FIA World Rally Championship(Latvia round)

For the second time ever in Latvia, a round of the FIA World Rally Championship - the Neste World RX of Latvia! Rallycross is fast, action-packed and easily viewed, gathering the elite of the racing world, like Gymkhana star Ken Block, rally legend Peter Solberg, 9-time World Rally champion Sebastien Loeb and others. The young and talented Latvians Reinis Nitišs and Jānis Baumanis will line up with the champs.

The World Rally Championship (WRC) is one of just five FIA-supported (International Automobile Federation) global finals, and in motor sports it is equivalent to Formula 1, the World Endurance Championship and the World Touring Car Championship.

Rallycross was first devised in the UK in 1967, and since then it has become a major sports event in Scandinavia, Central Europe and North America. Rallycross attained its world championship level in 2014, successfully attracting not only young driving talent but also thousands of devotees., not to mention top notch teams.