WRC Testing

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Originally Posted by Ounin

That's obvious I know that, but you must have an extraordinary good rally climate to persuade sponsors with enough budgets to get started, all depends on popularity of Rally, what's the secret about that

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True. That´s the second one. Big absence in Sweden. Rumours though says Fredrik Åhlin has got one big sponsor making him able to drive R5 in 2015 - and WRC2 in 2016. More to come.

does anybody know if Citroen has already done their testing for Monte or when will they do it?

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Originally Posted by Eli

does anybody know if Citroen has already done their testing for Monte or when will they do it?

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I think that they doesn't have any tests yet. Unfornately don't know the exact dates on which they will test but probably it will be the week before the rally.

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Originally Posted by Ounin

You've got a bucket full of talents there in Estonia let alone WRC, what's your countries' secret??
You have to stay up whole season busy times ahead with Karl Kruuda , Sander Pärn and Ott Tanak!

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Am I right in saying that in Estonia you can obtain a license for Rallying at a very young age? I know a few of the young Brits currently doing well went over to eastern Europe a few years ago and got some competitive experience before even getting a UK driving license...

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Originally Posted by Fly_Half

Am I right in saying that in Estonia you can obtain a license for Rallying at a very young age? I know a few of the young Brits currently doing well went over to eastern Europe a few years ago and got some competitive experience before even getting a UK driving license...

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You can get a "rookie" licence (no idea how to call it) at the age of 16, but when you drive with that licence you need to have a person with the normal driving licence in the car.

Don't know about Latvia.

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Originally Posted by Franky

You can get a "rookie" licence (no idea how to call it) at the age of 16, but when you drive with that licence you need to have a person with the normal driving licence in the car.

Don't know about Latvia.

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The same in Scandinavia, but I do not know if it is open to foreigners.

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Originally Posted by Ounin

That's obvious I know that, but you must have an extraordinary good rally climate to persuade sponsors with enough budgets to get started, all depends on popularity of Rally, what's the secret about that

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The current generation is mostly the result of a program Urmo Aava and Kuldar Sikk ran with youngsters. Karl Kruuda, Martin Kangur and Sander Pärn were in that youth team.

Also the Estonian ASN and MM Motorsport ran a programme together between 2006 and 2009. For example Ott Tänak, Egon Kaur and Rainer Aus were part of it.

I'd say the current situation is result of work done years ago.

Dumas 911 testing:

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About the Estonian drivers license thing. You need to have a place of residence in Estonia to obtain a drivers license there and rallying license from Estonian ASN. It's possible to do any international event with Estonian license even if you are below 18, for example Belgian Pieter-Jan-Michiel Cracco drove in Portugal '13 under Estonian flag, while he wasn't 18 years old yet.

Many Estonian drivers lately, indeed. In contrary to the Finns, except for Esapekka Lappi nobody is really there... Are we out of Flying Finns?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5yvrNDIEAEc9y7.jpg