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april 03, 2017 - Peugeot

A positive start to Peugeot sport’s 2017 rally programme in Portugal and Spain

Peugeot #rally Academy & #208rallycup While Peugeot Sport's Juniors were busy contesting the 2017 FIA European #rally Championship opener in Portugal (Azores Airlines Rally) in their respective PEUGEOT #rally ACADEMY-run PEUGEOT 208T16s, a field of 21 PEUGEOT 208R2 crews kicked off Year 5 of the #208rallycup in France's Aveyron region, on the occasion of the 'Rallye Terre des Causses'. PEUGEOT RALLYACADEMY : THE SEASON STARTS IN STYLE WITH PEPE LÓPEZ ON THE ERC JUNIOR PODIUM · Azores Airlines #rally (Portugal, March29-April 1): The season #rally opener inAzores (Portugal) gave early evidence of its reputation as a tough race withadverse weather conditions (dense fog, mud and water puddles). · Pepe LÓPEZ and #borjarozada had tofight against the odds to end-up on the overall Junior pódium, in 3rdposition of U28 category, for their first ERC race. · #josesuarez and Cándido CARRERA drovevery fast in the early stages, but a crash stopped them on Sunday morningand forced them to retire. > Read thefull release -enclosed : www.peugeot-sport.com > Listen to Pepe LÓPEZ podcast: here > Listen to #josesuarez podcast: here > OfficialERC Junior U28 Classification: https://www.fiaerc.fr/resultats/ > Free ofrights photos, vidéo &podcasts available: www.peugeot-media.com Photo Credit: ©PEUGEOT SPORT / @World – Video Credit: ©PEUGEOT SPORT / EUROSPORT PEUGEOT RALLYACADEMY Media Contact: Pablo BUENO BORJA - pbuenob@wannacom.es -+34.687.569.371 PEUGEOT SPORT Communication Manager: Aurélie LEHE - aurelie.lehe@ext.mpsa.com - +33 6.14.84.28.99 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 208 RALLYCUP: LAURENT PELLIER MAKES IMMEDIATE IMPACT! · Rallye Terre des Causses (France, March31-April 2): The crews registered for the 2017 208Rally Cup got off to a flying start at this weekend's all-gravel event, run partially in wet water. · The competition turned outto be a fiercely-fought affair, with several drivers scrappingfor top spot until the end of the very last stage.Frenchmen Laurent PELLIER and Karl PINHEIRO and Portugal's Diogo GAGO were in particularly fine form over the weekend and were a match for the speed of #208rallycup regulars Quentin RIBAUD (France), Taisko LARIO (Finland) and Efren LLARENA (Spain). · Drivers under 23, are all aiming to get their seat for the ''Junior Experience'' the new feature introduced with support of EUROSPORT : 3 coaching sessions in FIA ERC for the top junior in the standings at the #208rallycup Championship's midpoint.

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