The World Motor Sport Council has confirmed that it has 'directed' the
FIA to 'finalise negotiations for the appointment of a central promoter for the Word Rally Championship'.
The announcement was made following the World Motor Sport Council meeting on Wednesday June 25 in Paris.
A statement from the FIA also added that from 2010, 'Group N and S2000 cars will be renamed Superproduction cars', while 'Group R cars will become known as Production cars'.
In addition Cyprus and Poland have both been approved for the 2009 calendar following the observers' reports.
The schedules for the 2009 FIA Production Car World Rally Championship and 2009 FIA Junior World Rally Championship were also released – with eight events included in both. The rounds in Cyprus, Portugal, Argentina and Italy will have dual status.
The full calendar for 2009 with the confirmed support class or classes is as follows:
2009 FIA World Rally Championship calendar
1 Feb
Ireland JWRC
15 Feb
Norway PWRC
15 Mar
Cyprus PWRC / JWRC
5 Apr
Portugal PWRC / JWRC
26 Apr
Argentina PWRC / JWRC
24 May
Italy PWRC / JWRC
14 Jun
Greece PWRC
28 Jun
Poland JWRC
2 Aug
Finland JWRC
6 Sep
Australia PWRC
4 Oct
Spain JWRC
25 Oct
GB PWRC
