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ISSUE MJ3216 JANUARY 29 2020

INTHISISSUE

Cadillac wins again at

the Daytona 24 Hours

P5

BEALES AND HIS

BATTLING VW

BEETLE

FIA wants to find
the next Ott Tanak
P19
By David Evans

The world motorsport
NEUVILLE COMES OUT ON TOP IN MONTE CARLO THRILLER governing body, the FIA,
will begin a global search

for the next generation of
World Rally champions later
this year when Rally Star is
launched in the summer.
The FIA will break new ground
in its efforts to unearth rallying’s
next stars, offering them an
unparalleled opportunity to
follow in the footsteps of current
world champion Ott Tanak.
In an attempt to make Rally Star
P20 as accessible as possible, drivers

under the age of 24 or 25 (still to

be defined) will be able to enter via
a computer game or what the FIA
CHILTONREADY Hayden Paddon was a Pirelli Star Driver protege back in 2010 is calling a motorkhana event.

The initial engagement

model is based on the French
TOTAKEBIG motorsport federation’s
enormously successful Rallye

BTCCCHANCE Jeunes programme, which

helped kick start the careers
WITHBOTH of world champion Sebastiens
Ogier and Loeb.

The FIA’s Rally Star project

HANDS leader Jerome Roussel was
involved in the early years

of Rallye Jeunes.
P24 the keys to the success of [Rallye
Roussel told MN: “One of

Jeunes] was that it took the biggest
Racingnews 4 Letters/Comment/What’s On 30 possible sample of drivers. In the
Historicraceandrallynews 11 Classifieds 32 biggest year, there were 10,000
Rallynews 12 Wanted: All WRC rounds this season to be entrants. These drivers came
Rallyreports 17 as close and thrilling as Monte Carlo from across France, they paid a
Bob Bealesand hisVWBeetle 19 small entry fee of €15 to enter
WRCMonte Carloreport 20 the initial event.
ChiltonreadytotakehisbigBTCCchance 24 “That initial event was similar
Combe’smostsuccessfuldriver 27 Candidates can enter via a game or even an online simulator to motorkhana. We call it
Sporting Scene 29

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