Championship leader Aron Domzala to start first at Rallysprint Latvija

Polish driver Aron Domzala (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2), who leads the Latvian Rally Championship (LRČ), will be first on the course at Rallysprint Latvija, the event that closes this year's championship. The motorsport event begins on Saturday, 31 October, at 18:50 and continues on Sunday.

The second start number goes to Estonian Karl Martin Volver (Škoda Fabia Rally2), while the third is held by Mārtiņš Ķikusts and co-driver Gundars Berķis (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII). In the LRČ1 class, Domzala and Volver are separated by 23.2 points before the decisive round. Elviss Hermanis, Edijs Bergmanis, Jānis Vorobjovs and Madars Dīriņš currently hold places three to six, but none of them will start in the final round.

Notable entries

Estonian Alan Popov, the 2025 vice-champion of the European Rally Championship's EMV5 class, will also start; this will be only his third rally this year. Mārtiņš Ločmelis, who won the previous two editions of Rallysprint Latvija, and Markus Tamoja, the 2025 LRČ6 and EMV6 champion, are also entered. Others on the list include Andris Spilva and Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs, who in 2024 lost in the rallysprint standings only to Ločmelis.

Several competitions at once

Besides the final round of the LRČ and the Latvian Rally Cup, the event includes the Latvian Rallysprint Cup, the Latvian Historic Car Rally Cup and the Mārtiņš Sesks MRF Tyres Junior Challenge. Participants from the Estonian Rallysprint Cup add further competition. The LRČ standings will feature 13 crews, 14 crews will compete for points in the Latvian Rallysprint Cup, and 24 crews will start in the Estonian Rallysprint Cup.

Schedule

The first 20-kilometre gravel stage in Bauska municipality is planned for 20:00, with the second run starting at 21:00. On Sunday, crews will complete five asphalt stages at the Biķernieki track. The total planned stage distance is 87 kilometres.