2024 Rally Latvia

2024 Rally Latvia Tet Rally Latvia 2024
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The event was held as Rally Liepāja before joining the WRC calendar.
Host country	Latvia
Rally base	Liepāja, Kurzeme Planning Region
Dates run	18 – 21 July 2024
Start location	Biķernieki Parish, Augšdaugava Municipality
Finish location	Vecpils Parish, South Kurzeme Municipality
Stages	20 (300.00 km; 186.41 miles)[1]
Stage surface	Gravel
Transport distance	1,044.65 km (649.12 miles)
Overall distance	1,344.65 km (835.53 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered	40

The 2024 Rally Latvia (also known as the Tet Rally Latvia 2024) is a planned motor racing event for rally cars that is scheduled to be held over four days from 18 to 21 July 2024.^[2] It would mark the twelfth running of the Rally Liepāja, and would be the eighth round of the 2024 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2024 event would be based in Liepāja in Kurzeme Planning Region, and would be contested over twenty special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 300.00 km (186.41 mi).^[1]

Background

Entry list

The following crews are set to enter into the rally. The event is set to be opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3 and privateer entries that are not registered to score points in any championship. Ten are set to enter under Rally1 regulations, as are nineteen Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and four Rally3 crew in the World Rally Championship-3.^[3]

Rally1 entries competing in the World Rally Championship

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Championship eligibility	Tyre
4	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
8	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
11	Thierry Neuville	Martijn Wydaeghe	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
13	Grégoire Munster	Louis Louka	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
16	Adrien Fourmaux	Alexandre Coria	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
17	Sébastien Ogier	Vincent Landais	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
18	Takamoto Katsuta	Aaron Johnston	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	Driver, Co-driver	P
22	Mārtiņš Sesks	Renārs Francis	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	Driver, Co-driver	P
33	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
69	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P

Rally2 entries competing in the World Rally Championship-2

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Championship eligibility	Tyre
20	Oliver Solberg	Elliott Edmondson	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Driver, Co-driver, Team	P
21	Sami Pajari	Enni Mälkönen	Printsport	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
24	Gus Greensmith	Jonas Andersson	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Driver, Co-driver, Team	P
25	Josh McErlean	James Fulton	Toksport WRT 2	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver, Team	P
26	Fabrizio Zaldivar	Marcelo Der Ohannesian	Fabrizio Zaldivar	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
27	Mikko Heikkilä	Kristian Temonen	Mikko Heikkilä	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
28	Emil Lindholm	Reeta Hämäläinen	Emil Lindholm	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Driver, Co-driver	P
29	Roberto Daprà	Luca Guglielmetti	Roberto Daprà	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
30	Mauro Miele	Luca Beltrame	Mauro Miele	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
31	Armin Kremer	Ella Kremer	Armin Kremer	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
32	William Creighton	Liam Regan	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
34	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	Teemu Suninen	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Driver, Co-driver	P
35	Gregor Jeets	Timo Taniel	Gregor Jeets	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
36	Miguel Zaldivar Jr.	Diego Cagnotti	Miguel Zaldivar Jr.	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
37	Rakan Al-Rashed	Hugo Magalhães	Printsport	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
38	Uğur Soylu	Sener Guray	Uğur Soylu	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
39	Matīss Mežaks	Arnis Ronis	Matīss Mežaks	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
40	Brandon Semenuk	Keaton Williams	Brandon Semenuk	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
41	Artūrs Priednieks	Janis Kirkovalds	Artūrs Priednieks	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P

Rally3 entries competing in the World Rally Championship-3

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Tyre
43	Jan Černý	Ondřej Krajča	Jan Černý	Ford Fiesta Rally3	P
44	Joosep Ralf Nõgene	Hendrik Kraav	Lightgrey	Renault Clio Rally3	P
45	Kerem Kazaz	Corentin Silvestre	Atölye Kazaz	Ford Fiesta Rally3	P
46	Enola Hsieh	Matias Peippo	Sports Racing Technologies	Ford Fiesta Rally3	P

Other major entries

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Tyre
23	Nikolay Gryazin	Andris Mālnieks	Nikolay Gryazin	Citroën C3 Rally2	P

Itinerary

All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).

Date	No.	Time span	Stage name	Distance
18 July	—	After 7:01	Cimdenieki [Shakedown]	3.58 km
		After 18:15	Opening ceremony, Riga City Council	—
	SS1	After 20:05	Biķernieki Track	11.00 km
19 July		9:20 – 9:40	Tyre fitting zone A, Tukums	—
	SS2	After 10:00	Milzkalne 1	4.99 km
	SS3	After 10:45	Tukums 1	27.56 km
	SS4	After 12:00	Olecko 1	17.86 km
		13:05 – 13:50	Regroup, Tukums	—
		13:50 – 14:10	Tyre fitting zone B, Tukums	—
	SS5	After 14:30	Milzkalne 2	4.99 km
	SS6	After 15:15	Tukums 2	27.56 km
	SS7	After 16:30	Olecko 2	17.86 km
	SS8	After 17:20	Talsi	20.52 km
		20:20 – 21:05	Flexi service A, Liepāja	—
20 July	SS9	After 8:20	Pilskalns	18.87 km
	SS10	After 9:35	Snēpele	17.52 km
		10:30 – 11:00	Regroup, Kuldīga	—
	SS11	After 11:30	Īvande	23.04 km
	SS12	After 13:05	Vecpils 1	12.64 km
		14:10 – 14:30	Regroup, Liepāja	—
		14:30 – 15:10	Service B, Liepāja	—
	SS13	After 16:05	Podnieki	10.09 km
	SS14	After 17:05	Vecpils 2	12.64 km
		17:50 – 18:35	Regroup, Offroad track Vecpils	—
	SS15	After 19:00	Dinsdurbe	6.64 km
	SS16	After 20:15	Liepāja City Stage	2.56 km
		20:55 – 21:40	Flexi service C, Liepāja	—
21 July	SS17	After 8:55	Krogzemji 1	18.70 km
	SS18	After 10:05	Mazilmāja 1	13.34 km
		10:20 – 10:55	Regroup, Offroad track Vecpils	—
	SS19	After 11:55	Krogzemji 2	18.70 km
		12:55 – 13:52	Regroup, Offroad track Vecpils	—
	SS20	After 14:15	Mazilmāja 2 [Power Stage]	13.34 km
		After 15:15	Podium ceremony, Offroad track Vecpils	—
Source:[1]

References

External links

• Official website (in Latvian and English)
• 2024 Rally Latvia at eWRC-results.com
• 2024 Rally Latvia at rally-maps.com (in English, German, and Polish)