Can triple ERC champion Kajetanowicz inspire Poland’s FIA Rally Star contenders?

Kajetan Kajetanowicz will hope to inspire six younger compatriots contesting the FIA Rally Star European Final in Germany from today (Friday) until Sunday. The Polish hero became the first driver to win the FIA European Rally Championship three years running when he completed his title hat-trick in 2017.

Along with Gosia Rdest, Poland’s top female racing driver, Kajetanowicz was recruited by Polish ASN Polski Związek Motorowy as a project ambassador and offered advice to the country’s national selection contestants. FIA RALLY STAR EUROPEAN FINAL EXPLAINED Eighty-nine young talents, including 14 women, from 22 nations will assemble at the Buxtehude rally, near Hamburg, for the FIA Rally Star European Final with the winner given the opportunity to show they have what it takes to compete in the WRC within a single season of competition.

While the majority of the contestants earned the right to represent their country in the FIA Rally Star European Final by excelling in Digital or Slalom Challenges during selection events organised by National Sporting Authorities (ASNs), other finalists came via the online #RallyAtHome Challenges or by being selected as wildcards based on their potential. The FIA Rally Star European Final is the first of six FIA Rally Star Continental Finals in 2022.

Results of the Continental Finals decide six of the seven FIA Rally Star Team members for 2023 with the seventh member coming from an all-female final contested later this year by the best-performing woman in each of the six Continental Finals. WHAT CAN BE WON AT ESTERING? The winner of the FIA Rally Star European Final becomes Europe’s representative in the 2023 FIA Rally Star Training Season.