The fia has started a bold new scheme to find the future of rallying. TommyHoward went behind the scenes to find out more ⬇️
, Pernilla Solberg and M-Sport bosses Malcolm Wilson and Maciej Woda selected the 12 finalists - Romet Jurgenson/Siim Oja , Annia Cilloniz/Alvaro Rivera , Abdullah Al Tawqi/Ronan Comerford , Max Smart/Lorcan Moore , Taylor Gill/Dan Brkic and Jose Abito Caparo/Willy Guillermo Sierra .This group of aspiring drivers and co-drivers, coming from different starting points in life and rally experience, headed to Sardinia last week for the next chapter of the journey.
“If one is fast from the start but is not showing any progression, and we feel they are not pushing they will have less chance to continue than someone who has made lots of progress,” he adds. European winner Romet Jurgenson had never set foot in a bespoke rally car before his selection. He earned his regional final berth by winning the ‘Rally At Home’ competition using a basic console steering wheel, having only applied for the contest following a chance sighting of the Rally Star advert when in Estonian military service.
Rally Star HQ for the week was a hotel in the small town of Tempio at the foot of Mount Limbara, a region renowned for hosting WRC stars when manufacturers come to town to prepare for Sardinia’s brutal rough gravel roads. Here the finalists are first decked out with their own bespoke race suits, crash helmets, HANS devices, recce cars, pacenote books and all the tools imaginable needed to become rally drivers.
“We might get a world champion out of it, but if we get drivers and co-drivers that go on to have a career that is a great win. These are young people that can attract people into rallying. It is important that the sport gives back.” Ireland’s Ronan Comerford, a late call-up to the programme to co-drive for Middle East final winner Al Tawqi, added: “To say it is exciting is an understatement. It is something I have dreamed of from a very young age. I’m a late call-up to this programme so it has been an intensive week of training, but I have learned so much. It has heightened my determination and drive to do this programme.
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