A revised calendar for the 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge has been presented today by series promoter Eurosport Events, and will start with the centenary edition of Rallye Monte-Carlo from 18-22 January.
Following the announcement of the draft schedule in September, two changes have been made to the list of rallies with a new date for Rally de los Alerces and an all-new event in Ukraine, the Prime Yalta Rally.
Rally de los Alerces, which will be based in the Argentine city of Esquel, will now take place one week later than originally scheduled, from 11-13 March.
The Prime Yalta Rally will run on the new date of 2-4 June.
It will mean there will be four new rallies when the IRC celebrates its fifth anniversary in 2011. Along with Rally de los Alerces and the Prime Yalta Rally, the Tour de Corse on the French island of Corsica and Hungary’s Mecsek Rallye also represent unchartered territory for the IRC series.
Eurosport Events Managing Director Géraldine Filiol said: "We are delighted to confirm this exciting IRC calendar for 2011, which reflects the increasing status of IRC in world motorsport with more and more prestigious rallies joining our series. The addition of four new events to our 2011 schedule will pose an exciting challenge for our competitors and a great spectacle for the fans watching on the stages and at home on television."
Details of the Prime Yalta Rally, an asphalt event, will be announced next week.
The full IRC calendar for 2011 follows:
01. 18-22 January, Monaco: Rallye Monte-Carlo (Asphalt)
02. 11-13 March, Argentina: Rally de los Alerces (Gravel)
03. 06-08 May, France: Tour de Corse (Asphalt)
04. 02-04 June, Ukraine: Prime Yalta Rally (Asphalt)
05. 23-25 June, Belgium: Geko Ypres Rally (Asphalt)
06. 14-16 July, Portugal: Sata Rallye Acores (Gravel)
07. 04-06 August, Portugal: Rali Vinho Madeira (Asphalt)
08. 26-28 August, Czech Republic: Barum Czech Rally Zlin (Asphalt)
09. 09-11 September, Hungary: Mecsek Rallye (Asphalt/gravel)
10. 22-24 September, Italy: Rallye Sanremo (Asphalt)
11. 14-16 October, Scotland: RACMSA Rally of Scotland (Gravel)
12. 03-05 November, Cyprus: FxPro Cyprus Rally (Asphalt/gravel)
TBC Date TBA, Spain: Rally Islas Canarias, Trofeo El Corte Ingles (Asphalt)