World Rally Championship 2018 Schedule
The 2018 season brings an appealing blend of World rally champion tradition and history, in the form of classic and long-standing rounds such as Sweden, Argentina, and Finland, with a grand welcome of turkey which had been missing from the Schedule for seven long years. This season will start a little later then it started in 2017 on the ground that Monte-Carlo will move back a week to 25 to 28 janurary. sweden will also be shifted to 7 days later on 15 to 18 February first half of this season will end on the 7th round in italy on 7 to 10 June and there will be a gap of six weeks before the second half of the season starts in Finland on 26 - 29 July. The 10th round will be in turkey which replaced Poland due to FIA concern of drivers safety it will be held in the popular international holiday resort of Marmaris, in the south-west of the country, on 13 - 16 September. • Great Britain changes from late October and will run three weeks sooner on 4 - 7 October. •Spain and Great Britain will swap their respective position to end up the last European round and the penultimate occasion of the season. It returns to its more customary space on 25 - 28 October.
The Schedule is as below:
ROUND |
RALLY |
DETAILS |
DATES |
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SURFACE |
STAGES |
DISTANCE |
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1. |
Monte-Carlo |
Mixed |
17 |
394.74 km |
25-28 Jan 2018 |
2. |
Sweden |
Snow |
19 |
314.25 km |
15 - 18 Feb 2018 |
3. |
Mexico |
Gravel |
22 |
344.49 km |
8 - 11 March 2018 |
4. |
France |
Tarmac |
12 |
334.02 km |
5 - 8 April 2018 |
5. |
Argentina |
Gravel |
18 |
360.61 km |
26 - 29 April 2018 |
6. |
Portugal |
Gravel |
20 |
357.75 km |
17 - 20 May 2018 |
7. |
Italy |
Gravel |
20 |
317.32 km |
7 - 10 June 2018 |
8. |
Finland |
Gravel |
23 |
317.26 km |
26 - 29 July 2018 |
9. |
Germany |
Tarmac |
TBA |
TBA |
16 -19 Aug 2018 |
10. |
Turkey |
Gravel |
TBA |
TBA |
13 - 16 Sept 2018 |
11. |
Great Britain |
Gravel |
TBA |
TBA |
4 - 7 Oct 2018 |
12. |
Spain |
Mixed |
TBA |
TBA |
25 - 28 Oct 2018 |
13. |
Australia |
Gravel |
TBA |
TBA |
15 - 18 Nov 2018 |