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Mexico is the season’s opening gravel round and breathtaking in both senses of the word. The stages climb to the thin air and stunning scenery of the Sierra de Lobos and Sierra Guanajuato mountains.
The course provides a mix of asphalt, with some surfaces worn and bumpy due to weather and water damage, and others much smoother. Springtime displays Croatia’s beautiful countryside in all its glory.
Rugged and sun-baked gravel tracks ensure one of the season’s sternest challenges. Fast and narrow stages leave no margin for error, while intense heat tests tyres to the limit on the abrasive roads .
Competitors can expect rocky and rutted tracks and unpredictable weather on challenging closed dirt roads against a backdrop of stunning picture-postcard scenery and exotic wildlife.
The pace in Estonia is relentless as gravel roads featuring plenty of crests and jumps are paired with more technical sections on wide and narrow forest roads. They’re billiard-table smooth too.
Smooth and blisteringly quick gravel roads, buried among forests and lakes, are characterised by massive stomach-churning jumps. Bravery and commitment are essential here more than anywhere else.
Twisty gravel mountain roads combine with high temperatures and choking dust to provide a fierce challenge. Tracks are smoother than they used to be but still pose punishing demands on tyres and cars.
Rally Chile Bio Bío will feature stages taking place mostly in the surrounding forests, along with some more open sections that have views of the Pacific Ocean.
Back on the WRC calendar for the first time since 2017, this Rally Poland anniversary edition in 2024 brings the action with lightning-fast gravel roads.