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    Quote Originally Posted by Jarek Z View Post
    Last year's ERC was full of Skodas so why not Hyundai this time?
    Well seeing there'a big choice of R5's nowadays it would be sad not to see them all here.

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    http://www.motoradiario.com/rallyes/...rumores-(vol1)

    This web of Gran Canaria talks widely about rumours of next FIA ERC 2.020

    Perhaps some names will not finally participate in this championship, in my opinion is a interesting list...

    This article was written last January, 20




    When there are just over two months left before the FIA ​​ERC 2020 starts with the Azores Rallye (March 26-28), the teams are tying budgets and closing the projects for the current year, pre-season months where the boiling of the European Rally Championship is maximum.

    With the current European Rally Champion, Chris Ingram, and the best ERC 1 Junior in 2019, Filip Mares, both heading for WRC 3, it might seem that the FIA ​​ERC has been orphaned by young drivers who could fight for the title absolute. But at the moment there is relief in the figure of the Irishman Callum Devine, who along with Brian Hoy, will play the entire championship on a Hyundai i20 R5 with the aim of winning the ERC 1 Junior.
    Also disputing the complete calendar, but this time with the aim of fighting for the absolute title, the Norwegian Eyvind Brynildsen will be at the helm of a Fabia R5 Evo of the Toksport team with Ilka Minor, providing that quality bonus they always give Scandinavian pilots.
    A team that seems destined to repeat the project is that of the Hungarians Norbert Herzcig and Ramón Ferencz, who will again rely on the VW Polo R5 of BRR and the structure of MOL Racing. Next to them, another team that returns after several years in Polish exile, is Tomasz Kasperczyk, who along with Daniel Syty, who will undertake a season in which they will combine European and national Polish championship.


    In the ERC 3 Junior category, the first to unveil his plans has been the Swedish Daniel Rädstrom, who parks his project in the JWRC with the aim of growing in the ERC. He will do it with an Orsak Motorsport R2T Fiesta, and will be one of the rivals of the Spanish pilot Pep Bassas. The winner of the 2019 BkR2 will be the pilot awarded by the RfEDA in the FIA ​​ERC 2020, although equipment and saddle are still unknown. The two of them will be joined by Estonian Gregor Jeets, who will try to be in all the ERC 3 Junior events with an R2T Fiesta.
    Within the ERC 3 category and the Ladies Trophy section, Ekaterina Stratieva intends to promote a solid project with a 208 R2 of Saintéloc Racing, same pretensions as the Italian driver Rachele Somaschini, who seeks to expand his project in the European championship on board of a DS3 R3T.


    UNCONFIRMED RUMORS

    To the string of confirmations, it is necessary to add a good list of pilots who have shown their interest in undertaking the FIA ​​ERC 2020, but whose final projects are still maturing in that tortuous path called budget.


    One of them is the Czech Erik Cais, who has almost closed his participation in the ERC 1 Junior with Fiesta R5 Mk2 from Orsak Motorsport. In this same category the Spaniard Efrén Llarena has secured two tests with an R5 after his title last year in the ERC 3 Junior, but seek to close a budget that allows him to be in the remaining four events of the category calendar. To them could be added names like Sindre Furuseth, the Austrian Simon Wagner, the Japanese Hiroki Arai or the national champion of Poland in 2019 Miko Marczyk. Another national champion, in this case from Germany, Fabian Kreim, could return to the FIA ​​ERC after his good adventure in 2018, with the support of Skoda Germany.
    Even without news of two of the candidates for the title in 2019 and frequent in the last years of the FIA ​​ERC, Alexey Lukyanuk and Lukasz Habaj, it remains to be seen which piece plays the pluricampeón of the Middle East, Nasser Al-Attiyah, who after his victory on Last year in Cyprus, he dropped in an interview that attracted him to change the air in the panorama of the rallies and to bet on a championship tailored to him as is the ERC.
    Niki-Mayr Melnhof seems destined to perform a full season in 2020 aboard a Ford Fiesta R5 Mk2 as reflected at the end of last year, a project similar to the one that the Russian driver Artur Muradian wants to outline with a Skoda Fabia R5 Evo of the team SRT Here we could include one of the Spanish hopes, Iván Ares, who at the end of 2019 defined as a dream for which they were going to fight to be in 2020 contesting the FIA ​​ERC. To date, nothing more has been known about the intentions of the Galician pilot and his team to face this great project.
    Other names already known, could return to the European Rally Championship scene, as is the case of Slovak Rally runner-up Gregorz Grzyb, or his homologous champion of this country, Martin Koci, to which the Polish pilot Jaroslaw Koltun must be added and the Turkish Orhan Avciolgu, all of them seek to close a budget that places them this year in the FIA ​​ERC.


    The Belgian driver Luc Caprasse (Abarth 124 Rally) or the Swiss Yoan Loeffler (Ford Fiesta Rally4) could realize their projects in the FIA ​​ERC in the coming weeks.
    Last edited by 106 sport; 17th February 2020 at 19:27.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 106 sport View Post
    Another national champion, in this case from Germany, Fabian Kreim, could return to the FIA ​​ERC after his good adventure in 2018, with the support of Skoda Germany.
    Not possible, Skoda Germany closed that project last year.

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    I am afraid that article is bit too optimistic...

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    Rally Islas Canarias (Gran Canaria) repeats as the most watched of the 2019 season of the FIA ​​ERC with about 37 million spectators.


    The Spanish event of the FIA ​​European Rally Championship raised the bar last year by significantly increasing the number of viewers. These data were produced within a framework, that of the 2019 season, in which the continental contest also improved its audience figures.

    One more year, the Canary Islands Rally was the most watched test on television throughout the 2019 season of the FIA ​​European Rally Championship. This is stated in the report that Nielsen Sports, the consulting firm specializing in sponsorship and entertainment in sports, prepares for Eurosport Events, promoter of the continental event.

    In the accumulated of the whole year, the 43rd edition of the Canary Islands Rally - which was held on May 2, 3 and 4, 2019 and in which Pepe López and Borja Rozada were imposed with Citroën C3 R5 - obtained an audience of 36.98 million viewers. Already in the analysis that the consultant developed when the FIA ​​ERC 2019 had only held four of its eight tests, the Canary Islands appeared prominent in the viewer ranking. The incorporation in the report of those remaining rallies in which the championship was decided has not affected the leadership of the island rally.

    Another fact that illustrates the specific weight that the Canary Islands Rally has in the ERC FIA scheme is that the second most watched event, the Poland Rally, obtained 29 million spectators, almost eight million less. The third meeting with the largest audience was the Rally di Roma Capitale with 23.5 million. Therefore, in addition to being one of the biggest rallies with a better atmosphere in attendance and timed stages, the Canary Islands Rally is confirmed as one of the most interesting for spectators worldwide according to this report from Nielsen Sports.

    All these figures are produced in a framework, that of the championship promoted by Eurosport Events, which also threw record audiences in its 2019 edition. Despite having reduced the number of hours of broadcasting, the FIA ​​ERC improved the number of viewers over the past year to overcome the 163 million barrier.

    Jean-Baptiste Ley, coordinator of the FIA ​​ERC, valued the results of this report: “Without a doubt this impressive number of audience gives a measure of the popularity of the Canary Islands Rally. The test has the advantage of being well consolidated and promoted at local, national and international level and this report data reflects all these attributes. Given the impressive and picturesque landscape of Gran Canaria, it is difficult not to produce spectacular television images. In addition, to be held in May, with the season still beginning, there are many stories to tell. In 2019, the fact that a young Spanish rider was in the fight for the victory from the beginning or the opening of the Abarth Rally Cup was influenced. In general we are very satisfied with the increase in the audience of the championship. Growing 52.7 million compared to 2018 speaks wonders of the strength and popularity of the ERC in its role as a talent factory. ”

    Germán Morales, president of the Organizing Committee, has also valued these record results. “Honestly, we are impressed by the figures in the annual report. Not in our best dreams would we have imagined bringing the name of Gran Canaria and the Canary Islands to almost 37 million people around the world. This only confirms the power of promotion that this car test has, something that we have achieved among all: institutions, private entities, amateurs, athletes, organization and, of course, the European Rally Championship itself, a contest that continues to grow thanks to the sensational Eurosport Events work in front ”.

    The 44th edition of the Canary Islands Rally, the most international of the rallies that will be held in 2020 in Spain, will be held on May 7, 8 and 9.

    http://rallyislascanarias.com/index....e-espectadores

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    Rumours about a partial program (tarmac) for spanish Ivan Ares driving a R5.

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    Full Season in ERC 1 Junior for the german driver Dominik Dinkel

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    Quote Originally Posted by YerayEcoBoost View Post
    Full Season in ERC 1 Junior for the german driver Dominik Dinkel

    http://www.motoradiario.com/rallyes/...dominik-dinkel

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    https://www.fiaerc.com/operation-erc...rmanys-dinkel/

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    ERC 1 Junior 2020 so far:

    Callum Devine - i20 R5
    Dominik Dinkel - Fabia R5 Evo
    Efrén Llarena - *two events




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    Quote Originally Posted by Karbonyl View Post
    Last year Hirvonen performed well in Cyprus with MRFs so personally I'm not worried about gravel, but tarmac is a qestion.
    Might be able to tell you something, as I will be codriving in an MRF car in a few rallies in Belgium. I'm curious to see how far they are in their development, but there is no doubt they are determined to develop the tyres to the same level as Michelin and Pirelli!


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