2024 Central European Rally

2024 Central European Rally
*Central European Rally 2024*
2024 Central European Rally; Central European Rally 2024
Round 12 of 13 in the 2024 World Rally Championship
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	The Central European Rally features routes across three nations.
Host country	Austria; Czech Republic; Germany;
Rally base	Passau, Bavaria, Germany
Dates run	17 – 20 October 2024
Start location	Hradčany, Prague, Czech Republic
Finish location	Passau, Bavaria, Germany
Stages	18 (302.51 km; 187.97 miles)
Stage surface	Tarmac
Transport distance	1,283.15 km (797.31 miles)
Overall distance	1,585.66 km (985.28 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered	44

The 2024 Central European Rally (also known as the Central Europe Rally 2024) is a motor racing event for rally cars that is scheduled to be held from 17 to 20 October 2024.^[2] It is due to be marked the second running of the Central European Rally, and is set to be the twelfth round of the 2024 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event is planned to be based in Passau, Bavaria, Germany, and is scheduled to be contested over eighteen special stages covering a total competitive distance of 302.51 km (187.97 mi).^[1]

Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe are the defending rally winners, and their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, are the defending manufacturers' winners.^[3] Nicolas Ciamin and Yannick Roche are the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.^[4] Filip Kohn and Tom Woodburn are the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.

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 due to enter under Rally1 regulations, as are fifteen Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and ten Rally3 crew in the World Rally Championship-3.^[5]

Rally1 entries competing in the World Rally Championship
No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Championship eligibility	Tyre
5	Sami Pajari	Enni Mälkönen	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	Driver, Co-driver	P
8	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
9	Andreas Mikkelsen	Torstein Eriksen	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, Manufacturer	P
19	Jourdan Serderidis	Frédéric Miclotte	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

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 2	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Team	P
21	Yohan Rossel	Florian Barral	DG Sport Compétition	Citroën C3 Rally2	Driver, Co-driver, Team	P
22	Nikolay Gryazin	Konstantin Aleksandrov^[a]	DG Sport Compétition	Citroën C3 Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver, Team	P
23	Josh McErlean	James Fulton	Toksport WRT 2	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver, Team	P
24	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Maciej Szczepaniak	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
26	William Creighton	Liam Regan	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
27	Armin Kremer	Ella Kremer	Armin Kremer	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
28	Eamonn Boland	Michael Joseph Morrissey	Eamonn Boland	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger/Masters Co-driver	P
29	Mikołaj Marczyk	Szymon Gospodarczyk	Mikołaj Marczyk	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
30	Filip Mareš	Radovan Bucha	ACCR Toyota Dolák	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
31	Marijan Griebel	Tobias Braun	Marijan Griebel	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
32	Maxime Potty	Renaud Herman	Maxime Potty	Citroën C3 Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
34	Věroslav Cvrček ml.	Petr Těšínský	Věroslav Cvrček ml.	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
35	Petr Nešetřil	Jiří Černoch	Petr Nešetřil	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
36	Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz	Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio	Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
37	Henk Vossen	Harmen Scholtalbers	Henk Vossen	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger/Masters Co-driver	P

Rally3 entries competing in the World Rally Championship-3
No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Tyre
38	Mattéo Chatillon	Maxence Cornuau	Mattéo Chatillon	Renault Clio Rally3	P
39	Jan Černý	Ondřej Krajča	Jan Černý	Ford Fiesta Rally3	P
40	Filip Kohn	Tom Woodburn	Filip Kohn	Ford Fiesta Rally3	P
41	Tristan Charpentier	Patric Öhman	Tristan Charpentier	Ford Fiesta Rally3	P
43	Hermann Gaßner jr.	Michael Wenzel	ADAC Südbayern	Renault Clio Rally3	P
44	Hubert Laskowski	Michał Kuśnierz	Hubert Laskowski	Ford Fiesta Rally3	P
45	Slaven Šekuljica	Damir Petrović	Slaven Šekuljica	Ford Fiesta Rally3	P
46	Lyssia Baudet	Léa Sam-Caw-Freve	WRC Beyond Rally	Ford Fiesta Rally3	P
47	Suvi Jyrkiäinen	Antti Linnaketo	WRC Beyond Rally	Ford Fiesta Rally3	P
48	Claire Schönborn	Jara Hain	WRC Beyond Rally	Ford Fiesta Rally3	P

Other major entries
No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Championship eligibility	Tyre
25	Gus Greensmith	Jonas Andersson	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	—	P
55	Armand Fumal	Jules Escartefigue	Armand Fumal	Alpine A110 Rally RGT	Masters Driver	P

Itinerary

All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2).

Date	No.	Time span	Stage name	Distance
17 October	—	After 9:01	Točná [Shakedown]	2.05 km
		After 14:00	Opening ceremony, Hradčany	—
	SS1	After 15:00	SSS Velká Chuchle	2.55 km
		17:25 – 18:10	Regroup, Klatovy	—
	SS2	After 18:26	Klatovy 1	11.78 km
18 October		7:00 – 7:30	Remote service, Janovice nad Úhlavou	—
	SS3	After 8:02	Klatovy 2	11.78 km
	SS4	After 9:32	Strašín 1	26.69 km
	SS5	After 10:42	Šumavské Hoštice 1	16.85 km
	SS6	After 13:11	Klatovy 3	11.78 km
		14:28 – 14:58	Remote service, Janovice nad Úhlavou	—
	SS7	After 16:14	Strašín 2	26.69 km
	SS8	After 17:24	Šumavské Hoštice 2	16.85 km
		20:04 – 20:49	Flexi service A, Karpfham	—
19 October		6:05 – 6:20	Service B, Karpfham	—
	SS9	After 7:58	Granit und Wald 1	20.05 km
	SS10	After 9:05	Beyond Borders 1	24.33 km
	SS11	After 10:34	Schärdinger Innviertel 1	17.35 km
		12:10 – 12:50	Service C, Karpfham	—
	SS12	After 14:28	Granit und Wald 2	20.05 km
	SS13	After 15:35	Beyond Borders 2	24.33 km
	SS14	After 17:04	Schärdinger Innviertel 2	17.35 km
		18:07 – 18:52	Flexi service D, Karpfham	—
20 October		7:05 – 7:20	Service E, Karpfham	—
	SS15	After 9:11	Am Hochwald 1	12.17 km
		9:43 – 10:08	Regroup, Waldkirchen	—
	SS16	After 10:35	Passauer Land 1	14.87 km
	SS17	After 11:33	Am Hochwald 2	12.17 km
		12:03 – 12:48	Regroup, Waldkirchen	—
	SS18	After 13:15	Passauer Land 2 [Power Stage]	14.87 km
		After 15:30	Podium ceremony, Passau	—
Source:^[1]

Notes

^ Konstantin Aleksandrov is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the ANA flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Itinerary Central European Rally 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
^ "Revealed: 2024 WRC Calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
^ "Sensational Rovanperä clinches 2023 WRC title". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ "Mikkelsen claims WRC2 title in last-gasp Central European Rally push". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
^ "Entry list Central European Rally 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions in relation to the situation in Ukraine". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.

External links

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

Previous rally: 2024 Rally Chile	2024 FIA World Rally Championship	Next rally: 2024 Rally Japan
Previous rally: 2023 Central European Rally	2024 Central European Rally	Next rally: 2025 Central European Rally

[7] Konstantin Aleksandrov is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the ANA flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[6]

[Europe_Route-1] "Itinerary Central European Rally 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 20 August 2024.

[2] "Revealed: 2024 WRC Calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

[3] "Sensational Rovanperä clinches 2023 WRC title". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

[4] "Mikkelsen claims WRC2 title in last-gasp Central European Rally push". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

[Europe_entry_list-5] "Entry list Central European Rally 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

[Russia-competitors-6] "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions in relation to the situation in Ukraine". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.

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