"Rome will host Italy’s round of the 2027 World Rally Championship (WRC). The FIA announced the news today as it unveiled the calendar for next season", ACI Sport said in a statement. "The WRC Promoter and the FIA have chosen to bring the world championship event to the capital, which next July will be the focal point of an event that will be capable of providing exceptional sporting performances and moments of maximum spectacle in addition to the involvement of a large crowd". "In acknowledging the decision and highlighting the excellent result achieved in recent days in Sardinia, ACI - the Italian Motor Sport Federation - announces that it is working toward the concrete goal of developing, as early as 2028, a Rally d'Italia capable of combining, in a single event, the island's iconic gravel roads with the majesty of the Colosseum".