34 crews passed the administrative check and the scrutineering before the start of 38th Monbat Rally Sliven - second round of Bulgarian rally championship and fourth round of FIA Balkan Rally Trophy. The foreign crews that will start the race are 9 - three from Romania and Greece, one from Poland and a mixed crew from Sweden and Denmark.

The weather will be the key factor in Monbat Rally Sliven 2018. In the days before the start of second round of Bulgarian rally championship the weather condittions was extremally unstable - the sunny hours was followed by heavy, but short rain showers.

Romanian crew Vlad Cosma / Florin Dorca will start in Monbat Rally Sliven 2018 with FIAT 124 Abarth in RGT class. The rally car of the Romanians makes a debut in Bulgaria and is the first RGT class member that fans in Bulgaria will be able to see. This will be the first start of Cosma and Dorca with their new car.

На 24 юли 2018 г. от 11 часа в Пресклуб на БТА ще се състои официалната пресконференция за предстоящото Монбат Рали Сливен 2018 - втори кръг от Българския рали шампионат и четвърти кръг от Балканския рали трофей на ФИА.

The crew of ART Racing Yordan Atanasov and Yanaki Yanakiev will battle on two fronts in the upcoming Monbat Rally Sliven 2018. They will look for a good result to continue the battle for the title in ERT 2 category in FIA Balkan Rally Trophy. After fourth place in opening round of Bulgarian Rally Championship in Tvarditsa Atanasov and Yanakiev will need good points in Monbat Rally Sliven 2018 to close the gap with the leaders.

Megapart Racing, who is the leader in the team standings in Bulgarian Rally Championship, will start in Monbat Rally Sliven 2018 with four cars. Leading crew again will be Miroslav Angelov and Nedyalko Sivov (Skoda Fabia R5). The two are leaders in the general rankings of Bulgarian Rally Championship.

Minutes before the deadline for sending of entry forms for Monbat Rally Sliven 2018, the number of foreign crews who confirmed their willingness to participate in the competition is 16. Five are crews from Romania, three from Serbia and Greece, one from Sweden , Georgia, Italy, Poland and Turkey.

Two crews will present Greece in Monbat Rally Sliven 2018. Apostolis Vergozisis / Apostolis Makarios (Citroen Saxo, RC 5) and Alexandris Emmanouil / Mihalis Capiris (Peugeot 206 RC, RC 3) have submitted entry forms for the fourth round of FIA Balkan the Rally Trophy and the second round of Bulgarian Rally Championship.

The champions in Bulgarian rally championship Tihomir Stratiev and Dobrin Borisov will start in Monbat Rally Sliven 2018. The crew of Marina Motorsport submitted their entry from and they will try with good result in the second round of Bulgarian rally championship to continue the successful defense of their title.

Ekaterina Stratieva is back on the special stages in Sliven Balkan. Less than a year after announcing in Sliven that she retired from rally events, Ekaterina gave one of the big surprises for the upcoming Monbat Rally Sliven, submitting her entry form. .