Oliver Solberg and Takamoto Katsuta will lead the R5 category in Estonia

In addition to the teams entered in the WRC, the Rally of Estonia, preparatory to the Rally of Finland, will be the opportunity for Takamoto Katsuta to drive the new Ford Fiesta R5. Oliver Solberg will drive a Volkswagen Polo R5.

Published on 08/07/2019 à 12:13

Pierre Tassel

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Oliver Solberg and Takamoto Katsuta will lead the R5 category in Estonia

The list of entrants Rally from Estonia this weekend will look great. In addition to WRC official entries entered by the four manufacturers involved in the World Championship, in order to prepare for the Finnish meeting, the R5 category will be well stocked.

Le Japonais Takamoto Katsuta, couvé par le Toyota Gazoo Racing, aura ainsi l’occasion de piloter la nouvelle Ford Fiesta R5 développée par l’entité M-Sport. Le Nippon évoluera également sur la dernière-née de Dovenby Hall en Finlande avant de faire ses débuts en WRC avec la Yaris en Allemagne, puis en Catalogne.

Another young talent on the world rally scene, Norwegian Oliver Solberg will drive the Volkswagen Polo R5 on the Estonian tracks. Youngest winner in FIA ERC already took part in the event last year in the R2 category.

Katsuta and Solberg thus join an R5 category of thirteen cars, notably with Teemu Suninen at the head of the bill. In WRC, Craig Breen (Hyundai), Markko Martin (Ford Fiesta) font partie des pilotes présents aux côtés de Espaekka Lappi (Citroën), Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai), Ott Tänak (Toyota) or Elfyn Evans (Ford).

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