Hi, friends!
Russian driver with Bulgarian citizenship and competition licence Nikolay Gryazin showed that he is in the league of his own, as well as how much higher competition is in the World Rally Championship at WRC2 category which contains the same class of cars - Rally2 machinery.
Škoda is still brand to beat with their Fabia RS Rally2 machinery, as Gryazin showed behind a steering wheel. Citroen C3 Rally2 is very close on tarmac, maybe even faster with the driver who is constantly competing in WRC. It is not the same to fight against guys from national series in comparison with the WRC guys. The level is just higher, no doubt about that. Frenchman Yoann Bonato showed that Citroen ia still very high at the leaderboard in the right hands.
I must add that six Škoda cars finished in the top ten (ERC competitors), with Spaniard Jose Suarez in 3rd place overall. Italian Andrea Mabellini (Škoda) finished 4th, while Mikolaj Marczyk (Škoda) was in 5th place. If this is not potential dominance, then I don't know what is.
Congratulations, Gryazin, on another great drive... :)
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