A brand novel season of the FIA World Rally Championship kicks off with a reshuffled pack of drivers taking on the oldest, tense and indubitably one of essentially the most notorious occasions on the calendar: Rallye Monte-Carlo (January 23-26).
Winter climate can hold for unpredictable prerequisites on the asphalt roads in the French Alps. Which capability, the drivers can face the complete lot from dry asphalt to snow and ice, frequently within a single stage, making their tyre selection in particular tough and on the total a compromise. It also guarantees to be especially thrilling this year as moderately a complete lot of the sphere’s high drivers will seemingly be tackling this notorious venture while getting conversant in novel machinery.
Ott Tänak takes his newly claimed World Champion title to Hyundai, teaming up with Thierry Neuville, a discontinuance championship rival over the closing few seasons. Sébastien Loeb, a seven-time winner of the event, begins his 2nd phase-time marketing campaign in the i20 Coupe WRC. Toyota enters 2020 with an fully refreshed line-up led by six-time champion Sébastien Ogier. Alongside the Frenchman will seemingly be Elfyn Evans and 19-year-feeble 2019 FIA WRC 2 Pro champion Kalle Rovanperä, who makes his World Rally Car debut because the youngest ever elephantine-time manufacturing unit driver. Two other Finnish drivers are at M-Sport, with Esapekka Lappi becoming a member of Teemu Suninen, while Gus Greensmith contests the first of nine planned outings in a third Fiesta WRC. Jap driver Takamoto Katsuta also begins an expanded marketing campaign in a further Toyota Yaris WRC.
Hyundai, M-Sport and PH Sport are the early representatives of this class for skilled teams with R5 autos with Nicolay Gryazin and Ole Christian Veiby, Adrien Fourmaux, and Mads Østberg riding for these respective teams. The FIA WRC 3 class for privateer R5 entries aspects 13 drivers on the hole spherical. Rallye Monte-Carlo is also the first spherical of the FIA RGT Cup.
THE 2020 ROUTE
The rally returns to Monaco for the hole ceremony and originate of this year’s event, which will occur in the prolonged-lasting harbour issue on Thursday afternoon. The crews will trusty now face two unhurried-evening phases in darkness, the first of which (Malijai – Puimichel) will seemingly be featured for the first time since 1994. Every other novel test – Saint-Clément-sur-Durance – Freissinières – is incorporated in a loop of three phases around Hole, every bustle twice on Friday, the longest day of the rally. The relief of the route is equal to 2019. On Saturday, a double loop will retract the crews around Hole sooner than a remaining carrier in the French metropolis and the facility assist to Monaco. Sunday aspects two runs every over the legendary Col de Turini test and the La Cabanette-Col de Braus stage, the latter web hosting the rally’s closing Vitality Stage.
MEDIA ACCREDITATION
Media accreditation have to be restful in my opinion by accredited Shuffle Holders at the Accreditation Desk positioned at the Media Center in the Hole Provider Park (Centre Omnisport COSEC, Avenue de Traunstein, 05000 Hole).
The opening hours are:
Monday 20 January: 14: 00 – 18: 00 hrs
Tuesday 21 January: 09: 00 – 20: 30 hrs
Wednesday 22 January: 09: 00 – 21: 00 hrs
Thursday 23 January: 09: 00 – 21: 00 hrs
2020 WRC RALLYE MONTE-CARLO TIMETABLE AND MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES
Wednesday 22 January
Notable media security briefing, Photographers’ Room, Media Center 12: 00 hrs
Autograph signing session, Hole Provider Park 15: 00 – 15: 30 hrs
Notable Shakedown for P1/P2/P3 drivers, Route de la Garde, Hole 16: 00 – 18: 00 hrs
Shakedown (others), Route de la Garde, Hole 18: 00 – 20: 00 hrs
‘Meet the Crews’ Top 3 Shakedown, Hole Provider Park 18: 30 hrs
FIA Press Conference, Press Room, Media Centre, Hole Provider Park 19: 00 hrs
Initiating with P2 & P3 drivers (10’)
Followed by P1 drivers (10’)
Thursday 23 January
Ind. media alternatives with WRC teams & drivers, La Rascasse, Monaco 12: 00 – 14: 00 hrs
Producer & WRC 2/3 car photo, Technical Zone, Quai Albert 1er, MC 15: 00 – 15: 15 hrs
– WRC autos: #8 / #17 / #4
– WRC 2/3 autos: #20 / #21 / #23 / #25 / #41
– Grid Formation with the above WRC & WRC 2/3 autos
Legitimate household photo with P1 crews, Quai Albert 1er, Monaco 15: 45 – 16: 00 hrs
Ceremonial originate, Quai Albert 1er, Monaco 16: 00 hrs
Rally originate „Monaco – Hole“, Quai Albert 1er, Monaco 17: 00 hrs
First car arrives for technical / media zone & remaining carrier, Hole SP 23: 26 hrs
‘Meet the Crews’ Top 3 Shakedown, Hole Provider Park 23: 45 hrs
Friday 24 January
Begin up of Part 2 & 3 “Hole – Hole”, Hole Provider Park 07: 45 hrs
First car arrives for regroup, media zone & carrier, Hole SP 12: 08 hrs
First car arrives for technical / media zone & remaining carrier, Hole SP 17: 29 hrs
‘Meet the Crews’, Hole Provider Park For the interval of the 48’ carrier
Saturday 25 January
Begin up of Part 4 & 5 “Hole – Monaco”, Hole SP 08: 32 hrs
First car arrives for regroup, media zone & carrier, Hole SP 12: 02 hrs
First car arrives for technical / media zone & remaining carrier, Hole SP 16: 26 hrs
‘Meet the Crews’, Hole Provider Park For the interval of the 48’ carrier
Sunday 26 January
Begin up of Part 6 & 7 “Monaco – Monaco”, Quai Albert 1er, Monaco 06: 34 hrs
First car arrives for technical /media zone, Quai Albert 1er, Monaco 13: 48 hrs
Rally Cease – Parc Fermé 13: 58 hrs
Podium Ceremony & Sign Giving, Quai Albert 1er, Monaco 15: 00 hrs
FIA Press Conference, Press Room, Media Centre, Quai Albert 1er, MC 16: 00 hrs
FIA PRESS CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE
Wednesday 22 January FIA WRC
Ott Tänak (EST), Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Crew
Sébastien Ogier (FRA), Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Crew
Esapekka Lappi (FIN), M-Sport Ford World Rally Crew
Sébastien Loeb (FRA), Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Crew
Andrea Adamo (ITA), Crew Most critical, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
FIA WRC 2
Adrien Fourmaux (FRA), M-Sport Ford World Rally Crew
Nicolay Gryazin (RUS), Hyundai Motorsport N
FIA WRC 3
Yohann Rossel (FRA)
Umberto Scandola (ITA)
Sunday 26 January Winning FIA WRC 3 Championship crew
Winning FIA WRC 2 Championship crew
Top three crews in the total classification
Representative of the a hit producer
MANUFACTURER WRC ENTRIES, 2020 WRC RALLYE MONTE-CARLO
Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Ott Tänak / Martin Järveoja (#8)
Thierry Neuville / Nicolas Gilsoul (#11)
Sébastien Loeb / Daniel Elena (#9)
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Sébastien Ogier / Julien Ingrassia (#17)
Elfyn Evans / Scott Martin (#33)
Kalle Rovanperä / Jonne Halttunen (#69)
M-Sport Ford WRT Teemu Suninen / Jarmo Lehtinen (#3)
Esapekka Lappi / Janne Ferm (#4)
Gus Greensmith / Elliott Edmondson (#44)
FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS
The 2019 classifications for the total WRC Championships is on hand on the next link:
https://www.fia.com/occasions/world-rally-championship/season-2019/standings
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