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After making its debut on the calendar in 2019, the Rallye Weiz in Austria returns to host Round 4 of the 2021 FIA European Historic rally Championship on the 15-17 July.

The Rallye Weiz in Austria has attracted 24 entries, where 18 EHRC crews will compete for points in Round 4 of the FIA European Historic Rally Championship from 10 different nations across Europe. The event, which made its debut on the FIA EHRC calendar in 2019, is based in the Styrian city of Weiz and runs from Thursday 15 to Saturday 17 July.

After leading overnight, the Italian crew of the no3 Audi quattro, ‘Zippo’ and Denis Piceno held onto the top spot during the nine special stages on the second leg of the 54 th Mecsek Rally to take their second overall victory of the 2021 FIA European Historic Rally Championship.

The no3 Audi quattro of ‘Zippo’ and Denis Piceno made a great start to the 54 th Mecsek Rally, finishing the first leg 33 seconds ahead of the no2 Porsche 911 of Karl Wagner and Gerda Zauner.

The 54 th Mecsek Rallye in Hungary will be the host event for Round 3 of the 2021 FIA European Historic Rally Championship on 24-26 June. The Mecsek Rallye takes place in southern Hungary in the city of Pecs, 200km from the Hungarian capital Budapest. The rally will feature over 155km of special stages over two days with Leg 1 on Friday 25 June and Leg 2 on Saturday 26 June.

The 54 th Mecsek Rally has attracted entries for the Round 3 of the FIA European Historic Rally Championship from 11 different nations across Europe. The event, which was the season finale in 2019, is based in the city of Pecs and runs from Thursday 24 to Saturday 26 June.

The second day of the 29 th Historic Vltava Rallye saw a nail-biting finish as the no1 Audi quattro of Italian crew of ‘Zippo’ and Denis Piceno and no3 Porsche 911 SC of overnight leaders Karl Wagner and Gerda Zauner went head-to-head.

Reigning Category 3 Champions Karl Wagner and Gerda Zauner finished the first day of the 29 th Historic Vltava Rallye with 17 second lead at the head of the overall leader board in the no3 Porsche 911 SC.

Round 2 of the 2021 FIA European Historic Rally Championship will take place in the Czech Republic with the 29 th edition of the Historic Vltava Rallye. The rally is based in the Bohemian city of Klatovy and has attracted a truly international field with a great selection of historic cars to compete for class honours on the Czech roads.

Finnish duo Pentti Veikkanen and Timo Jaakkola have been a regular feature on the FIA EHRC for many years in their distinctive Category 3 Porsche 911 SC, which they have named ‘The Red Devil’.