New for the 2024 FIA European Rally Championship, the one-make contest from M-Sport Poland rewards the eventual champion with a fully-supported drive in a Pirelli-equipped Ford Fiesta Rally3 on October’s WRC Central European Rally, the penultimate event of the current WRC season, in addition to several other incentives.
Speaking ahead of this week’s Barum Czech Rally Zlín ERC Fiesta Rally3 Trophy finale, M-Sport Poland head Maciej Woda (pictured below) said: “I’m so excited that we can finish the first ERC Fiesta Rally3 Trophy at Barum Rally. This is such an amazing event with its very fast, challenging and constant grip-change stages. The Fiesta Rally3 handles those conditions very well, so I’m looking forward to see the competition.”
Woda continued: “It’s a pleasure to see the progression of the ERC Fiesta Rally3 Trophy drivers this year. Despite the fact only one of them can win the M-Sport Poland-run Fiesta Rally3 drive at WRC Central European Rally, I believe this season proved that the Trophy concept, with all the prizes on offer, works well and I’m looking forward to it continuing next year.
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank our partners Pirelli, Gulf Race Fuels and WRC Promoter for making this Trophy possible.”
After four rounds Czech Filip Kohn heads Turkey’s Kerem Kazaz by 20 points in the provisional ERC Fiesta Rally3 Trophy ranking.
Croatian Martin Ravenščak and Pole Igor Widłak have also scored strongly this season although neither can catch Kohn in the title battle with Prague resident Kohn just needing to finish to claim the title and the WRC Central European Rally prize drive.
ERC Fiesta Rally3 Trophy: How it works
Partnering with Pirelli and Gulf Race Fuels in establishing the ERC Fiesta Rally3 Trophy, M-Sport Poland has identified the European championship as the perfect arena to showcase the performance, reliability and accessibility of its four-wheel-drive challenger.
To ensure, competitors get access to the best technical assistance available, M-Sport Poland will attend all events with a fully stocked spares vehicle, while its engineers will be available to provide technical support when required.
All drivers will use the same specification Pirelli tyre and Gulf’s MSR EVO2 fuel, which will be available on site at every Fiesta Rally3 Trophy event at a discounted price of €2.00 a litre.
The eventual ERC Fiesta Rally3 Trophy winner is handed a fully funded drive package for October’s Central European Rally, round 12 of the 2024 FIA World Rally Championship.
Pirelli is generously offering a 15 per cent discount on event tyre packages to all participants. The winner of each Fiesta Rally3 Trophy event will secure 12 new tyres for use on the next event, the runner-up will receive six new tyres with two new tyres going to the third-place finisher.
Gulf Race Fuels will reward the winner of each round with 300 litres of Gulf MSR EVO2 fuel. The drivers finishing second and third will receive 150 and 50 litres respectively.
The Barum Czech Rally Zlín ERC Fiesta Rally Trophy finale takes place from 16 - 18 August.
How to watch?
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Barum Czech Rally Zlín 2024: the key numbers
Stages: 15
Competitive distance: 201.79 kilometres
Total distance: 883.49 kilometres
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