Portugal Rally confirmed in 2023
O World Rally Championship (WRC) released the calendar for 2023 with Portugal once again present. Next year’s World Cup will have 13 races and will start in Monte Carlo, on January 19th.
As for the race on Portuguese soil, the Rally de Portugal will be the fifth race on the calendar and will take place from the 11th to the 14th of May.
“We are extremely proud to have the Vodafone Rally de Portugal once again confirmed on the WRC 2023 calendar. in an impact of 153 million euros for the national economy. Even more so when this calendar reinforces Portugal’s prominence in the rallies held in Europe”, underlined Carlos Barbosa, president of the Automóvel Clube de Portugal (ACP).
The big news on the 2023 calendar are the return to Chile, which debuted at the Worlds in 2019, and a new tripartite event, the Central Europe Rally (on asphalt), at the end of October, divided between Austria, Czech Republic and Germany.
“We are certain to bring the WRC calendar back to the pre-pandemic scenario, with a good division of events between Europe and the other continents”, said WRC Promoter Director Simon Larkin.
WRC 2023 Calendar
- Monte-Carlo: 19th to 22nd January
- Sweden: February 9th to 12th
- Mexico: March 16th to 19th
- Croatia: 20th – 23rd April
- Portugal: 11th – 14th May
- Italy: 1st – 4th of June
- Kenya: 22nd – 25th June
- Estonia: 20th – 23rd July
- Finland: 3 – 6 August
- Greece: September 7th to 10th
- Chile: September 28th to October 1st
- Central Europe (Austria, Czech Republic and Germany): October 26th to 29th
- Japan: November 16th to 19th