2024 Rally Estonia

2024 Rally Estonia
*ERC Delfi Rally Estonia 2024*
2024 Rally Estonia; ERC Delfi Rally Estonia 2024
Round 4 of 8 in the 2024 European Rally Championship
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	Ott Tänak is also taking part of the rally but not in the ERC category.
Host country	Estonia
Rally base	Otepää, Valga County
Dates run	5 – 7 July 2024
Start location	Tartu, Tartu County
Finish location	Tartu, Tartu County
Stages	14 (187.79 km; 116.69 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Transport distance	569.62 km (353.95 miles)
Overall distance	757.41 km (470.63 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered	51

The 2024 Rally Estonia (also known as the ERC Delfi Rally Estonia 2024) is a planned motor racing event for rally cars scheduled to be held over three days from 5 to 7 July 2024.^[2] It would mark the fourteenth running of the Rally Estonia, and would be the fourth round of the 2024 European Rally Championship. The event is based in Otepää of Valga County, and is contested over fourteen special stages covering a total of competitive distance of 187.79 km (116.69 mi).^[1]

Background[edit]

Entry list[edit]

The following crews are set to enter into the rally. The event is set to be opened to crews competing in the European Rally Championship, its support categories, the European Rally Championship-3, European Rally Championship-4 and European Rally Championship Junior entries. Twenty-one are set to enter under Rally2 regulations, as are eight Rally3 crews in the European Rally Championship-3 and fifteen Rally4 crew in the European Rally Championship-4. A total of thirteen crews are set to be participated in the ERC Junior Championship.^[3]

Rally2 and R5 entries competing in the European Rally Championship
No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Championship eligibility	Tyre
1	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	BRC Racing Team	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Driver, Co-driver, Team	P
2	Mathieu Franceschi	Andy Malfoy	Mathieu Franceschi	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Driver, Co-driver	M
3	Simone Tempestini	Sergiu Itu	Simone Tempestini	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Driver, Co-driver	M
4	Mads Østberg	Patrik Barth	TRT Rally Team	Citroën C3 Rally2	Driver, Co-driver, Team	M
5	Mikko Heikkilä	Kristian Temonen	Mikko Heikkilä	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Driver, Co-driver	M
6	Mikołaj Marczyk	Szymon Gospodarczyk	Mikołaj Marczyk	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Driver, Co-driver	M
7	Jon Armstrong	Eoin Tracy	Jon Armstrong	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Driver, Co-driver	P
8	Andrea Mabellini	Virginia Lenzi	Team MRF Tyres	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Driver, Co-driver, Team	MR
9	Frank Tore Larsen	Torstein Eriksen	Frank Tore Larsen	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	Driver, Co-driver	P
10	Mārtiņš Sesks	Renārs Francis	Team MRF Tyres	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Driver, Co-driver, Team	MR
11	Giacomo Costenaro	Pietro Elia Ometto	Giacomo Costenaro	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Driver, Co-driver	P
12	Georg Linnamäe	James Morgan	RedGrey Team	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Driver, Co-driver, Team
14	Nikolay Gryazin	Andris Mālnieks	Nikolay Gryazin	Citroën C3 Rally2	Driver, Co-driver	P
15	Robert Virves	Craig Drew	Robert Virves	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Driver, Co-driver
16	Teemu Asunmaa	Ville Mannisenmäki	Teemu Asunmaa	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Driver, Co-driver
17	Benjamin Korhola	Sebastian Virtanen	Benjamin Korhola	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Driver, Co-driver
18	Gregor Jeets	Timo Taniel	RedGrey Team	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Driver, Co-driver, Team
19	Kaspar Kasari	Rainis Raidma	OT Racing	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Driver, Co-driver, Team
20	Yuki Yamamoto	Marko Salminen	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Driver, Co-driver, Team
21	Philip Allen	Dale Furniss	Philip Allen	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Driver, Co-driver	P
46	Sergey Uger	Maria Uger Obolenskaya	Cone Forest Motorsport	Ford Fiesta R5	Driver, Co-driver, Team

Rally3 entries competing in the European Rally Championship-3
No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Championship eligibility	Tyre
22	Igor Widłak	Michał Marczewski	Grupa PGS RT	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Driver, Co-driver, Team, Fiesta Rally3 Trophy	P
23	Kerem Kazaz	Hugo Magalhães	Atölye Kazaz	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Driver, Co-driver, Team, Fiesta Rally3 Trophy	P
24	Filip Kohn	Tom Woodburn	Filip Kohn	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Driver, Co-driver, Fiesta Rally3 Trophy	P
25	Martin Ravenščak	Dora Ravenščak	Martin Ravenščak	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Driver, Co-driver, Fiesta Rally3 Trophy	P
26	Tristan Charpentier	Alexis Maillefert	Tristan Charpentier	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Driver, Co-driver, Fiesta Rally3 Trophy	P
27	Romet Jürgenson	Siim Oja	Team Estonia Autosport	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Driver, Co-driver, Team, Fiesta Rally3 Trophy	P
28	Joosep Ralf Nõgene	Aleks Lesk	Lightgrey	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Driver, Co-driver, Team
29	Patrick Enok	Silver Simm	Lightgrey	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Driver, Co-driver, Team

Rally4 entries competing in the European Rally Championship-4
No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Championship eligibility	Tyre
30	Mille Johansson	Johan Grönvall	IK Sport Racing	Opel Corsa Rally4	Driver, Co-driver, Team, Junior ERC	H
31	Max McRae	Cameron Fair	TRT Rally Team	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Driver, Co-driver, Team, Junior ERC	H
32	Calle Carlberg	Jørgen Eriksen	ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team	Opel Corsa Rally4	Driver, Co-driver, Team, Junior ERC	H
33	Daniel Polášek	Zdeněk Omelka	Daniel Polášek	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Driver, Co-driver, Junior ERC	H
34	Aoife Raftery	Hannah McKillop	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Driver, Co-driver, Team, Junior ERC	H
35	Timo Schulz	Michael Wenzel	ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team	Opel Corsa Rally4	Driver, Co-driver, Team, Junior ERC	H
36	Karl-Markus Sei	Martin Leotoots	ALM Motorsport	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Driver, Co-driver, Team, Junior ERC	H
37	Patrik Herczig	Kristóf Varga	HRT Racing Kft.	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Driver, Co-driver, Team, Junior ERC	H
38	Jaspar Vaher	Sander Pruul	M-Sport Poland	Ford Fiesta Rally4	Driver, Co-driver, Team, Junior ERC	H
39	Davide Pesavento	Flavio Zanella	Davide Pesavento	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Driver, Co-driver, Junior ERC	H
40	Mattia Zanin	Elia De Guio	Mattia Zanin	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Driver, Co-driver, Junior ERC	H
41	Tuomas Välilä	Päivi Välilä	Tuomas Välilä	Ford Fiesta Rally4	Driver, Co-driver, Junior ERC	H
43	Adam Grahn	Marcus Sundh	Adam Grahn	Ford Fiesta Rally4	Driver, Co-driver, Junior ERC	H
44	Márton Bertalan	Róbert Paizs	HRT Racing Kft.	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Driver, Co-driver, Team	P
45	Cristiana Oprea	Denisa-Alexia Parteni	Cristiana Oprea	Opel Corsa Rally4	Driver, Co-driver	P

Other major entries
No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Tyre
	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	P

Itinerary[edit]

All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).

Date	No.	Time span	Stage name	Distance
5 July	—	After 9:31	Räbi [Shakedown]	3.89 km
		After 18:30	Opening ceremony, Tartu	—
	SS1	After 19:35	Tartu vald 1	1.49 km
6 July	SS2	After 8:04	Raanitsa 1	21.45 km
	SS3	After 9:02	Karaski 1	11.97 km
		9:47 – 10:07	Regroup, Tehvandi	—
		10:07 – 10:37	Service A, Tehvandi	—
	SS4	After 10:50	Raanitsa 2	21.45 km
	SS5	After 11:48	Karaski 2	11.97 km
		12:33 – 13:10	Regroup, Tehvandi	—
		13:10 – 13:40	Service B, Tehvandi	—
	SS6	After 14:08	Kanepi 1	10.04 km
	SS7	After 15:31	Mäeküla 1	14.68 km
		16:01 – 16:21	Regroup, Tehvandi	—
		16:21 – 16:51	Service C, Tehvandi	—
	SS8	After 17:19	Kanepi 2	10.04 km
	SS9	After 18:42	Mäeküla 2	14.68 km
	SS10	After 20:00	Elva linn	1.62 km
7 July		8:28 – 9:13	Service D, Tehvandi	—
	SS11	After 9:34	Otepää 1	12.85 km
	SS12	After 10:35	Kambja 1	21.35 km
		11:10 – 12:05	Regroup, Tehvandi	—
		12:05 – 12:35	Service E, Tehvandi	—
	SS13	After 12:56	Otepää 2	12.85 km
	SS14	After 15:05	Kambja 2 [Power Stage]	21.35 km
		After 17:30	Podium ceremony, Tartu	—
		After 18:00	Finish	—
Source:^[1]