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aprile 04, 2016 - Opel

FIA ERC Junior: Opel ADAM Launches Mission to Defend Title

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  • Start of 2016 #fiaercjunior at Circuit of Ireland Rally
  • Opel Motorsport line-up with three works #adamr2 cars for Griebel, Tannert, Ingram
  • After last year’s double victory, #opel drivers again aiming for podium finishes

Rüsselsheim.  Following the postponement of the Rallye Liepāja in Latvia in early February due to the weather, the Circuit of Ireland Rally from April 7 - 9 now marks the start of the 2016 #fiaercjunior season. As the defending champion, #opel Motorsport is going into the new season with high expectations. Especially because Emil Bergkvist and Marijan Griebel finished the asphalt race around Northern Ireland’s capital city Belfast in the #adamr2 with a double victory last year. #opel works drivers Marijan Griebel (26, from Hahnweiler), Julius Tannert (25, from Zwickau) and Chris Ingram (21, from Manchester) have again set their sights on podium finishes this season.

“The demanding stages on the narrow yet extremely fast asphalt roads with lots of hills and jumps leave no room for error. I expect the toughest competition to come from my teammates,” says last year’s runner-up Marijan Griebel, who is #racing with his new co-driver Pirmin Winklhofer (20, from Pocking) for the first time.

Like Griebel, Julius Tannert is #racing for the ADAC #opel Rallye Junior Team. As winner of the 2015 ADAC #opel Rallye Cup, Tannert is heading into his first ERC as an #opel works driver. “I am really looking forward to it and feel very well prepared,” says Tannert, who is #racing with his regular co-driver Jennifer Thielen (31, from Luxembourg). “I want to deliver a good performance on the fast asphalt roads in Northern Ireland and fight for a top spot in the #fiaercjunior.”

Opel newcomer Chris Ingram can hardly wait for his first race with co-driver Katrin Becker (35, from Schlitz) at his side. “The Circuit of Ireland is a legendary rallye with some of the best stages in Europe and a fantastic atmosphere. Last year the #opel drivers and I really battled it out. And now this year I myself am in this unbelievable #adamr2,” says Ingram, who is #racing under the #opel Rallye Junior Team flag.

The competition at the Circuit of Ireland Rally is as tough as ever this year: twenty-six R2 vehicles from the RC4 category, including eight teams registered in the #fiaercjunior and thirteen in the ERC3, will tackle fourteen extremely demanding asphalt stages totaling more than 210 kilometers. Eight #opel #adamr2 cars are competing in the Circuit of Ireland Rally. In addition to the three works drivers, Pole Lukasz Pieniaczek, Irishman Callum Devine as well as the juniors Mattias Adielsson (Sweden), Robert Duggan and Arron Windus (both UK) supported by Vauxhall are behind the wheel of one of the 190 hp #racing machines.

Opel offers live timing of the Circuit of Ireland Rally on the website www.opel-motorsport.com.

Circuit of Ireland Rally TV Schedule:

Friday, 8 April 
23:05               Eurosport                    Highlights Day 1

Saturday, 9 April
06:00               Eurosport 2                 Highlights Day 1
09.30               Eurosport 2                 Highlights Day 1
23:15               Eurosport                    Highlights Day 2

Sunday, 10 April
01:00               Eurosport 2                 Highlights Day 2
06:30               Eurosport 2                 Highlights Day 2

Monday, 11 April
00:00               Eurosport                    Highlights Day 1 and 2
02:30               Eurosport 2                 Highlights Day 1 and 2

Tuesday, 12 April
23:00               Eurosport                    Inside ERC – The Magazine

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