WRC Adds Rally US, Scotland and Rome for 2027 and Drops Portugal, Which It Signed Through 2028

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The World Rally Championship’s published 2027 calendar adds Rally US, Rally Scotland, and Rally Rome, while leaving Rally de Portugal off despite its longstanding place in the series and an agreement through 2028. The 15-round schedule was approved by the FIA World Motor Sport Council; Rally US will be the championship’s first US round since 1988.

Rally de Portugal has been part of the World Rally Championship since the series' first season in 1973. It is not on the 15-round 2027 calendar WRC Promoter published this morning, and the announcement never mentions it. The release, approved by the FIA World Motor Sport Council, leads with three additions. Rally US runs August 26-29, the championship's first round in the United States since the Olympus Rally in 1988. Rally Scotland, based in Aberdeen and backed by Motorsport UK and the Scottish