Organizers of Rally Liepāja have sourced a new July date for the 2020 running of the event subject to approval from the FIA.
The European Rally Championship round was originally scheduled for May 29-31, and was postponed last week in response to the global coronavirus pandemic and the resulting event and travel restrictions that are in place in Latvia and Europe as a whole.
Event promoter RA Events, ERC promoter Eurosport Events and series governing body the FIA have provisionally rescheduled the rally to July 10-12.
ERC coordinator Jean-Baptiste Ley said: “Of course the health and safety of everyone is the priority right now but as part of our ongoing efforts to maintain the planned eight-round schedule, we are pleased that a replacement date has been agreed upon, subject to final FIA validation.
“We would like to thank the FIA, RA Events, the Latvian ASN and the various authorities in Latvia for their ongoing cooperation and we hope our teams and drivers will be able to commit to this new date to ensure the eighth running of Rally Liepāja emulates the success of the previous seven editions.”
Raimonds Strokšs, director of RA Events, added: “We are glad that we have the date set so fast, and there is some sort of clarity now. Though, I would like to stress that the safe running of the event remains our top priority. Therefore, we will remain in constant consultations with authorities, to make sure running of the event is safe. As for now, stay safe, and let us meet in July.”
The 2020 ERC season is set to begin on June 26-28 with Rally Poland from 26-28 June. Liepāja slots in as the second round before Rally di Roma Capitale two weeks later.
