Run for the 9th time, Võrumaa Winterrally was first run in 2008 as a rally for the youth and has since become a great, exciting rally – great for spectators in the forests and at home!
This years’ rally will be quite a spectacle, as for the first time Võrumaa Winterrally will be hosting the Lithuanian Rally Championship and its great drivers. The rally will be the 2nd rally in the Lithuanian Rally Championship, or LARC, in short.
There’s also quite some action to follow in the Estonian Rally Championship.
A LOOK BACK
Last year, there was much discussion about the weather and if the Winterrally can be held at all and, luckily, the weather changed in the week before the rally and we got a lot more than we asked for. The roads were covered with snow and the rally had the green light.
It was Estonia’s own Sander Pärn, who took the victory last year, with Siim Plangi 2nd and Timmu Kõrge 3rd. Pärn led from start to the finish.
Pärn/Morgan on their way to winning Võrumaa Winterally 2015. Foto: Rauno Paltser
2016 PROGRAMME
The documentation side of the rally will begin on the 18th of February, where the crews will be given the necessary documents to start the rally. Also on the 18th, the crews will start recceing the stages. From 10:00 to 14:00, the crews will recce SS 4/6 and SS 7/9. From 14:30 to 19:00 they will recce SS1/2 and SS8/10.
On the morning of 19th, the crews will do the final recce of the rally with SS 3/5 from 9:00 to 12:00. The first day of the rally begins at 18:00 at the Freedom Square in Võru.
20th Feburary, the second day of the rally, will begin at 9:00, when the first car leaves service. It all concludes with the Podium at 19:00 in the evening taking place at the Freedom Squre in Võru.
A more detailed programme and maps of the event will be published in the magazine Autoleht on 17th February.
If the competition is cancelled or postponed due to Force Majeure, the Organiser must communicate this at 12:00 on 15.02.2016 at the latest.
The Afterparty of the rally can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1677538155859774/
The Rally Pass will cost 7 EUR and they’ll be sold at the week preceding the rally at Võru Olerex.
STATISTICS
Overall length of the rally: 421,61 km
Total amount of stages: 10
Total length of Special Stages: 114,04 km
Surface: Snow, ice
No. of stages run twice: 5
Total recce km: 57,02 km
Powerstage: SS10 – 10,87km
DOCUMENTS/LINKS
Supplementary Regulations: http://autosport.ee/rallyreg/public/calendar_file/TALVERALLI%20JUHEND%20ver%2002%20(2).pdf
List of registered crews: http://autosport.ee/rallyreg/?page=27&race_id=342&
Registration form: http://autosport.ee/rallyreg/?page=28&race_id=342&lang_id=2&
See you at the rally!
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