Leading rally drivers could compete at this year’s FIA Motorsport Games thanks to a new All-Stars category.
Rallying is already part of the Olympics-style motorsport event, with Rally2 (for four-wheel-drive machinery), Rally4 (2WD) and Historic (1970-81) elements. Those three categories will be expanded – each split into mixed-surface, gravel and asphalt contests – while Rally All-Stars will award a single set of medals across a mixed-surface competition using Rally2 cars.
Organisers hope the move will attract World Rally Championship drivers to the third running of the biannual Motorsport Games, set to be held in Valencia, Spain across 23-27 October. That falls between the Central European and Japanese WRC rounds and rally drivers have a strong history of competing outside of their main series – reigning double world champion Kalle Rovanpera has been a winner in Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux this season.
