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The 36th Sanremo Rally Storico will get underway on Friday 9th April and will host Round 1 of the nine round 2021 FIA European Historic Rally Championship.

In December 2020 John Naylor was appointed as the new President of the FIA Historic Motor Sport Commission, taking over from Paolo Cantarella, who had held the post since 2014. John Naylor brings with him a wealth of experience as a competitor, engineer and official, both in his native Ireland and on the international stage, to the role.

2001 French Rally Champion and former World Rally Championship competitor Jean-François Mourgues will take part in the 2021 FIA European Historic Rally Championship at the wheel of a BMW M3 with co-driver Denis Giraudet, who himself has five WRC rally wins between 1993 and 2001, one with Juha Kankkunen and four with Didier Auriol.

The 2021 FIA European Historic Rally Championship is due to get underway next month with the Sanremo Rally Storico in Italy, the first of nine rallies planned on this season’s calendar. After an exciting and action packed 2019 season the competitors are looking forward to getting back onto the stages across Europe after the 2020 was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

After the Covid-19 Pandemic forced the cancellation of the 2020 FIA European Historic Sporting Rally Championship, the series returns in 2021 with nine events in seven European countries. Seven of the events featured on the 2019 calendar, with one returning to the championship after an absence of five years, the Sanremo Rally Storico, and the Rallye International du Valais making its EHRC debut.

The 2021 FIA European Historic Rally Championship is due to get underway next month with the first of nine rallies planned on this season’s calendar. After an exciting and action packed 2019 season the competitors are looking forward to getting back onto the stages across Europe after the 2020 was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The FIA European Historic Rally Championship (EHRC) returns in 2021 and is a chance to see some of the most evocative rally machinery from a bygone era in all their glory. From the Touring Cars and GTs of the ‘50s and ‘60s to Groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the ‘70s and finally the unmistakable Groups A, B and N of the ‘80s, the FIA EHRC is a veritable time machine for rally fans around the world.

Entries for the 2021 FIA European Historic Rally Championship are now open, with competitors being invited to enter for the upcoming season at https://registrations.fia.com/ehrc

The FIA Historic Motor Sport Commission has confirmed that the final of the 2021 FIA Trophy for Historic Regularity Rallies will be hosted by the Rally Poland Historic on the 11-14 November 2021, the tenth anniversary of this highly popular event.

The last week of FIA meetings, which included the World Motor Sport Council and the General Assembly, led to several new developments in the historic motor sport landscape.