Hi, friends!
European Rally Championship is lower series in quality but not that much lower then WRC. But when you see how M-Sport Ford driver Martinš Sesks outclassed the opposition, then you really see how much higher is the quality of WRC in comparison with ERC. Sesks drove Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 this time, with India's MRF rubber on it and it seems that this combo works well for him.
ERC series leader Miko Marczyk (Škoda) played safe on some moments because finishing 2nd overall would bring him lots of points but playing safe mode took some points from him at Power Stage because he finished outside of the points at last special stage of the rally which brings bonus points. It seems that 2nd overall was result to keep safe and that was a job done for him this weekend.
M-Sport Ford ERC works driver Jon Armstrong showed another strong run but this tine he finished in points and with 3rd place overall which is a good job for M-Sport because they need to sell some of that Rally2 machinery.
New ERC face Isak Reiersen (Škoda) from Sweden showed strong pace and finished 4th overall while Citroen regular Mads Ostberg finished 5th overall, but this time with super experienced co-driver Giovanni Bernacchini in the navigator's seat.
Overall, it was a great weekend and I enjoyed following it...
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