Rising sextet set for Pirelli’s Bologna showdown

28th November 2011

Six rising young rally stars will go head to head in a special Pirelli contest at the Bologna Motor Show on 8 December.

2011 and 2012 Pirelli UK Star Drivers Elfyn Evans and Jukka Korhonen will be up against WRC Academy frontrunners Brendan Reeves, Andrea Crugnola, Jan Cerny and Fredrik Ahlin.

All six will use Academy-spec Ford Fiesta R2s on the show's special stage.

"Supporting promising new motorsport talent is extremely important to us" said Pirelli's motorsport manager Carl Naylor. "This is why we hold competitions like this one at the Bologna Motor Show.

"We created it in 2008 in collaboration with the FIA to promote young drivers who have performed successfully in this discipline. The six drivers taking part have shown exceptional talent this year and we believe they all have a great future ahead of them."