Spanish drivers duel at Rally Poland

The 4th round of the ERC championship will take place in Poland. Around Mikolajki, Nil Solans and Efren Llarena, the two leaders of the competition will resume their opposition with perhaps locals as referees.

Published on 08/06/2022 à 17:02

Loïc ROCCI

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Spanish drivers duel at Rally Poland

 

This 4e The calendar meeting will take place on land in the Masurian lake region located 250 kilometers north of the capital Warsaw. The competitors will face a long course of 188,10 km timed divided into 14 stages. The kick-off will be given on Friday evening during the 2,5 km super special staged next to the gigantic Golebiewski hotel (689 rooms!) which accommodates practically all the rally. The vast majority of Polish times are very fast; last year, Alexey Lukyanuk won at an average of 112 km/h. The narrow, unforgiving paths wind through the countryside on often hard ground on which sweeping can be significant. The shakedown and especially the qualifying session which will take place on Friday will play a vital role in the starting order.

Efren Llarena winner in the Azores and leader of theERC (Photo Red Bull Media Pool)

Pratiquement 80 équipages sont engagés, dont 24 Rally2/R5. C’est dans cette catégorie que se situent les favoris. Leader de l’ERC, Efren Llarena (27 ans) cherchera à ajouter un succès supplémentaire après celui arraché aux Açores. Ne comptant que 5 points de retard au championnat, son principal rival est son compatriote Nil Solans. Vainqueur à deux reprises cette saison, sur la terre de Fafe et l’asphalte des Canaries, le pilote de 30 ans a longtemps été sans voiture et il n’a pas été loin de déclarer forfait. Au dernier moment, il a trouvé une solution avec l’équipe polonaise Kowax 2Brally Racing et il découvrira en course la Hyundai i20 Rally2. Plusieurs équipages locaux dont Grzgorz Grzyb (Fabia) et Mikolaj Marczyk (Fabia) ont bien l’intention de perturber les deux Espagnols. Il faudra également surveiller le Tchèque  Filip Mares (Fabia) et Tom Kristensson. Ancien champion du monde Junior (en 2020) le Suédois de 31 ans tente de relancer sa carrière après une année 2021 en WRC completely failed. With his Hyundai i20, he could be one of the surprises of this event where two French drivers, Antony Fotia (Clio) and Laurent Pellier (Corsa) will resume their Canarian duel for the victory of ERC4.

Nil Solans winner in Fafe and the Canaries, 2nd in the championship (Photo Red Bull Media Pool)

 

 

Loïc ROCCI

Journalist specializing in rallying past, present and future... and with a southern accent

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