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As snow and cold temperatures gripped the east of Belgium, Jean-Jacques Martens and Aswin Pyck in the no3 Volvo PV444 ended the second day of the Ostbelgien Classic as the leading contender for the 2022 FIA Trophy for Historic Regularity Rallies after a full day of competition. The Belgian crew finished the day on 264.10 penalty points, 17.87 points ahead of the no7 BMW 2002 Ti of Patrick Lambert and Yves Noelanders.

The first leg of the Ostbelgien Classic saw the no8 Porsche 911 of Belgian crew Yves Deflandre and Jennifer Hugo out in front with 16.35 penalty points, 7.45 penalty points ahead of the second placed FIA Trophy for Historic Regularity Rallies contender Jean-Jacques Martens and Aswin Pyck in the no3 Volvo PV444.

The final entry for the Ostbelgien Classic, the host event for the 2022 FIA Trophy for Historic Regularity Rallies on the 02-04 December, will feature 50 cars, of which 15 will be competing to become this year’s FIA Trophy winners.

The final of the 2022 FIA Trophy for Historic Regularity Rallies will be hosted by the Ostbelgien Classic on the 02-04 December 2022. The rally is based in the city of Eupen, which is the capital of the German speaking community of Belgium, less than 10km from the border with Germany and close to the Netherlands and Luxembourg in the east of the country.

Ville Silvasti and Risto Pietilainen finished the second and final leg of the 37th Sanremo Historic Rally as the winning FIA EHRC crew, which was enough to secure the 2022 FIA European Historic Rally Category 4 Driver’s Championship for Silvasti. Thanks to finishing in second place in Italy alongside Mats Myrsell, Sweden’s Esko Junttila becomes to 2022 Category 4 Co-Driver’s Champion.

Ville Silvasti and Risto Pietilainen were the leading FIA EHRC contenders on the first day of the 37th Sanremo Historic Rally, the 9th and final round of the 2022 season.

The entry list for the 9th and final round of the 2022 FIA European Historic Rally Championship will be the 37thSanremo Historic Rally in Italy and the main contenders for the four titles that have yet to be decided in Category 4 and Category 2 will be going head-to-head in the hills above the Italian Riviera.

The second leg of the XXXIV Rallye Elba Storico took place in tricky weather conditions. The morning had started dry and sunny but was followed by rain in the afternoon, making the roads very slippery and the choice of the tyres crucial for the competitors.

The Porsche 911 SC of 2019 champions Karl Wagner and Gerda Zauner ended the first leg of the Rally Elba Storico over 80 seconds ahead of the rest of the FIA EHRC contenders. However, a reoccurrence of the gearbox issues the car suffered in Finland has forced the team to retire the car and it will not start the second leg of the event.

The 34th edition of the Rally Elba Storico will see 49 cars from the golden era of rallying, with half of the entry being FIA EHRC point scoring competitors for the first of two visits to Italy.