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Round 7 of the 2021 FIA European Historic Rally Championship will be held in Italy with the 33 rd edition of the Rally Elba Storico being the host event (23-25 September). The island of Elba is the third largest island in Italy after Sicily and Sardinia and is located in the Tyrrhenian Sea, 50 kilometres east of the French island of Corsica.

Round 7 of the 2021 FIA European Historic Rally Championship will be held in Italy on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Elba. The 33 rd Rally Elba Storico will be held over two days on the 24/25 September and has attracted a large entry of 62 cars, of which 22 are eligible to score championship points.

A hot and sunny day in Northern Spain saw the final seven special stages of the 2021 Rally de Asturias Historico run in the hills surrounding Pravia. The no1 Audi quattro of Italian duo ‘Zippo’ and Denis Piceno took the fastest time on five of the seven stages to finish the rally 24 seconds ahead of the no3 Ford Escort of Jesus Ferreiro and Javier Anido, the Spaniards taking the fastest time on the first and last stage of the day.

A dry day in Asturias saw the no2 Audi quattro of ‘Zippo’ and Denis Piceno leading by 8.1 seconds at the end of the first leg of the Rally de Asturias Historico. The Italians, who are currently leading the Category 3 Championship, are chasing their fifth category victory in 2021.

Round 6 of the 2021 FIA European Historic Rally Championship will be held in Spain with the Rally de Asturias Historico being the host event (2-4 September). The event in Asturias was originally planned for May this season but, due to the Covid-19 restrictions, it was rescheduled for September to allow the event to go ahead. The rally in Asturias will be the first of two trips to the Iberian Peninsula, with the 69 th Rally Costa Brava based in Girona hosting the season finale in November.

Round 6 of the 2021 FIA European Historic Rally Championship will be held in Spain with the Rally de Asturias Historico being the host event (2-4 September). The rally in Asturias will be the first of two trips to the Iberian Peninsula, with the 69 th Rally Costa Brava based in Girona hosting the season finale in November.

The #101 Audi quattro A2 of Ville Silvasti and Risto Pietilainen won the 2021 Lahti Historic Rally, the Finns ending the day by 53.8 seconds ahead of the the #104 Audi of Kari Kivenne and Hannu Kemppinen.

After the rain at Scrutineering yesterday, the weather for the first day of action on the Lahti Historic Rally was warm and sunny, with the thermometer climbing to 23 degrees in the afternoon.

The Lahti Historic Rally in Finland will be the host event for Round 5 of the 2021 European Historic 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.

Round 5 of the 2021 FIA European Historic Rally Championship will be held in Finland with the host city of Lahti providing the only gravel event on the calendar. The gravel tracks through the Finnish forests, surrounded by freshwater lakes, provide the competitors with one of the most demanding challenges on any rally in the world.