Cosworth

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“WRC Promoter was in Jakarta to satisfy with the Indonesian Minister for Sport and Youth Dito Ariotedjo in addition to many different governmental representatives to debate the way forward for the WRC in Indonesia. That is the fruits of a number of exhausting work involving the Indonesian ASN, the IMI [Ikatan Motor Indonesia] – who have been the hosts for the go to,” WRC occasion director Simon Larkin stated in an announcement despatched to Motorsport.com.

“A great deal of progress was made, and all events have agreed in a Heads of Settlement to proceed in the direction of the final word ambition of the WRC Rally Indonesia becoming a member of the WRC calendar within the close to future. Additional discussions and negotiations will proceed instantly amongst all events.”

The WRC has expanded its calendar to 14 rounds for this yr, bolstered by new occasions in Paraguay and Saudi Arabia, whereas the Canary Islands makes its debut having stepped up from the European Rally Championship.

A number of nations seem like within the working to hitch the WRC schedule in 2026. A highly-anticipated return to the USA for the primary time since 1988 is among the many WRC’s key targets for subsequent yr, whereas Croatia is contracted to return, and Eire and Scotland are searching for a return to calendar.  

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