It will be the second edition of Rally de Portugal in the north of the country since the return of the mythical race to Portuguese lands. Mark your calendar: from May 19th to 22nd.
The FIA has already announced the calendar for the World Rally Championship for 2016. Highlighting the return of Rally China, absent from the calendar since 1999. The World Rally Championship will thus have one more race, going from 13 to 14.The 2016 World Rally Championship will kick off in Monte Carlo as usual in the third week of January and end on November 20th, closing with Rally Australia. Between the 19th and 22nd of May, the circus of the World Rally Championship passes through Portugal.
TO REMEMBER: It was in Portugal that the beginning of the end of Group B occurred
According to Oliver Ciesla, responsible for the WRC promoter, the 2016 calendar offers an “attractive” mix of tradition and innovation, “this calendar offers a seductive mix of classic rallies, which are already WRC heritage, such as Sweden, Argentina and Finland , and new challenges like the China Rally” | Oliver Ciesla
2016 World Rally Calendar:
January 22nd to 24th: Monte-Carlo *February 12th to 14th: Sweden February
March 4th to 6th: Mexico
April 22-24: Argentina
May 19th to 22nd: Portugal
June 10th to 12th: Italy
July 1-3: Poland
July 29th to 31st: Finland
August 19th to 21st: Germany
9-11 September: China **
30th September to 2nd October: France *
October 14th to 16th: Spain
October 28-30: Great Britain
November 18th to 20th: Australia
* Subject to FIA requirements following the 2015 Application Event
** Subject to formalization of terms and conditions agreed between the WRC Promoter, FIA and the event before November 30, 2015