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A complete of ten crews will begin with full-fledged Rally1 HYBRID automobiles, together with, within the presence of native spectators, Mārtiņš Sesks / Renārs Francis from Liepāja. One other 24 crews, led by Oliver Solberg, will begin with the Rally2 automobiles well-known through the FIA European Rally Championship held in Latvia for a few years – with which we are going to see the crews of two extra Latvian pilots – Matīs Mežaks and Arturas Priednieks – at Tet Rally Latvia.
For the primary time within the 2024 season, the WRC’s top-class illustration will attain 10 crews, amongst which will probably be all three energetic World Rally Champions. The Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Workforce may have the richest line-up with championship titles, which is able to embody the most recent French rally legend, eight-time world champion, Sébastien Ogier. Additionally, the Toyota crew will embody Kalle Rovanpera, the world champion of the final two years – the Finn began his profession instantly in Latvia, changing into the Latvian champion twice. British Elphin Evans and Japanese Takamoto Katsuta may even compete within the Toyota Yaris GR Rally1 HYBRID automobile.
The chief of the 2024 FIA World Rally Championship season, Belgian Thierry Neuville, in addition to one other world champion, Estonian Ots Tanak, who remained undefeated within the WRC 2019 season, will compete within the Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Workforce with the Hyundai i20 N Rally1 HYBRID automobile. Finland’s Esapeka Lapi, who works along with Latvian racing engineer Arturas Ozoliņas and gained the Swedish rally held within the winter, may even be a part of the Hyundai crew for the competitors in Latvia. It must be talked about that Lapi additionally gained the FIA European Rally Championship in Rally Liepāja throughout his profession.
After the debut stage in Poland, the Latvian crew Mārtiņš Sesks / Renārs Francis will have the ability to take pleasure in a full-fledged WRC stage with a hybrid drive automobile, who will begin with the Ford Puma Rally1 HYBRID automobile ready by the M-Sport Ford World Rally Workforce crew. Additionally, the British crew will probably be represented by its core drivers – Frenchman Adrien Formo and Luxembourgian Gregoire Munster.
An thrilling struggle for the Tet Rally Latvia victory can be predicted by the composition of the contributors of the WRC2 check, the place one of many leaders will certainly be Oliver Solberg, who, like Rovanpera, began his profession instantly in Latvia – rising from front-wheel drive automobiles to the very best WRC degree. Solberg’s essential rivals embody Finn Sami Pajari, who is because of make his debut behind the wheel of a Rally1 automobile, and former Rally1 driver Gus Greensmith.
Along with the Seska / Frančas crew within the main check class, Tet Rally Latvia will probably be represented by two extra Latvian crews. Matīss Mežaks / Arnis Ronis will participate within the WRC2 competitors with the Škoda Fabia Evo Rally2, whereas Arturs Priednieks / Jānis Kirkovalds will participate within the Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 automobile.
It must be talked about that the contributors of Tet Rally Latvia usually are not assigned beginning quantity 42, in reminiscence of the prematurely deceased Irish rally driver Craig Breen, who in 2015 gained the ERC stage of Rally Liepāja.
“Ten Rally1 automobiles, amongst which will probably be seen the crew of all three energetic world champions and Mārtiņš Seskas from Liepāja. I do not know if we may think about a good higher state of affairs for our debut competitors,” begins Raimonds Strokšs, director of Tet Rally Latvia. “These ten will probably be joined by a really big selection of expert Rally2 crews, who will permit the spectators to completely benefit from the magic of the World Rally Championship. Rally spectators will have the ability to recognize essentially the most highly effective world-class tools with the world’s quickest rally pilots on the wheel, each on the Biķernieki monitor, within the areas of Tukum, Talsi, Kuldīga and Southern Kurzeme, and within the rally metropolis Liepāja. And alongside the world’s main rally crews – additionally three Latvian pilot crews!” so Raimonds Strokhs.
“We and Tet Rally Latvia are united by vitality, the flexibility to create and notice concepts, in addition to not to surrender within the course of. Along with the fitting companions, we will create world-class options, applied sciences and likewise occasions, which is confirmed by the stage of the FIA World Rally Championship in Latvia. This could solely be achieved by devoting your complete coronary heart to the trigger. Due to Tet Rally Latvia director Raimonds Strokš and his crew for permitting us to expertise such a world-class occasion in Latvia, which is a historic occasion in Latvian sports activities. Collectively, we show with our works that Latvia can! Subsequently, I invite everybody to benefit from the chance and watch in particular person the world’s most masterful rally drivers struggle for victory, experiencing highly effective feelings along with different supporters on the perimeters of dust roads, in addition to on metropolis streets, each in Riga and all through Kurzeme!” Uldis Tatarchuk, Chief Government Officer of Tet.
The FIA World Rally Championship stage Tet Rally Latvia will happen on 18-21 2024. in July,
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