{"id":837920,"date":"2026-08-01T14:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T14:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/837920\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T14:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T14:23:12","slug":"former-f1-boss-boullier-becomes-promoter-of-world-rally-championship-racefans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/837920\/","title":{"rendered":"Former F1 boss Boullier becomes promoter of World Rally Championship \u2013 RaceFans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.racefans.net\/2019\/02\/26\/pictures-2019-f1-testing-day-five\/motor-racing-formula-one-testing-test-two-day-1-barcelona-spain-567\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/racefansdotnet-20190226-155831-20.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Eric Boullier, Circuit de Catalunya, 2019\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former <a title=\"Formula 1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.racefans.net\/category\/formula-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Formula 1<\/a> team principal Eric Boullier will has a new role as the promoter of the World Rally Championship. He will also be responsible for running the European Rally Championship in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fia.com\/news\/fia-completes-deal-century-fia-world-and-european-rally-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a new deal announced by the FIA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI take on this challenge with enthusiasm and determination, but also with humility and a strong sense of responsibility, to make these exceptional championships even more compelling,\u201d said Boullier. \u201cAlongside the FIA and our partners, we want to make every round a spectacular event, designed to thrill fans around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boullier entered F1 as team principal of Renault in 2010 and last served as team principal of <a title=\"McLaren\" href=\"https:\/\/www.racefans.net\/f1-information\/f1-teams\/mclaren\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McLaren<\/a> until 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Formula 1<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.racefans.net\/category\/formula-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Browse all Formula 1 articles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\tPublished by<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5ee77834eb9b7-bpfull.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-56 photo\" height=\"56\" width=\"56\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeith Collantine<\/p>\n<p class=\"author-bio\">\n\t\t\tLifelong motor sport fan Keith set up RaceFans in 2005 &#8211; when it was originally called F1 Fanatic. Having previously worked as a motoring journalist, Keith began running the site full-time in 2010, achieving a long-held ambition to dedicate his full attention to his passion for motor racing.\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.racefans.net\/author\/keithcollantine\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView all posts by Keith Collantine\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Formula 1 team principal Eric Boullier will has a new role as the promoter of the World&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":837921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-837920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}