2020 Rally Estonia

The 2020 Rally Estonia (also known as the Rally Estonia 2020) is a motor racing event for rally cars that is set to hold over three days between 4 and 6 September 2020.[2] It marks the tenth running of Rally Estonia and is the fourth round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2020 event is based in the town of Tartu, Tartu County and consists of seventeen special stages. The rally covers a total competitive distance of 232.64 km (144.56 mi).[1]

2020 Rally Estonia
10. Rally Estonia
Round 4 of 8 in the 2020 World Rally Championship
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Estonia would be the thirty-third nation to hold a World Rally Championship event.
Host country Estonia
Rally baseTartu, Tartu County
Dates run4 – 6 September 2020
Start locationTartu, Tartu County
Finish locationKambja, Tartu County
Stages17 (232.64 km; 144.56 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceGravel
Transport distance639.25 km (397.21 miles)
Overall distance871.89 km (541.77 miles)

Background

Championship standings prior to the event

Six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia enter the round with an eight-point lead over Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul are third, a further twelve points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT hold a twenty-one-point lead over defending manufacturers' champions Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, following by M-Sport Ford WRT.

In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen hold a nine-point lead ahead of Nikolay Gryazin and Yaroslav Fedorov in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, with Pontus Tidemand and Patrick Barth in third. In the manufacturer' championship, Hyundai Motorsport N lead M-Sport Ford WRT by twenty-two points. PH-Sport sit in third, a slender two points behind.

In the World Rally Championship-3 standings, the crew of Eric Camilli and François-Xavier Buresi, Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka, and Marco Bulacia Wilkinson and Giovanni Bernacchini all hold twenty-five points in the standings.

Schedule changes and event inclusion

Following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the championship, a number of events were cancelled or postponed indefinitely for health and safety grounds, with Rally Mexico abridged to give time for crews to head home due to lockdowns being implemented across the world. It was then announced in 2 July 2020 that the season would return with an updated calendar, with Rally Estonia hosting the resuming round between 4 to 6 September. The country will become the thirty-third nation to stage a championship round in the WRC.[3]

Route

The rally features a short format schedule, which lasts only three days.[4] This leads to the change of road order rules—Saturday's first loop would start as championship order, while the second loop would revert to the standard reversed order, which usually comes into effect on the second leg.[5]

Itinerary

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

Date Time No. Stage name Distance
4 September 09:01 — Abissaare [Shakedown] 5.51 km
Leg 1 — 1.28 km
4 September 19:08 SS1 Tartu 1.28 km
Leg 2 — 146.40 km
5 September 07:40 SS2 Prangli 1 20.23 km
08:21 SS3 Kanepi 1 16.89 km
09:08 SS4 Otepää 1 9.60 km
10:00 SS5 Mäeküla 1 14.76 km
11:19 SS6 Elva 1 11.72 km
14:37 SS7 Prangli 2 20.23 km
15:18 SS8 Kanepi 2 16.89 km
16:08 SS9 Otepää 2 9.60 km
17:00 SS10 Mäeküla 2 14.76 km
18:19 SS11 Elva 2 11.72 km
Leg 3 — 84.96 km
6 September 07:35 SS12 Arula 1 6.97 km
08:09 SS13 Kaagvere 1 15.46 km
09:08 SS14 Kambja 1 20.05 km
10:49 SS15 Arula 2 6.97 km
11:28 SS16 Kaagvere 2 15.46 km
13:18 SS17 Kambja 2 [Power Stage] 20.05 km
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References
  1. "Appendix 1 Timetable" (PDF). rallyestonia.com. Rally Estonia. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  2. "WRC sets return date". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  3. Evans, David (2 July 2020). "WRC reveals new calendar with Estonia restart". dirtfish.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  4. "Rally Estonia announces route details". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 25 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. Thukral, Rachit; Rauli, Giacomo (13 July 2020). "WRC changes starting order rules for season return on shortened Rally Estonia". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
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