The Intercontinental Rally Challenge could get its first dual-surface event next season after organisers of Rallye Sanremo submitted proposals to the governing body of Italian motorsport, CSAI.

Rallye Sanremo has used asphalt-only stages since it joined the IRC in 2006 although, in the past, it ran on gravel and asphalt.

If the proposals are approved, the 52nd running of the event will include gravel stages in Tuscany before returning to Tarmac on the hills above Sanremo.

“We have spoken to the IRC teams and I think they like the idea,” said Sergio Maiga, the president of Automobile Club Sanremo, the organisation responsible for running the event.