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march 31, 2019 - Skoda Racing
Rally France/Tour de Corse: Private ŠKODA crews secure double victory in WRC 2 category
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Mladá Boleslav, 31 March 2019 – Mixed emotions for ŠKODA Motorsport after the fourth round of the 2019 #fiaworldrallychampionship, #rally France/Tour de Corse (28/03/– 31/03/2019). While ŠKODA works crew Kalle Rovanperä and co-driver Jonne Halttunen (FIN/ FIN), driving a privately entered ŠKODA #fabiaR5, had to retire from leading the WRC 2 Pro category after an accident, two private crews secured a double win for ŠKODA in the WRC 2 category. In the penultimate stage on Sunday, Nikolay Gryazin/Yaroslav Fedorov (RUS/RUS) took the WRC 2 lead from Fabio Andolfi/Simone Scattolin (ITA/ITA). But during the final test, the Italian crew fought back and secured the well deserved victory.
During the opening leg on Friday morning, ŠKODA factory driver Kalle Rovanperä struggled with understeering in his privately entered ŠKODA #fabiaR5. But the young Finn managed to complete the first three stages with a faultless drive. His main rival in the WRC 2 Pro category, Lukasz Pieniazek, collected a puncture during the first stage of the day. So despite his problems, Rovanperä was already clearly leading the category. After the first three stages of the day, no service was allowed. Nevertheless, Kalle Rovanperä and his co-driver Jonne Halttunen proved their talent as skilful car mechanics and modified the setup of their ŠKODA #fabiaR5. For the repetition of the morning stages, their performance was improving and they defended the lead in the WRC 2 Pro category, at the same time moving up to ninth position among all R5 crews.
On Saturday, the Finnish pairing made even more progress. But during the longest test of the #rally, the more than 47 Kilometres long “Castagniccia” stage, they ran out of luck. “In the middle part of the stage, there was some dirt on the road. We made a small mistake, went a little wide and hit a rock. The car was not looking too bad, but at the service we discovered, that the roll cage was damaged and could not be repaired. For safety reasons, we could not re-start the final day of the #rally,” Rovanperä explained.
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