2020 Rallye Deutschland Explained

2020 Rallye Deutschland
Native Name:38. ADAC Rallye Deutschland
Championship:2020 World Rally Championship
Rallybase:Bostalsee, Saarland
Startdate:Scheduled for 15–18 October 2020
Surface:Tarmac
Cancel1:Rally
Reason1:COVID-19 pandemic

The 2020 Rallye Deutschland (also known as the ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to be held over four days between 15 and 18 October 2020,[1] but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] It was set to mark the thirty-eighth running of Rallye Deutschland and planned to be the twelfth round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. It was also planned to run as the final round of the 2020 Junior World Rally Championship. The 2020 event was scheduled to be based in Bostalsee in Saarland.

Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. The team they drove for in 2019, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category.[4] In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Fabian Kreim and Tobias Braun were the reigning rally winners.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Australia drops off WRC calendar in 2020. Daniel. Herrero. speedcafe.com. 27 September 2019. 28 September 2019. Speedcafe.
  2. News: Rally Germany cancelled as Italian WRC round moves to avoid Imola F1 clash. Jason. Craig. autosport.com. Motorsport Network. 26 August 2020. 26 August 2020.
  3. News: Sunday in Germany: Tänak's hat-trick. wrc.com. WRC. 25 August 2019. 25 August 2019.
  4. News: WRC 2 in Germany: Kopecký claims Pro win. wrc.com. WRC. 25 August 2019. 25 August 2019.