Lukyanuk heroics earn Colin McRae ERC Flat Out Trophy

Lukyanuk, who was seriously injured in a testing crash in Russia in early May, wasn’t due to return to FIA European Rally Championship action until Barum Czech Rally Zlín at the end of August. But an arduous period of rehabilitation enabled him to come back ahead of schedule, despite the Russian Performance Motorsport driver revealing he was suffering from pain in his legs, hips and left ankle following his Qualifying Stage win on Thursday.

He led after winning Friday’s first stage but then suffered a rally-ending crash four kilometres from the finish of stage two. He was handed the Colin McRae ERC Flat Out Trophy for his efforts at the finish of the rally in Rzeszów’s Market Square on Saturday evening.

ERC Co-ordinator Jean-Baptiste Ley presented the Colin McRae ERC Flat Out Trophy to Lukyanuk