Monday 3 July 2017

2017 WRC Round 8 recap - Rally Poland

Recap of the last round of WRC from last weekends Round eight of Rally Poland.

Last weekends was the eighth round of the World Rally Championship at the Rally Poland (30th June - 2nd July), and was won by Thierry Neuville in his works Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC. While, Hayden Paddon finished second in his works Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC to complete a Hyundai one-two finish, Paddon was eighty-three seconds behind Neuville at the end. Meanwhile, M-Sport World Rally Team driver and current WRC champion Sébastien Ogier finished third in his Ford Fiesta WRC, Ogier was two and half minutes behind Neuville at the end of the rally.

While in the WRC Trophy (crews entering World Rally Cars used between 2011 and 2016), that was won by Eurolamp World Rally Team driver Valeriy Gorban in his Mini John Cooper Works WRC. Valeriy Gorban finished in sixteenth place overall, he was over seventeen and half minutes behind Neuville at the end of the rally.

Meanwhile in WRC-2 class (Group R5, R4, Super 2000 and Group N4 spec cars), that was won by Printsport driver Ole Christian Veiby in his Škoda Fabia R5. Ole Christian Veiby finished in twelfth place overall, he was over theirteen minutes behind Neuville at the end of the rally.

While in WRC-3 class (Group R1, R2 and R3 cars) that was won by Nil Solans in his own backed Ford Fiesta R2T. Nil Solans finished in twenty-fourth place overall, he was thirty-seven minutes behind Neuville at the end of the rally.


Highlights of the rally below, enjoy.



Next stop, Round Nine of the 2017 WRC season for Rally Finland in four weeks time.

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