Top WRC drivers believe losing Rally Estonia from the 2024 calendar is a 'big shame' and a 'mistake'.
Losing Estonia from the 2024 World Rally Championship calendar will be a"big shame", according to the drivers, who hailed last weekend's rally as"what a WRC event should look like".The high-speed gravel rally is likely to be omitted from the 2024 calendar with neighbouring Latvia already confirmed to be joining next year's schedule. Long-time European Rally Championship event, Rally Liepaja is expected to take Estonia's place.
Despite a government budget cut for this year's edition, the rally continued to attract large crowds. Spectators flocked not only to the stages but the service park and the ceremonial start and finish, where this year a new"meet the crews event" took place in the country's second city Tartu. "The event itself was a great event and to be honest the stages look really good on the recce and they held up quite well, it was a pleasure to drive," Neuville told Motorsport.com.
"The one point to improve was on Saturday we did a 14-hour day for 100 kilometres of driving which is a little short in distance. "We are talking to the Estonians about a medium-term multi-year commitment between ERC and WRC," WRC event director Simon Larkin told Motorsport.com.
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