ERC: Sibiu Rally Romania / Rally review
Utter domination
Day two kicked of with the continuation
of the fight between Kopecky and Delecour. It was a short lived fight though.
Kopecky clinched the win on the first
stage of the day but then Delecour suffered a broken shock absorber resulting
in a puncture. He choose to preserve his
second place , and the lead in the Romanian championship, rather than push
for the win. As a result Kopecky had a
clear run to victory, though he had to remain cautious as the rock-littered roads
can throw trouble at you at any given
moment. The trouble never came though
and Kopecky finished the rally in style
by winning all remaining stages of the
second day. Kopecky was both happy
and releaved to reach the finish “It was a
really tough event: the hot weather was
not such a problem but there were a lot
of rocks and loose stones on the stages
and you had to use your head to decide
when and where to push. I was enjoying
a big battle with Bryan and François until
they had problems but this is motorsport
and this can happen.” Delecour battled
on to finish in second ahead of Arai in
third and first in group N. Arai had trouble of his own throughout the event. The
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