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Thierry Neuville, Martijn Wydaeghe, Hyundai Motorsport Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC

Could Spa’s cameo offer the WRC a new avenue to exploit?

OPINION: The Ypres Rally featured a cameo from the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in its final stage, giving WRC teams the chance to experience its iconic corners in rallying machinery. It proved to be an engaging addition to the rally, and could perhaps serve as an example for other events to visit famous circuits

Rally cars drifting around Stavelot and plunging into Eau Rouge certainly made for an incredible sight as the iconic Spa-Francorchamps circuit provided a memorable spectacle to close out the World Rally Championship's first visit to Belgium.

Rallying on stages incorporating permanent circuits is not for the rally purists out there, and while Spa's inclusion as the final leg of this month's Ypres Rally divided opinion, showpiece stages at iconic motorsport venues may actually be an avenue worth investigating further for the WRC.

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