Rally-eMag March/April 2014 / News
This month’s wrap up
ERC Champs continues
winning ways
After winning last years ERC crown Jan
Kopecky was up for a new challenge. His
Skoda team offered such by switching him
and Esapekka Lappi from their respective
championship. Lappi was to join the ERC
while Kopecky wandered off in search for
adventure and further glory in the Asia Pacific Rally Championship.
Bryan Boufier back at Hyundai
French asphalt ace Bryan Boufier rejoins the
Hyundai squad in the special capacity of test
driver. His most important task is to test the 2015
version of the i20. He’ll do that in the usual preevent tests the team will be doing. Further he’ll
compete in the Rallye Antibes Cote d’Azur at the
end of May. His task will be to gather as much
data as possible for the asphalt rallies that are
awaiting the team in the next part of the season.
The APRC is sure to provide adventure as
it takes teams all across Asia through China, Thailand, Australia, New Zealan, Japan, Malaysia and perhaps most exotic of
them all, New Caledonia. It was here that
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