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With just over one week until the FIA Historic Formula 3 European Cup at Zandvoort in The Netherlands on the 6-8 September a large 29 car entry has been revealed for the 2019 event. The grid will feature six manufacturers, six engine tuners and drivers from all over Europe.

The Rally Alpi Orientali Historic will be the host event for Round 7 of the 2019 FIA European Historic Sporting Rally Championship the first of two Italian rounds in the next four weeks.

With the 2019 season now two thirds complete, the FIA European Historic Sporting Rally Championship heads to Italy for Round 7 of 9, the Rally Alpi Orientali Historic on 30/31 August. The battle for the four category titles is now even more intense following the results from the only gravel rally on the calendar, round 6 which was the Lahti Historic Rally in Finland.

The Lahti Historic Rally in Finland earlier this month attracted a wealth of entries from far and wide but the furthest travelled team came all the way from Australia to take on the challenge of Finland’s gravel roads.

After the top two cars went off track into retirement on day two, the no4 Audi Quattro of Finland’s Antero Laine and Topi Luhtinen finished the 2019 Lahti Historic Rally in first place, with the no7 Toyota Starlet 1300 of Esa Peltonen and Jyrki Saarto in second and the first EHSRC entrant across the finish line. The Toyota was 1m03.5s behind the Audi and 9.9 seconds ahead of the no2 Audi Quattro of ‘Zippo’ and Nicola Arena, the Italians finishing 3rd overall. However in post event scrutineering the no4 Audi was found to not be in compliance with the Historic Technical Passport (HTP) for the car and was disqualified from the event.

Unsurprisingly the top three overall places at the end of Day 1 of the 2019 Lahti Historic Rally is filled by Finnish entries with the Category 4 no5 Audi Quattro A2 of Ville Silvasti leading by 26.4 seconds. The Category 3 no1 Volvo 242 of Jari Kankaanmaki is in second place, with the no4 Audi Quattro of Antero Laine in third.

Round 6 of the 2019 FIA European Historic Sporting Rally Championship is unique as the Lahti Historic Rally in Finland is the only gravel rally on this season’s schedule. The challenging nature of the most northern event of the 2019 season on the 9th and 10th August has seen 54 entries received by the organisers, of which 18 are eligible to score championship points in the FIA EHSRC.

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In just one week's time the Lahti Historic Rally in Finland (9-10 August) will be the host event for Round 6 of the 2019 European Historic Sporting Rally Championship. The Lahti Historic Rally is the only gravel rally on this year’s schedule and invokes the spirit of the legendary 1000 Lakes Rally.

With five of the nine rounds in the 2019 European Historic Sporting Rally Championship season now complete the race to the category titles now hots up as the EHSRC heads to Finland for the Lahti Historic Rally on 8-10 August.