Griebel makes big gains with ERC Junior Under 28 victory
ByERC
Published 05/08/2017 at 18:29 GMT
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Marijan Griebel capitalised on Nikolay Gryazin’s crash on Saturday’s opener to make it two FIA ERC Junior Under 28 wins out of three in his pursuit of the prize drive in a World Rally Car on a European round of the world championship in 2018.
Sylvain Michel survived a succession of off-road moments on Saturday morning to score his second category podium with José Suárez third.
Suárez overcame the loss of first gear on Friday afternoon and scored an outright stage win on his way to his first ERC Junior U28 podium.
However, it was a frustrating event for his Peugeot Rally Academy team-mate Pepe López. Three points behind Griebel prior to the start of Rally Rzeszow, the Spaniard crashed heavily on SS1 and was a non-starter on leg two.
Josh Moffett took fourth, Tomasz Kasperczyk scored his first ERC Junior U28 points in fifth on his home rally with ACCR Czech Team’s Jan Černý sixth following an event blighted by pacenote issues.
Suárez overcame the loss of first gear on Friday afternoon and scored an outright stage win on his way to his first ERC Junior U28 podium.
However, it was a frustrating event for his Peugeot Rally Academy team-mate Pepe López. Three points behind Griebel prior to the start of Rally Rzeszow, the Spaniard crashed heavily on SS1 and was a non-starter on leg two.
Josh Moffett took fourth, Tomasz Kasperczyk scored his first ERC Junior U28 points in fifth on his home rally with ACCR Czech Team’s Jan Černý sixth following an event blighted by pacenote issues.
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