2024 Rally Latvia

2024 Rally Latvia Tet Rally Latvia 2024
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Local heroes Mārtiņš Sesks and Renārs Francis during the event.
Host country	Latvia
Rally base	Liepāja, Kurzeme Planning Region
Dates run	18 – 21 July 2024
Start location	Biķernieki Parish, Augšdaugava Municipality
Finish location	Vecpils Parish, South Kurzeme Municipality
Stages	20 (300.13 km; 186.49 miles)[1]
Stage surface	Gravel
Transport distance	1,048.70 km (651.63 miles)
Overall distance	1,348.83 km (838.12 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered	40
Crews	38 at start, 32 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 2:31:47.6
Saturday Overall leader	Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 1:58:55.6
Sunday Accumulated leader	Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 32:48.5
Power Stage winner	Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 7:06.0
Support category results
WRC-2 winner	Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson Toksport WRT 2:40:25.5
WRC-3 winner	Joosep Ralf Nõgene Hendrik Kraav LightGrey Team 2:51:52.1

The 2024 Rally Latvia (also known as the Tet Rally Latvia 2024) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days from 18 to 21 July 2024.^[2] It marked the twelfth running of the Rally Liepāja, and is the eighth round of the 2024 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2024 event was based in Liepāja in Kurzeme Planning Region, and was contested over twenty special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 300.13 km (186.49 mi).^[1]

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen won the rally, and their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, won the manufacturer's titles.^[3] Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson won the World Rally Championship-2 category.^[4] Joosep Ralf Nõgene and Aleks Lesk won the World Rally Championship-3 category.

The following crews entered into the rally. The event was 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 were not registered to score points in any championship. Ten entered under Rally1 regulations, as were nineteen Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and four 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
4	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
8	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	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	P
22	Mārtiņš Sesks	Renārs Francis	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
69	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen	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	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Driver, Co-driver, Team	P
21	Sami Pajari	Enni Mälkönen	Printsport	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
24	Gus Greensmith	Jonas Andersson	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Team	P
25	Josh McErlean	James Fulton	Toksport WRT 2	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver, Team	P
26	Fabrizio Zaldivar	Marcelo Der Ohannesian	Fabrizio Zaldivar	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
27	Mikko Heikkilä	Kristian Temonen	Mikko Heikkilä	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
28	Emil Lindholm	Reeta Hämäläinen	Emil Lindholm	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Driver, Co-driver	P
29	Roberto Daprà	Luca Guglielmetti	Roberto Daprà	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
30	Mauro Miele	Luca Beltrame	Mauro Miele	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
31	Armin Kremer	Ella Kremer	Armin Kremer	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
32	William Creighton	Liam Regan	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
34	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	Teemu Suninen	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Driver, Co-driver	P
35	Gregor Jeets	Timo Taniel	Gregor Jeets	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
36	Miguel Zaldivar Jr.	Diego Cagnotti	Miguel Zaldivar Jr.	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
37	Rakan Al-Rashed	Hugo Magalhães	Printsport	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
38	Uğur Soylu	Sener Guray	Uğur Soylu	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
39	Matīss Mežaks	Arnis Ronis	Matīss Mežaks	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
40	Brandon Semenuk	Keaton Williams	Brandon Semenuk	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
41	Artūrs Priednieks	Janis Kirkovalds	Artūrs Priednieks	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P

Rally3 entries competing in the World Rally Championship-3

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Tyre
43	Jan Černý	Ondřej Krajča	Jan Černý	Ford Fiesta Rally3	—
44	Joosep Ralf Nõgene	Hendrik Kraav	LightGrey	Renault Clio Rally3	P
45	Kerem Kazaz	Corentin Silvestre	Atölye Kazaz	Ford Fiesta Rally3	P
46	Enola Hsieh	Matias Peippo	Sports Racing Technologies	Ford Fiesta Rally3	—

Other major entries

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Tyre
23	Nikolay Gryazin	Andris Mālnieks	Nikolay Gryazin	Citroën C3 Rally2	P

All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).

Date	No.	Time span	Stage name	Distance
18 July	—	After 7:01	Cimdenieki [Shakedown]	3.58 km
		After 18:15	Opening ceremony, Riga City Council	—
	SS1	After 20:05	Biķernieki Track	11.00 km
19 July		9:20 – 9:40	Tyre fitting zone A, Tukums	—
	SS2	After 10:00	Milzkalne 1	4.99 km
	SS3	After 10:45	Tukums 1	27.56 km
	SS4	After 12:00	Andumi	17.86 km
		13:05 – 13:50	Regroup, Tukums	—
		13:50 – 14:10	Tyre fitting zone B, Tukums	—
	SS5	After 14:30	Milzkalne 2	4.99 km
	SS6	After 15:15	Tukums 2	27.56 km
	SS7	After 16:30	Strazde	17.44 km
	SS8	After 17:20	Talsi	20.52 km
		20:20 – 21:05	Flexi service A, Liepāja	—
20 July	SS9	After 8:20	Pilskalns	18.87 km
	SS10	After 9:35	Snēpele	17.52 km
		10:30 – 11:00	Regroup, Kuldīga	—
	SS11	After 11:30	Īvande	23.04 km
	SS12	After 13:05	Vecpils 1	12.64 km
		14:10 – 14:30	Regroup, Liepāja	—
		14:30 – 15:10	Service B, Liepāja	—
	SS13	After 16:05	Podnieki	10.09 km
	SS14	After 17:05	Vecpils 2	12.64 km
		17:50 – 18:35	Regroup, Offroad track Vecpils	—
	SS15	After 19:00	Dinsdurbe	6.64 km
	SS16	After 20:15	Liepāja City Stage	2.56 km
		20:55 – 21:40	Flexi service C, Liepāja	—
21 July	SS17	After 8:55	Krogzemji 1	18.70 km
	SS18	After 10:05	Mazilmāja 1	13.34 km
		10:20 – 10:55	Regroup, Offroad track Vecpils	—
	SS19	After 11:55	Krogzemji 2	18.70 km
		12:55 – 13:52	Regroup, Offroad track Vecpils	—
	SS20	After 14:15	Mazilmāja 2 [Power Stage]	13.34 km
		After 15:15	Podium ceremony, Offroad track Vecpils	—
Source:[1]

Pos.		Drivers' championships				Co-drivers' championships				Manufacturers' championships
		Move	Driver	Points		Move	Co-driver	Points		Move	Manufacturer	Points
1			Thierry Neuville	145			Martijn Wydaeghe	145			Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	351
2		1	Ott Tänak	137		1	Martin Järveoja	137			Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	350
3		1	Elfyn Evans	132		1	Scott Martin	132			M-Sport Ford WRT	177
4			Sébastien Ogier	117			Vincent Landais	117
5			Adrien Fourmaux	101			Alexandre Coria	101

Pos.		Open Drivers' championships				Open Co-drivers' championships				Teams' championships				Challenger Drivers' championships				Challenger Co-drivers' championships
		Move	Driver	Points		Move	Co-driver	Points		Move	Manufacturer	Points		Move	Manufacturer	Points		Move	Driver	Points
1		2	Oliver Solberg	86		1	Elliott Edmondson	86			DG Sport Compétition	169			Sami Pajari	93			Enni Mälkönen	93
2			Sami Pajari	83		1	Enni Mälkönen	83			Toksport WRT	153			Jan Solans	56			Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio	56
3		2	Yohan Rossel	71			Arnaud Dunand	53			Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG	73			Nikolay Gryazin	55			Konstantin Aleksandrov	55
4			Jan Solans	48			Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio	48			Toksport WRT 2	36			Lauri Joona	53			Janni Hussi	53
5			Nikolay Gryazin	48			Konstantin Aleksandrov	48							Nicolas Ciamin	48			Yannick Roche	48

Pos.		Drivers' championships				Co-drivers' championships
		Move	Driver	Points		Move	Co-driver	Points
1			Diego Dominguez Jr.	75			Rogelio Peñate	75
2			Mattéo Chatillon	48			Maxence Cornuau	48
3			Jan Černý	47			Ondřej Krajča	47
4			Romet Jürgenson	43			Siim Oja	43
5			Ghjuvanni Rossi	28			Kylian Sarmezan	28

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