The pass for the Estonian Rally, the country’s first WRC tier, will go on sale on Tuesday, with a price of 65 euros for adults and 15 euros for young people aged 7 to 12. The race will take place on the roads of southern Estonia from 4 to 6 September.
The occasion also marks the return of the WRC festival after a break of several months, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The passes went on sale at 10 a.m. on August 4. The organizers also detailed data on the race weekend.
On July 13, he announced that 20,000 legal spectators would be allowed to participate, adding up to 16,000 regular spectators, 1,500 drivers, team members and 2,500 organizers.
The 16,000 rally passes are divided into 16 other lots, of 1,000. With this distribution, organizers can ensure that no more than 1,000 will be in a general domain for too long, as packages are scheduled to stay elsewhere at other times. Each rally pass allows the spectator to stay in five stages of the rally.
On Tuesday, the rally pass data segment of the Estonian Rally online page wrote: “Please make your plans with your partners in advance. Decide which rally pass organization you need to buy and be sure to take a resolution on your preference at the moment, in case your first selection is complete. Rally Pass teams have been created so you can have all the spaces for yourself and your teammates without having to rush.”
The full rally program can be found here.
Urmo Aava, leading organizer of Rally Estonia, said the biggest challenge of the rally is the protection of spectators and packages created for visitors to enjoy the historic event.
He said: “Our first challenge is to take the threat of COVID-19 infection and reduce it to zero. We have developed 16 other teams of rally passes for the rally weekend, which will make the spectator spaces have no more than 1000 people. . Training
“We have cooperated with a special commission established across the state regarding the capacity of spectators. We have also taken into account the attractiveness of spaces for spectators and based them on the striking models established in the past for the Estonian Rally. “
Ticket sales according to the index of the Estonian Rally website:
The first WRC in Estonia
The Estonian Rally will take place from 4 to 6 September in southern Estonia. This will mark the return of the recently suspended season in the WRC and make Estonia the 33rd country to host a CIRCULAR WRC since the series began in 1973.
He will last 3 days and will be positioned in the classic Estonian rally regions in Tartu and southern Estonia, such as Kanepi, Kambja, Tepo and Elva.
A circular of the Junior WRC season will also take place in this period, as the series follows the full WRC schedule. Estonian Ken Torn, 26, is lately ranked 3rd overall in this series, with 15 points, coming from the moment position Latvian Martins Sesks (19 points) and Sweden’s Tom Kristensson (28 points).
The WRC has already cancelled the Rally Portugal, the Kenya Rally, the Rally Finland, the Rally New Zealand. In addition, the Rally argentina and rally Italia were postponed, leaving the Turkish, German, Welsh and Japanese rounds on the program.
WRC officials also presented an updated schedule for the rest of the WRC season. The Estonian Rally will be followed by the Rally Turkey from 24 to 27 September, the Rally Of Germany from 15 to 18 October, the Rally Italia from October 29 to November 1 and the Rally Japan from 19 to 22 November. According to the WRC, negotiations are still ongoing with Belgian organisers.
According to the International Automobile Federation (FIA), seven rounds of the season will have to be completed to make a decision on the title. Until the COVID-19 pandemic, 3 cycles were completed, leading to the arrangement of choice options.
Frenchman Sébastien Ogier (Toyota) has been in the category lately. Estonian Ott Tonak (Hyundai) is the champion of protective drivers.
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