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RALLY2 PRIZE PACKAGE REVEALED FOR JUNIOR WRC CHAMPION

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Whoever wins the Junior WRC Championsh­ip in 2023 can count on a four-event programme of World rounds in 2024 driving a Ford

Fiesta Rally2 as their prize, M-Sport has confirmed.

The prize package, which also includes a test prior to each event, plus the full allocation of Pirelli tyres, is regarded as one of the biggest in internatio­nal rallying and was secured by Robert Virves for 2023 after the Estonian beat Northern Ireland’s Jon Armstrong to the JWRC title on the winner-takes-all Acropolis Rally finale in Greece last September.

M-Sport recently revealed its five-round Junior WRC calendar for 2023, the second year the Ford Fiesta Rally3 built in Poland will be used as the base car for the arriveand-drive series.

 ?? ?? Virves was the top Junior in 2023
Virves was the top Junior in 2023

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