Friday, 28 July 2017 18:30

Ekaterina Stratieva will drive in Sliven with new sponsor

The well know Bulgarian ERC champion Ekaterina Stratieva will participate in rally "Sliven" 2017. This was announced today at a press conference in Sofia, where the famous female rally driver presented her new sponsor for 2017 season- Petrol. Stratieva will rely on the well-known Citroen C2 R2 Max and new debutant co-driver Georgi Avramov. This year Rally Sliven will be held from 1-st to 3-rd September as a fourth round of Bulgarian National Rally Championship and fifth round of Balkan Rally Trophy.

The last time when Ekaterina Stratieva started in rally "Sliven" was in 2012 season, when the rally was part of Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Then Katya finishe 11-th in the overall standings and in 2-nd position in class 6. In season 2016 Stratieva recorded only in one participation - in the czech rally "Barum", which is a round of European rally championship. Beside this year's rally "Sliven", Stratieva will participate in "Baranya cup" in Hungary and again in rally "Barum".

Ekaterina Stratieva is a European Ladies Champion in 2014 and winner of prestigious "Young talent champion", named of world rally champion Richard Burns. Katya is face of the Academy of Responsible Drivers campaign and is the winner of the annual Road safety Award's in season 2015.

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