Two changes in the 2008 schedule!

After an exceptional meeting this Thursday, the FIA – Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile – announced the postponement by one week of the last two events of the 2008 World Rally Championship: the Rally of Japan and Great Britain.

The council members met today in Paris and have officially announced that the ‘Rally Japan’ will be held from October 31 to November 2, instead of the initially planned October 24-26, while the Wales Rally GB will take place from December 5 to 7, instead of November 28-30.

The organizers themselves requested this change to the 2008 schedule to avoid conflicting with other major events being held at the same location on the same date. A Wales vs. Australia rugby match is indeed taking place on November 29.

The Japan Rally was hindered by a football match that used the stadium where the Super Specials were supposed to take place. The organizers will therefore be able to use the 41,000 seats of the Sapporo Dome. The Wales Rally GB, for its part, will occupy the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.