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The second stage of the European Rally Championship (ERC) in the Canary Islands was the first asphalt rally of this season by pilot Mārtiņš Seskas supported by “Latvijas Mobilais Telefons” with the new “Toyota Yaris GR Rally2” car serviced by “Sports Racing Technologies” and “MRF Tires” tires. Unlike last year, when the crew started on the asphalt for the first time in the Canary Islands Rally with the Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 car, knew how to adapt very quickly and finished in the top ten, the start this weekend was less successful.
Although Cesk drifted masterfully in the opening speed stage, showing expressive “sunshine” around the 8,000 spectators gathered in the Gran Canaria basketball arena, the second and third days of the competition were less successful and left the Liepaja players outside the top fifteen, within which an unimaginably fierce race took place from the first to the last kilometer of the race , a dense and eventful race for the podium in terms of results. The Seska/França duo finished 3 minutes and 52.7 seconds behind the leader Joan Bonato and ranked 24th overall.
“The weekend in the Canary Islands was difficult due to various circumstances. Some of them were out of my and Renard’s influence. The main lesson we can take home is that mistakes and challenges always offer an opportunity to learn. Every kilometer we did together with Renard analyzing the track records was very valuable. Also, I can always count on cooperation with our car engineer and service team, the work we do together is an invaluable experience for future starts on asphalt,” said ERČ pilot Mārtiņš Sesks.
The crew will spend the beginning of June until the start of the third stage of the ERC for training in the “M-Sport” “Ford Puma Rally 1” car in order to prepare for the start of the World Rally Championship in Poland at the end of June. From June 13-15, Liepāja residents will participate in the third competition of the ERČ season “Royal Rally of Scandinavia” and later start in the fourth stage of the ERČ “Rally Estonia” (July 5-7). The third and fourth ERČ stages will take place on the ground cover that the Latvian crew likes.
Rally Islas Canarias results:
ERC standings after stage 2:
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