Revealed: ERC Rally Liepaja’s key numbers

10:Rally Liepāja 2020 is set to feature 10 high-speed gravel stages around the cities of Liepāja and Talsi in western Latvia.

180.51:The scheduled competitive distance is an action-packed 180.51 kilometres.

12:The eighth Rally Liepāja will get underway from Talsi Airfield, Ģibuļi Parish, at 12h00 local time on Saturday 15 August.

15:However, before then, from 15h00-17h15 local time on Friday 14 August, the first timed action takes place with Free Practice in the Grobiņa Parish followed by the Qualifying Stage from 17h30.

25.97:There’s no such thing as an easy start on Rally Liepāja: the opening special stage is a mammoth 25.97 kilometres in length.

28.02:However, SS4, which is scheduled to bring the opening day’s action to a close, will be even longer, measuring a whopping 28.02 kilometres.

5.58:SS9, the penultimate stage of Rally Liepāja, is the shortest at 5.58 kilometres.

93.15:At 93.15 kilometres, leg one of Rally Liepāja is the event’s longer leg with leg two covering a distance of 87.36 kilometres.

2:As well as counting for FIA European Rally Championship points, Rally Liepāja forms part of the Latvian Rally Championship (LRC) and FIA Baltic Rally Trophy.

1:Only one driver, Nikolay Gryazin, has won Rally Liepāja on more than one occasion. The other winners, including Craig Breen and Esapakka Lappi, have triumphed once only.

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