• WRC Promoter confirms 2020 FIA World Rally Championship calendar • Fixture list surprises with three new events for next season • New rounds emphasise strategy to further globalise championship • Six continents feature in WRC calendar for first time ever • Not since 1999 have Asia and Africa appeared side-by-side in
RALLY NEWS
TANAK EYES CHAMPIONSHIP TREBLE ON RALLY GERMANY
FERNANDO ALONSO KEEPS AN EYE ON DAKAR WITH TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
After a successful campaign in the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship, Fernando Alonso and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will join forces once again in the upcoming months for a series of tests with the Toyota Hilux, the car that is expected to compete in the next Dakar Rally. Over the next five months, Fernando,
REVISED RALLY TURKEY ROUTE READY TO CHALLENGE WRC TEAMS IN SEPTEMBER
MARMARIS (TURKEY): Rally Turkey officials at TOSFED have now had the route for the 11th round of the FIA World Rally Championship officially approved by the FIA. The event will be based in Marmaris and takes place on September 12th-15th. The itinerary features 17 special stages and 310.10 competitive kilometres in
INTRODUCING THE ALL-NEW FORD FIESTA R1
M-Sport and Ford are proud to complete a fully updated ‘Ladder of Opportunity’ with the introduction of the all-new EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta R1 – the second new car to be produced by the team at M‑Sport Poland’s headquarters in Krakow. Like the EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta R2 that was introduced late last
THE ALL-NEW FORD FIESTA R5
M-Sport and Ford are proud to introduce the all-new EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta R5. Replacing its hugely successful predecessor, the new Fiesta promotes the latest motorsport technology and road-going design. Based on the Ford Fiesta ST-Line which is manufactured at Ford’s world-class facility in Cologne, M Sport has worked closely with the
UPDATED ŠKODA FABIA R5 SUCCESSFULLY HOMOLOGATED AND READY FOR COMPETITION
› Rally car successfully homologated by the international motorsport federation FIA › After thousands of kilometres in challenging tests the updated ŠKODA FABIA R5 will appear in competition soon › ŠKODA Motorsport boss Michal Hrabánek: “The updated ŠKODA FABIA R5 is a follow-up of our successful R5 project.” Mladá Boleslav, 30 April
