A panel
of true experts will
have the responsibility
of selecting the drivers who will go through.
These people are Walter Rohrl and Michele Mouton
(both former stars of
the World Rally
Championship), David
Evans (journalist),
Mario Isola (Pirelli’s
Rally Manager), Joao
Passos (rally organiser)
and Kevin Morris (team
manager, Tommi Makinen
Racing).

On
Saturday and Sunday, 17
young drivers from all
four corners of Europe
will do battle in
Austria, as well as one
South American driver
and one Central American
driver.
The
participating drivers
are all emerging talents
who have been selected
by their respective
national sporting
authorities (ASNs) and
comply with a strict age
limit, being less than
27 years old on January
1 2009. To the
right ,above the picture
of Pirelli Scorpion
Tyres, is the list of
candidates who will
fight out the Pirelli
Star
Driver
selection process in
Freistadt.
October 2008