FIA reveals revised 2004 WRC calendar.

The FIA - the governing body for the World Rally Championship, has today released a revised calendar for 2004 following a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council in Paris.

Two date changes have now been confirmed in the schedule for events in Argentina and New Zealand, the latter switching to April [from July], while the former goes to June [from April].

The FIA also revealed which events will feature the Junior World Rally Championship [JWRC], and which will be part of the Production Car World Rally Championship [PCWRC]. Cyprus and Japan were not mentioned, and as such it must be assumed they will not host a support category round.

The only other point of notice, was that the Rallye d'Italia switches to Sardinia, in recent years it has been held in Sanremo.

The new look schedule is below...

Revised 2004 FIA World Rally Championship calendar:

Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo January 23, 24, 25# JWRC Uddeholm Swedish Rally February 6, 7, 8# PCWRCCorona Rally Mexico March 12, 13, 14 PCWRCRally of New Zealand April 16, 17, 18** PCWRCCyprus Rally May 14, 15, 16Acropolis Rally / Greece May 28, 29, 30 JWRCRally Argentina June 11, 12, 13** PCWRCRally of Turkey June 25, 26, 27 JWRCNeste Rally Finland August 6, 7, 8 PCWRCADAC Rallye Deutschland August 20, 21, 22 JWRCRally Japan September 3, 4, 5Wales Rally GB September 17, 18, 19 JWRCRallye d'Italia-Sardinia October 1, 2, 3 JWRCRallye de France-Tour de Corse October 15, 16, 17 PCWRCRallye Catalunya-Rallye de Espana October 29, 30, 31 JWRCTelstra Rally Australia November 12, 13, 14 PCWRC

# Will not adopt the 'Mille Pistes' concept.
** Revised date.