there will be no World Cup in Spain in 2023, but the European Championship. The Rally Islas Canarias remains on the continental calendar for next season. It will be the second date of the season and will be held the first weekend of May. After the loss of the World Cup event, it becomes the highest-ranking test of how many are disputed in national territory.
“Since the last edition ended, we started working on the next one,” he explains. Germán Morales, head of the test. “The understanding with the promoter, who took the reins of the contest in 2022, is very good. They were delighted with what they saw at this year’s rally and for a few weeks we knew that our continuity was assured. It is an award for those who collaborated in 2022, and also for the fans, thanks to whose collaboration the test was a success in terms of safety. Now it’s time to continue working towards a 2023 that promises great moments in the European Championship”.
The season will start in Portugal and end in Hungary, after passing, in addition to the Canary Islands, Poland, Latvia, Scandinavia, Rome and the Czech Republic. A contest that last year was dominated by the Spanish, with the drivers’ and co-drivers’ titles for Efrén Llarena and Sara Fernándes and that of ERC4 for Óscar Palomo, and with victories for Llarena himself, who won in the Azores, and Nil Solans, who won two events, one of them precisely the Rally Islas Canarias, and the other in Fafe.
European Championship 2023
Rally Serras de Fafe e Felgueiras: March 11-12
Rally Islas Canarias: May 5-6
Rally Poland: May 20-21
Rally Liepaja: June 17-18
Royal Rally Scandinavia: July 7-8
Rally of Roma Capitale: July 2-30
Barum Rally Zlín: August 1-20
Rally Hungary: October 7-8
