Rally Ireland welcomes television viewing figures

Rally Ireland has welcomed a report today which shows that television viewing figures for the World Rally Championship (WRC) have shown an increase for the fifth year in a row to an annual total of 807 million viewers.

“This is superb news for WRC and for Rally Ireland in our inaugural year in the World Championship,” said co promoter Seán O’Connor. “The cumulative global television audience for WRC has increased by 46% in the last five years and with over 4,500 dedicated hours of coverage for the championship worldwide, I am excited at the opportunity this presents us to promote the island of Ireland to a massive global audience.”