ERC: Circuit of Ireland / Rally review
Czech galore
In the end the Circuit of Ireland proved a fruitfull expedition for the
Czechs. Lappi and Wiegand provided a one-two for Skoda and Jan
Cerny added to the festivities by winning the Junior ERC classification, albeit in a Peugeot. Cerny faced stiff opposition from Kris
Ingram who was leading the Juniors in his Twingo Evo R2 untill he
crashed heavily and was forced to retire. Cerny felt bad for his colleague, but was happy to take the victory none the less. “We really
wanted to beat him but not like this [with him crashing]. We are really sorry for him but it’s rallying and sometimes it can happen. We
were pushing maybe too much because we lost some time in the
corners but we won and it’s great.”
Robert Consani is continuing his learning curve of four wheel drive
cars with another solid result as he piloted his 207 S2000 safely
across the treacherous Irish roads to finish a respectable fourth
overall. Neil Simpson rounded out the top five in his Skoda Fabia
S2000. The Production Cup honours stayed in Ireland. Josh Moffet, Sam’s brother won the class in his Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
well over two minutes ahead of his nearest rival and in sixth overall.
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Another win for Jan Cerny in the Junior Championship.
Consani clinched fourth in his fourth event in a four wheel drive car.
In second, Sepp Wiegand completed the Skoda 1-2.