Grégoire Munster already turned towards Japan

Twenty-third in the final ranking, 13^e in WRC2, Grégoire Munster did not hide a bit of disappointment at the end of the rally of Catalonia. “ This was our first participation in the event, and all those who finished ahead of us had several editions to their credit, notait le pilote de la Hyundai i20 Rally2. But I was hoping to finish a little closer to the winners. It must be said that with 35 cars in this category, the competition promised to be tough. For my part, I was confronted with chronic understeer. It was not easy to drive without restraint on this fast course which included a lot of ropes and gravel, while the room for error was prohibited. Sunday morning, a puncture caused us to lose around ten seconds and three places »

At the very beginning of the week, the Hyundai will be serviced in the BMA workshops before heading to Japan (November 10-13). “ The promoter offered us very good conditions to compete in the final round of the calendar. We will take advantage of this opportunity. Which implies that we will not be at the start of the Condroz rally », November 4-6.

Fourth in the final ranking, Guillaume de Mévius took advantage of the Spanish event to achieve his first victory in T3. Note that his buggy bore, in addition to the usual logo of Red Bull, the colors of Qatar. “ A precious helping hand from Nasser Al-Attiyah who, having learned that this rally was not planned in our program, wanted to see us at the start », underlined the Belgian.

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