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Mārtiņš Sesks
Mārtiņš Nikijs Sesks (born 18 September 1999) is a Latvian rally driver who currently competes in the World Rally Championship for M-Sport Ford WRT on a part-time schedule. Rally career Sesks started rallying in 2014 in a Honda Civic Type R. He entered the Junior World Rally Championship in , and finished as runner-up in . After winning his first European Rally Championship event in 2022, the Latvian entered the series full-time in 2023. He went on to finish second to Hayden Paddon in the final standing, having won the events in Poland and Latvia. Sesks made his Rally1 debut in 2024, competing at the Rally Poland with M-Sport Ford WRT, where a strong opening run was praised by team principal Richard Millener. Despite running without a hybrid unit, he was able to run as high as second overall, eventually finishing fifth. He remained in the car for his home rally in Latvia, once again earning plaudits for his pace, with only a late technical problem preventing a podium fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Rally Poland
The 2022 Rally Poland (also known as the ORLEN Rajd Polski - Rally Poland 2022) was a motorsport, motor racing event for rallying, rally cars held from 10 June to 12 June 2022. It was the 78th edition of the Rally Poland. The event was the fourth round of the 2022 European Rally Championship. The event was based in Mikołajki and was contested over fourteen Special stage (rallying), special stages covering a total competitive distance of . Alexey Lukyanuk and Alexey Arnautov were the defending rally winners. Javier Pardo and Adrián Pérez were the defending winners in the ERC-2 category. Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen were the defending rally winners in the ERC-3 category and the ERC-3 Junior category. Mikołaj Marczyk and Szymon Gospodarczyk won the rally, achieving their first victory in the ERC in their home event. Mārtiņš Sesks and Renars Francis won the ERC Open category. Robert Virves and Julia Thulin took the victory in the ERC-3 category. Laurent Pellier and Marine P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Group Rally1
Group Rally1 is a technical specification of rally car for use at the highest level of international rallying in the World Rally Championship (WRC) as determined by the FIA. Despite the use of the word 'Group' in the name, there are not multiple classes or subclasses of car and so 'Rally1' may be used alone with the same definition. Rally1 cars were used for the first time in the 2022 WRC season and replaced the outgoing World Rally Car used in the manufacturer's championship. Though they may run on any individual rally as permitted by the organiser, they are not to be used in any other championship. The calls for new cars were made by the existing WRC competing manufacturers to reflect both changes in consumer marketing preferences, such as advancements in technology, and the need to reduce costs to make competing sustainable. The move to a new formula of car was approved in June 2018 along with a complete overhaul of cars and championships in the Rally Pyramid. Regulations R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
