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Expanded WRC calendar hurts privateer teams - Capito
The expansion of the World Rally Championship calendar to 14 rounds in 2016 will present the category's privateer teams with an "impossible" task later in the season, Volkswagen's Jost Capito has warned. Having kept its schedule at 13 rounds since 2010, WRC has added Rally China to the calendar for this year, making it a 14-round season. And Capito, who is seeing out his tenure as Volkswagen's director of motorsport before his upcoming move to McLaren F1, says the calendar change will be harsh on WRC's smaller teams. Asked what he thought of the new expanded schedule, Capito told Motorsport.com 14 rallies was "too much". He continued: "When you see the logistics,...
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