WRC Promotional event Shell Helix Rally Estonia

[GigiGalliNo1]

Dirt Fish is just a title sponsor who has given money for the event name.

[MartijnS]

The 'WRC' Event will be a separate event right?

[Tauri_J]

Yes, Dirtfish and RE will be different events.

[br21]

For the moment potential WRC date for Estonia is beginning of September

[EstWRC]

The 'WRC' Event will be a separate event right?

Yep and Aava said there’s a possibility that both will go ahead. Dirtfish would be perfect for testing for teams.

[able1]

Yep and Aava said there’s a possibility that both will go ahead. Dirtfish would be perfect for testing for teams.

If Rally Estonia get`s this opportunity then participating in rally Dirtfish will be borderline cheating . And if road conditions are similar ( and i suspect they will) there won`t be better place and time to test setups. I remember well what Tanak did in 2019 Rally Estonia and with pre-event testing like this he should be untouchable!
If it would be up to me to make the call , then i would pick Liepaja event. But that is all my thoughts about it.

[DoN_cz]

So the Rally Estonia (that might potentially be in WRC) that is supposed to run in early September - where would it be based? Same as DirtFish rally - Otepää?

[sindroms]

Are there enough different stages to run 2 separate events in Estonia? If there is any crossover between the 2 then the FIA will be in breach of their own regs.

There are enough stages for two separate rallies. One of them have to move a little bit to south - great stages between Voru city and EST/LAT border which have been used in South Estonia (Louna Eesti) rallies.

[Tauri_J]

Dont think They would be running there because "real" South Estonian rally Will be held there at the end of august.

And its also too far from Otepää.

[cali]

Dont think They would be running there because "real" South Estonian rally Will be held there at the end of august.

And its also too far from Otepää.

No it isn't too far - from Võru to Otepää it's only about 43 km and many of the rally Estonia stages have been more to the side of Võru than to Otepää. From Otepää to let's say Haanja is 62 km and to Ruusmäe is approx 75 km. We've seen far more longer liaisions and this is really nothing. I actually prefer the Võru and Haanja stages to Otepää's - they're more challenging!