Chennai, 5 March 2020: Team MRF Tyres is strengthening its presence in the European Rally Championship (ERC) in 2020 by announcing their support to Finnish duo Emil Lindholm and Mikeal Korhonen who will take part in ERC1 campaign.

Lindholm will campaign
on MRF Tyres in a Skoda Fabia R5 EVO in four rallies of the first six rallies
as they campaign for the ERC1 title. They join alongside Craig Breen and Paul
who are campaigning in the ERC outright title on MRF Tyres.

Lindholm, son of Finnish
rally legend Sebastian, has had a stellar start to his Finnish Rally
Championship, winning the first two of three rounds and is an ideal driver for
Team MRF Tyres.

Emil Lindholm on way to his win in the SM Itaralli on March 1. Photo: http://emillindholm.fi

MRF Tyres have undergone
an extensive year of testing in 2019 in order to produce development tyres for
the first year of full competition in the European Rally Championship.
Meanwhile, Lindholm has been building his rally career and moving to the ERC1
with MRF Tyres as an ideal step.

This season represents
Team MRF Tyres continued expansion in European rallying and is committed to continuing
the learning and development process. Lindholm’s addition to the team
strengthens this approach.

The ERC1 Championship
sees junior drivers compete against each other in R5 cars with the top driver
after the first six rounds winning 100,000 Euros to contest the 2020
season-closing events in Cyprus and Hungary with a car and team of their
choosing.

Lindholm’s first rally with team will be at the Azores Rally on the Portuguese
island at the end of March, now likely to be put-off due to Carona Virus scare.

Team MRF Tyres driver
Emil Lindholm said: ``It’s a great opportunity for me to expand my career
to ERC-rallies with MRF Tyres, and an important step in my career to get the
experience of a more international rallying scene. From what I’ve seen this
weekend in Itäralli, with Breen behind the wheel, MRF is really serious and
already has a great product for winter rallies. I’m in no doubt they’ll deliver
on the events in ERC and keep on pushing with the development. Personally, I
hope I can support MRF with knowledge especially about winter conditions, but also
serve them in the development of their complete tyre range.''

MRF Tyres Vice-Chairman
& Managing Director, Arun Mammen said: ``We are excited
to enter the European Rally Championship in 2020 after winning nine titles in
the Asia Pacific Rally Championship. We have a front runner with Craig Breen,
and we are excited to support the career of another young, upcoming and fast
driver in Emil Lindholm. It will be a great relationship as he will help
develop and prove the pace of MRF Tyres and we look forward to helping him
achieve his potential in the European Rally Championship.”