The thread of talents

[Entertainer]

Know of any youngsters on the verge of breaking through?
Local drivers with potential that you want others to know about?
Which talents do we believe have what it takes to advance on the international scale?

Post your leads on your local drivers - the ones that deserve more acknowledge, the exceptional ones, the late bloomers etc. Include the driver's plan for 2019 if available.

UPDATED: DRIVER LIST
Some of the young drivers to keep an eye on 2019:
(list sorted by proximity to WRC - WRC2 - ERC - JWRC - JERC - National Championship Classes)
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• Kalle Rovanperä,born 2000 (FIN) - 2019: WRC2Pro + ? rounds WRC
• Gus Greensmith, 1996 (ENG) - 2019: WRC2 + min 1 round WRC
• Nikolay Gryazin, 1997 (RUS) - reigning ERCU28-champ - 2019: WRC2 + ERC1J
• Eerik Pietarinen, 1993 (FIN) - reigning Finnish R5-champion - 2019: WRC2
• Emil Bergkvist, 1994 (SWE) - reigning JWRC-champion - 2019: WRC2
• Ken Torn, 1993 (EST) - 2019: JWRC
• Martin Sesks, 1999 (LAT) - reigning ERCU27-champion - 2019: JWRC + ERC1J
• Tom Kristensson, 1991 (SWE) - reigning ERCU27-runner up - 2019: JWRC
• Dennis Rådström, 1995 (SWE) - reigning JWRC-runner up - 2019: JWRC
• Jan Solans, 1997 (SPA) - 2019: JWRC
• Oliver Solberg, 2001 (NOR) - 2019: R5 selected rounds in Latvia + maybe WRC2
• Emil Lindholm, 1996 (FIN) - 2019: R5 in Finnish Championship + Rally Sweden&Finland WRC2
• Henrik Pietarinen, ???? (FIN) - 2019: First R5 season in Finnish Championship
• Julian Wagner, 1995 (AUT) - 2019: AuT R5 championship
• Petr Semerád, 2001 (CZE)
• Erik Cais, 2001 (CZE)
• Mats van den Brand, 1991 (HOL)
• Chris Ingram, 1994 (ENG)
• Steve Rökland, 1992 (NOR)
• Adrian Fourmeaux, 1995 (FRA) - 2018 French Junior Champion - 2019: WRC2
• Jean-Baptiste Francesci, 1996 (FRA)
• Ralfs Sirmacis, 1994 (LAT)