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**oneliRafmeene** · 12-05-2011, 05:10 AM

There was a commercial thread called ”How to rally” and I thought I’ve would have take an advantage of that thread but it seems to have been deleted.

In “Vauhdin Maailma” (10/2011) was an interesting article how it works in Estonia. In the article it says that the series is for 14-17 year old drivers but in Estonia you can get a drivers licence at a age of 16, so assume that the sprint / rally series is for drivers < 16 years old. It was not mentioned how young drivers can take part in rallies but in the sprints the driver can be very young. For example Kalle Rovanperä (turning 11 this year) drives in the sprint series.

This year there where 4 young drivers from Finland (age of 17, 15, 14 and 10). The 17-year-old boy has been there for 4 years and is next year competing in the junior Finnish championship. Let’s see how it pays off.

This can’t be bad if looking at names of the Estonian drivers that have been driving this series; Ott Tänak, Sander Pärn, Karl Kruuda and Martin Kangur.

In Finland it has been possible for some time for a 16-year-old driver to take part in rally sprint events (you get a drivers licence in Finland at a age of 18). Next year there will also be a rally special series for 16-year-old drivers. The stages are run completely on a closed area, so driver license is not needed.

Would be nice to hear (read) how it works in another countries. As I understand Sebastian Ogier didn’t have any rally experience when he was choose by FFSA for future talent (natural talent).

12-05-2011, 05:10 AM	#1
oneliRafmeene Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 409 Senior Member	How to become a world rally driver? There was a commercial thread called ”How to rally” and I thought I’ve would have take an advantage of that thread but it seems to have been deleted. In “Vauhdin Maailma” (10/2011) was an interesting article how it works in Estonia. In the article it says that the series is for 14-17 year old drivers but in Estonia you can get a drivers licence at a age of 16, so assume that the sprint / rally series is for drivers < 16 years old. It was not mentioned how young drivers can take part in rallies but in the sprints the driver can be very young. For example Kalle Rovanperä (turning 11 this year) drives in the sprint series. This year there where 4 young drivers from Finland (age of 17, 15, 14 and 10). The 17-year-old boy has been there for 4 years and is next year competing in the junior Finnish championship. Let’s see how it pays off. This can’t be bad if looking at names of the Estonian drivers that have been driving this series; Ott Tänak, Sander Pärn, Karl Kruuda and Martin Kangur. In Finland it has been possible for some time for a 16-year-old driver to take part in rally sprint events (you get a drivers licence in Finland at a age of 18). Next year there will also be a rally special series for 16-year-old drivers. The stages are run completely on a closed area, so driver license is not needed. Would be nice to hear (read) how it works in another countries. As I understand Sebastian Ogier didn’t have any rally experience when he was choose by FFSA for future talent (natural talent).
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