Craig Breen continues to hold third place on Rally Liepāja – by going slowly. The Irishman thought he’d punctured a tyre after clipping an object nearing the finish of the rerun of Rallyofchampions.com and dropped his pace as a result.

The sensational battle for victory on round two of the FIA European Rally Championship has taken another twist after Esapekka Lappi retook the lead from Vasily Gryazin on Rally Liepāja.

The first six special stages of the second round of FIA European Rally Championship – Rally Liepāja took place on Saturday, February 1. Towards the end of the day competitor of Škoda Motorsport team, Finn Esapekka Lappi (Škoda Fabia S2000) moved forward to leading position over the closest rival Vasily Gryazin (Ford Fiesta S2000)by as little as 2,6 seconds. Third position is currently taken by Craig Breen of Peugeot Rally Academy falling behind the leader by 59,2 seconds.

Craig Breen says his confidence is slowly being restored following the second run through the Sporta bārs Optibet stage on round two of the FIA European Rally Championship.

Vasily Gryazin is the new leader of round two of the FIA European Rally Championship following Bryan Bouffier’s exit from Rally Liepāja.

Today a 4.19 km long qualification stage for the priority competitors opened the second round of FIAEuropean Rally Championship Rally Liepāja. In the press conference following later, first starting position was chosen by French crew Robert Consani/ Vincent Landais (Peugeot 207 S2000), who finished today as the 13th. Winners of the qualification phase, German racers Sepp Wiegand/Frank Christian (Škoda Fabia S2000) will start the competition at position number seven.

Saturday, February 1, 10:30 will give a start of the first game of ice hockey tournamet Optibet Winter Cup. The tournament will be held on an ice-covered next to the first viewpoint of the SS1/4 Sporta bārs OPTIBET. There will be six teams competing for the victory, one of which will see rally drivers Rihards Rāviņš, Mārtiņš Kalniņš and Raivis Ozoliņš as players.

Information about special prizes for competitors.

On Thursday, 30^th January, at 6 p.m. in Youth house, Kungu Street 24, the young of Liepāja will have an uncredible opportunity to meet Rally Liepāja foreign visitors, ask them questions, as well as receive autographs from rally drivers. Everyone is welcome to join!

While one of the greatest events of auto-racing in Latvia is approaching, organisers of Rally Liepāja have prepared a short summary containing the most important information to be serving as a spectator guide for the rally supporters

The 20-year-old rising Russian star looks ahead to his ‘home’ round of the FIA European Rally Championship when he contests Rally Liepāja in a Ford Fiesta S2000 from 31 January-2 February.

Today, at the shopping mall Alfa, the draw of the lottery was conducted. Accompanied by director RA EVENTS Raimonds Strokšs and representative of Baltijas Helikopters Aldis Pauga, five lucky winners were decided. The grand prix - two VIP invitations to the rally, ride in a rally car, and possibility to watch Rally Liepāja from birds flight goes to Dace Rutule. Congratulations.

During the period from January 31 to February 2 2014 the second round of the FIA European Rally Championship Rally Liepāja will take place in Liepāja and its surroundings. In order for the inhabitants of Liepāja and city guests to have an opportunity to have an interesting stay in Liepāja, on Saturday, February 1, a Fish Day event will take place on city promenade.

With 9 days to go until the all-action FIA European Rally Championship resumes on the Latvian ice and snow, here are 9 reasons why Rally Liepāja will be an event not to be missed.

FIA European Rally Championship runner-up and Rallye Monte-Carlo 2nd place finisher Bryan Bouffier will return to the ERC in Latvia later this month in a PH Sport Citroën DS3 RRC. He spoke to www.fiaerc.com about the challenge ahead.

It has been officially approved that Frenchmen Bryan Bouffier will compete in Rally Liepāja. In Latvia, Bouffier will start with co-driver Xavier Panseri and drive a Citroën DS3 RRC car.

Do not hesitate, be creative and think fast. It might as well be your question that Esapekka Lappi - one of the brightest stars of the 2014 FIA European Rally Championship will give answer to.

TV6 will telecast reviews of all the events of the 2014 FIA European Rally Championship. The agreement between RA EVENTS, SIA and MTG TV Latvia, SIA declares that channel TV6 will telecast reviews prepared by Eurosport, and that for each event there will be one 52min long broadcast. However, Latvian round of the championship Rally Liepāja will see extra coverage, as reviews from Day 1 and Day 2 of the rally will also be re-aired.

RA EVENTS, organiser of the FIA European Rally Championship event Rally Liepāja, in cooperation with shopping centre Alfa and Baltijas Helikopters have announced a lottery, in which five lucky participants will receive VIP invitations to the rally, ability to experience ride in a real rally car or possibility to watch Rally Liepāja from bird’s flight.

The Organizer of the FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) round Rally Liepāja has published the first applications received from participants, including the car manufacturer’s team Škoda Motorsport. Within this team with the car Škoda Fabia S2000 in Latvia it will be possible to see the start of the 2nd place winner of the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship 2013 — the Finn Esapekka Lappi.

Organisers of the round 2 of the 2014 FIA European Rally Championship is looking for the companies willing to take part in the hosting of Rally Liepāja and provide catering services. The catering services are required during the days of competition January 31 – February 2 and will be located in spectators’ viewpoints and service parks in Liepaja and Kuldiga neighbourhoods.

Surface specialists will be recognised in the 2014 FIA European Rally Championship through three exciting new accolades, subject to approval by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). ERC promoter Eurosport Events revealed the creation of the ERC Asphalt, Gravel and Ice Masters. They will be handed out in honour of the drivers who perform best on those surfaces during the upcoming 2014 ERC season.

In several sales points in Latvia sale tickets for the winter round of the FIA European Rally Chmapionship and the Latvian Rally Championship — Rally Liepāja — has started. Also this time the price of the entrance ticket, offered in advance sale till December 31, is EUR 14.23, and it will cover attendance of all Rally Liepāja stages.

Eurosport Events, the promoter of the FIA European Rally Championship, is delighted to announce several exciting developments for the 2014 season, which were approved by a meeting of the FIA Rally Commission in Geneva last month (31 October). All these proposals are subject to approval by the World Motor Sport Council at its meeting in December.

“We have worked on this calendar for many months with the objective of creating a schedule of events that offers a wide variety of surfaces and terrain but spread over the balance of the season. We’ve also ensured a good mix of established and emerging rallies, plus hallmark events, such as the Acropolis, Circuit of Ireland, Tour de Corse and the Cyprus Rally.”

There will be serious competition ahead – and seriously good events – in next year’s FIA European Rally Championship with the publication of the draft list of dates for 2014.  Following a meeting of the FIA Rally Commission in Geneva last month, Eurosport Events, the ERC promoter, is delighted to reveal a 12-round schedule, which is due for final ratification by the FIA World Motor Sport Council at its meeting in Paris in December.

This autumn came with impressive news for the Baltic motorsports region — first of all it was announced that Lithuania was included in the World Rally Championship (WRC) calendar and the second news was that the organizers of the European Rally Championship (ERC) have decided to conclude a three-year co-operation agreement with Latvia.

Two of rallying’s most promising young talents, russian Vasily Gryazin, who mastered his driving skills in Latvia and is driving with Latvian license, and french rising star Stéphane Lefebvre, have announced plans to contest next year’s FIA European Rally Championship.

Karlīne Štāla, racing driver and one of the organizers of Rally Liepāja, visited Ātruma Cilts cafe to prepare her special treat. As kitchen utensils are not complete strangers to the racing driver, it was not long when the brillinat looking and tasteful meal - Minced veal stew with autumn vegetables was ready to be served. This time, the course is to provide extra strength and endurance, much needed to cope with the autumn weather of Latvia.

RA EVENTS and MTG TV Latvija have agreed on telecast of six FIA European Rally Championship broadcasts on the channel TV6. The inhabitants of Latvia will be able to see the reviews prepared by the channel Eurosport recorded in Latvian by the organizer of Rally Liepāja Raimonds Strokšs and the TV6 personality and StarFM voice Normunds Avotiņš.

Welcome to Rally Liepāja 2014

Latvia will host the FIA European Rally Championship event for the next three years – this is envisaged by the agreement between the organizer of the Championship - Eurosport Events - and the rally organizer RA EVENTS. In the FIA European Rally Championship calendar of the season 2014 for Latvia the second round – Rally Liepāja - is envisaged to be held from 31st January till 2nd February in the Liepāja and Kuldīga neighborhood.