AKK:no, five years ago launched the Future stars competition has produced the world rally path for already several new, promising Finnish driver.Teemu Suninen was elected in 2014 AKK:no Future star, and five years later he drives a full MM-series M-sport’s Ford Fiesta WRC. EPA/AOP
the title of the winner has received the annual full competition package for the July–August rally Finland and to get this to display their skills to rally the world in bright the most on stage.
This season AKK exchange my prize for the name of the Flying Finn Future Star, and also its content go again.
the first part of the prize is the same as in previous years: the complete competition package Jyväskylä. This end of the season will be held, however, also the second selection opportunity, in which the best choice for the driver offered M-Sport, Pirelli, Corelgon and AKK’s support place in the team for the junior world cup series for the period to 2020.
Last fall, we started negotiations with M-sport’s and Pirelli with the fact that we could do together a little bit broader thing than in the past. We reach with them a consensus on where the job is to develop, Neste rally competition director and the rally of the SM series promoter Kai Tarkiainen on Friday in Rovaniemi.
Job for home
AKK:no competition are involved in all this season SM3-class drive drivers, who are born 1.1.1994 or later. Such drivers is eight.
SM3-class run R2-classified as, a small two-car. Also the junior world series are in use in the R2-classified cars, Ford Fiesta.
– We have that backup plan, if it somehow would change, and the series to run longer R2-Fordeilla, but that’s my problem, and now it seems that they continue to be. The stock is so the guys already familiar here in the SM series. It gives a good base that is able to succeed also in the world, Tarkiainen said.
– JWRC:there is involved a very different, hard races, which are pretty basic oat of the MM series. If they do junior, it certainly opens up the door to also move forward.
for Example, this season JWRC category winner will get next season under Ford Fiesta R5 car, and in addition to him would be paid for through 2020 WRC2-series also ring package, fuel, as well as participation fees.
Tarkiainen stresses that AKK:no prize for winning is possible to right for each SM3-driver, as long as ikäehto is met.
– This is part of our coaching, but, in itself, completely detached, that this is no golden piggy bank club prize, which is shared only by coaching the members of the group. Who is holding the wrists in place, will be able to take it home.
Enabler
JWRC package the winning driver will leave the world Tarkiaisen, about 90 000 euros worth of aid. The end is self-financing payment.
– This head situation, with similar funding, which the juniors are collecting from in order to run the SM series, to circulate five world championships in the world.
support the budget works is the enabler, but the rest is up to the driver himself. Tarkiainen also recalls that the desired mill sites is a succes – in the Finnish driver taking into account.
the List is ready from the stars already so much that right now I don’t dare to this year’s winner promised the WRC-garage place. We have good boys in the world to show their skills, and I’m not worried about the fact that Finland would end a good rally car drivers.
Sunisen Teemu we already have there (at the WRC), the history of the first Future star, who pulled out Thursday, the great ditch in Monte Carlo and is currently hiring rally driving a WRC-car. In that sense, this project targets have been achieved nicely.
Valtteri Bottas started on Friday in Rovaniemi career first rally competition. MIKKO HYYTIÄ
