While the first leg of RallyRACC Catalunya – Rallye de España on Friday was run mainly on gravel, the longest leg on Saturday featured fast and smooth tarmac roads in the northwest of Tarragona. Not only the cars had to be technically adapted to the new road conditions, also the drivers had to change their driving style for the seven stages to come. přizpůsobit svůj jezdecký styl.
After his mishap on the first day, when ŠKODA Motorsport’s Jan Kopecký caught the car in front of him and had to complete the last part of the stage in his competitor’s dust losing over one minute, the Czech Champion was unbeatable on the Saturday stages. He was still annoyed though.
At the end of the day, he and co-driver Pavel Dresler were clearly the fastest WRC2 competitor on all seven stages of the day and consequently moved up to second place in the category standings. On the day ending show stage the ŠKODA FABIA R5 in the hands of Kopecký even scored an impressive second fastest time overall against competition from roughly 100 hp more powerful cars of the WRC category!
Their young teammates Juuso Nordgren / Tapio Suominen chose a smart approach to the fast tarmac stages of Catalunya.
2017 RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada
While the first leg of RallyRACC Catalunya – Rallye de España on Friday was run mainly on gravel, the longest leg on Saturday featured fast and smooth tarmac roads in the northwest of Tarragona. Not only the cars had to be technically adapted to the new road conditions, also the drivers had to change their driving style for the seven stages to come. přizpůsobit svůj jezdecký styl.
After his mishap on the first day, when ŠKODA Motorsport’s Jan Kopecký caught the car in front of him and had to complete the last part of the stage in his competitor’s dust losing over one minute, the Czech Champion was unbeatable on the Saturday stages. He was still annoyed though.
At the end of the day, he and co-driver Pavel Dresler were clearly the fastest WRC2 competitor on all seven stages of the day and consequently moved up to second place in the category standings. On the day ending show stage the ŠKODA FABIA R5 in the hands of Kopecký even scored an impressive second fastest time overall against competition from roughly 100 hp more powerful cars of the WRC category!
Their young teammates Juuso Nordgren / Tapio Suominen chose a smart approach to the fast tarmac stages of Catalunya.
