NEWCOMERS ON 2023 WRC SCHEDULE

The 2023 World championship calendar was due to be signed off by the World Motor Sport Council at its meeting in London yesterday (Wednesday).

Up one event to 14, speculation has linked a new cross-border asphalt event organised in Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic to a calendar slot, while a gravel round in Saudi Arabia is understood to be dependent on a test event going to plan.

For the fourth year running there will be no round in the UK or Ireland but Chile and Mexico are set to be included having not appeared since 2019 and 2020 respectively.