Following in the footsteps of Tet Rally Latvia and ORLEN 80th Rally Poland, both of which have used the pathway of the FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) to join WRC in 2024, Rally Islas Canarias will move from the ERC to WRC in 2025 and 2026. First run in 1977, Rally Islas Canarias has continuously been part of the ERC since 2016 and in 2026 will celebrate its 50th edition, as part of the pinnacle of rallying. It is intended to run exclusively on Gran Canaria in 2025, before expanding.
An all-new three-country concept and the return to North and South America are major highlights of the 13-round 2023 FIA World Rally Championship calendar.
Acropolis Rally – one of Greece’s most significant rally competitions – in
2021 and
2022.
Established in 1951, the historic Acropolis Rally is known for its extremely difficult routes and strong competition.
After years of absence from the World Rally Championship (WRC) calendar, the competition returned to the WRC last year as a substitute race following the signing of a memorandum of cooperation in December 2020 between Greek Deputy Sports Minister
Lefteris Avgenakis, Greek Motor Sport Organizing Committee President
Takis Pouranarakis and WRC Promoter Managing Director
Jona Siebel.
Giorgos Gionis announced that the municipality
is ready to submit its proposal to the WRC to host the 2021 Acropolis rally.