2007 Asia Pacific calendar

At its October meeting, the FIA World Motor Sport Council (and the FIA General Assembly), approved the following event calendar for APRC 2007.

Rallye de Nouvelle Caledonie (F) 13-15 April   

Rally of Whangarei (NZ) 11-13 May   

Rally of Canberra (AUS) 1-3 June       

Rally Hokkaido (J) 6-8 July       

Malaysian Rally (MAL) 10-12 August   

Rally of Indonesia (RI) 7-9 September   

China Rally (CN) 23-25 November   

Rally of Thailand will be first reserve event, subject to FIA observation of its 2006 event in November.

Registered teams will be required to nominate 6 of the 7 events on the calendar, as in 2006. Changes include Rally of New Caledonia being the first event on the 2007 Calendar and a new region for the New Zealand round, based north of Auckland in the city of Whangarei and using the very fast roads previously part of the WRC Rally of New Zealand.

Interest in the championship is already very high with a number of enquiries from European and S2000 teams, a 4 car team from New Caledonia and a team of Ford Fiesta's planning to run in the N3 class.

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