After heavy rainfalls during the first leg on Friday, blue sky and sunshine were overlooking the toughest day of ADAC Rallye Deutschland, tenth round of the FIA World Rally Championship 2017. The famous military area of Baumholder was waiting with fast and rough concrete tracks, usually used by tanks. Twice nearly 42 kilometres of “Panzerplatte” were the most demanding tests on Saturday.
WRC2 leaders Jan Kopecký / Pavel Dresler had a smooth and trouble-free run during the first loop with their ŠKODA FABIA R5, while teammates Pontus Tidemand / Jonas Andersson ran into problems. On the last quarter of the 42 kilometres long stage, a tyre deflated.
He managed to finish the stage with a time loss of around 50 seconds and dropped from second to third in the category. His ŠKODA FABIA R5 proved again to be rock solid after the cosmetic damage has been repaired at the midday service, he could restart for the second loop. His main rival Teemu Suninen also suffered a puncture but lost more than two and a half minutes.
Rallye Deutschland 2017
After heavy rainfalls during the first leg on Friday, blue sky and sunshine were overlooking the toughest day of ADAC Rallye Deutschland, tenth round of the FIA World Rally Championship 2017. The famous military area of Baumholder was waiting with fast and rough concrete tracks, usually used by tanks. Twice nearly 42 kilometres of “Panzerplatte” were the most demanding tests on Saturday.
WRC2 leaders Jan Kopecký / Pavel Dresler had a smooth and trouble-free run during the first loop with their ŠKODA FABIA R5, while teammates Pontus Tidemand / Jonas Andersson ran into problems. On the last quarter of the 42 kilometres long stage, a tyre deflated.
He managed to finish the stage with a time loss of around 50 seconds and dropped from second to third in the category. His ŠKODA FABIA R5 proved again to be rock solid after the cosmetic damage has been repaired at the midday service, he could restart for the second loop. His main rival Teemu Suninen also suffered a puncture but lost more than two and a half minutes.
