The FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) is about to go to a brand new nation in 2024 when Tet Rally Latvia, previously referred to as Tet Rally Liepāja, joins the calendar.
The choice comes after Latvia’s long-time success inside the FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) and displays WRC Promoter’s dedication to maintain no less than one slot within the WRC calendar obtainable for such occasions. Because the business rights holder for each WRC and ERC, WRC Promoter is uniquely positioned to determine and assist occasions which have the potential to develop and change into a part of the WRC household.
Tet Rally Latvia takes place on gravel roads and has a status for being one of the crucial difficult rallies in Europe, utilising blisteringly quick roads which require inch-perfect ability and precision from drivers and co-drivers.
“It has all the time been our aim to maintain no less than one slot within the WRC calendar obtainable to allow an occasion to rotate from the ERC to the WRC,” defined Peter Thul, Senior Director of Sport for WRC Promoter.
“Tet Rally Latvia turning into the primary to be granted this slot is a transparent recognition of its sporting and promotional excellence, and the dedication of the Latvian Authorities to rallying.
“This determination highlights the strategic significance of the Baltic areas for WRC. We’ve a longstanding relationship with broadcast accomplice TV3 and look ahead to expanded collaboration with them for the 2024 occasion. This, in addition to our ever-increasing community of over 50 broadcasters in additional than 150 international locations, makes WRC one of the crucial broadly considered motorsport championships on the planet,” Thul added.
Occasion organisers have been working intently with the FIA and WRC Promoter to make sure the occasion meets the excessive requirements required for a WRC spherical. The rally will attain a widespread space of Latvia, stretching from the cities of Rīga and Liepāja to the areas of Talsi, Tukums, Kuldīga, Dienvidkurzeme.
“This can be a dream come true second. Our work that began a few years in the past, has lastly concluded with a transparent pathway for Latvia to host a WRC occasion in 2024,” mentioned Tet Rally Latvia director Raimonds Strokšs.
“For RA Occasions as an occasion organiser, it is a super milestone that carries big accountability with it. However we’ve such dependable companions within the Latvian Authorities, our rally metropolis Liepāja, our capital metropolis Rīga, and our normal sponsor Tet – plus many extra. Behind them there’s a fair broader staff of enthusiastic folks, with whom we will pull this off and are able to deal with all of the challenges that lay forward of us.”
The precise dates for Tet Rally Latvia 2024 might be confirmed in the end.
