Mads Østberg has shown this year very good results and speed in WRC events. In Portugal he earned with Jonas Andersson their first ever WRC victory. They are currently in the third place overall after six rounds in WRC.

Mads Østberg: „I’m looking forward to start in auto24 Rally Estonia. Last year we had a very good rally in Estonia, nice roads and good organization. And we see auto24 Rally Estonia as an inportant step towards a good result in Neste Oil Rally Finland.“

For the spectators auto24 Rally Estonia is offering many new things this year. New web-based rallyshop has been opened and there will be lots of other new things for the spectators too.

Urmo Aava, auto24 Rally Estonia director: „We would like to be even more family-centered this year. For the men we are offering top drivers and good spectator places besides the best rallystages in Estonia. For the ladies the Cosmopolitan women’s area is the place to be in Tehvandi stadium, ofcourse the ladies are permitted to go to the stages also. In Tehvandi we have this year also Lõunakeskus Kid’s area. I would like to thank our partner Radio Sky Plus for organizing Rally Party with top live artists. And we are very proud of live TV-brodcast from Otepää city stage which will be seen live in TV6 Estonia and Viasat Sport Baltic. You can also follow live broadcast on the internet via www.auto24.ee and www.tv3play.ee.

auto24 Rally Estonia has opened a web-based rally shop where You can already buy this year’s rally passes. From fan gear it is possible to buy T-shirts for men, women and kids, coffee cups etc. More fan gear is coming in the near future.

Ordered items will be delivered by auto24 Rally Estonia official parcel service partner DPD, in Estonia in the next working day and in Latvia, Lithuania and Findland in 48 hours if the order has been made before 15.00 PM. Until the end of June the shipping is free of charge. auto24 Rally Estonia official rally shop: eng.auto24.ee/eshop/

auto 24 Rally Estonia 2012 is held on 20-21th of July. It is the round of Estonian, Latvian, Baltic and NEZ Rally Championships and for the first time a round of FIA Historic European Sporting Rally Championship.

More information: www.rallyestonia.ee

Margus Kiiver, auto24 Rally Estonia 2012 Press Officer