Fri July 24, 2015

 Lukyanuk wins Colin McRae Trophy Alexey Lukyanuk received the Colin McRae ERC Flat Out Trophy for a fourth time, after his victory on the auto24 Rally Estonia. The prestigious award was presented by ERC Sporting Manager Jean-Pierre Nicolas. "It's amazing to win this great award one more time," said Lukyanuk....

Wed July 22, 2015

 Pirelli claims 1-2-3 in Estonia Italian tyre firm Pirelli has dominated the all-gravel Rally Estonia, claiming a one-two-three finish on the latest round of the FIA European Rally Championship. This monopoly of the podium has underlined Pirelli's ability to secure top results for its clients on every sur...

Sun July 19, 2015

 Lukyanuk with sensational ERC win Alexey Lukyanuk has won the auto24 Rally Estonia, round six of the FIA European Rally Championship, in his Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X, after a truly stunning drive over the ultra-fast gravel roads around Otepää in southern Estonia. Co-driven by Alexey Arnautov, the reigning...

 Poor Estonian rewards for Peugeot Despite their high hopes of a top result in Estonia, both Peugeot Rally Academy crews had difficult runs during round six of the 2015 FIA ERC. Craig Breen and Scott Martin were stopped in their tracks just as they appeared to be heading for a podium finish, while Diogo Gago and J...

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 EST SS16 - End @ 11:59 AM - Lukyanuk and Mitsubishi win this ERC round! In the battle for 4th amazingly both Körge and Plangi had punctures! An electric problem for Niinemae moves Bergqvist into 2nd in the Juniors and wins him the title. Final results (after SS16)(subject to last road section and scrutineering):
1st= Lukyanuk/Arnautov, Mitsubishi, 1h32m25s4;
2nd= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, +12s7;
3rd= Aus/Koskinen, Mitsubishi, +1m07s;
4th= Plangi/Sarapuu, Mitsubishi, +2m06s9;
5th= Körge/Pints, Peugeot, +2m23s7;
6th= Jeets/Toom, Ford, +3m36s2;
7th= Butvilas/Mazur, Subaru, +4m50s8;
8th= Koltun/Pleskot, Ford, +5m20s8;
9th= Botka/Michalik, Mitsubishi, +7m36s1;
10th= Sirmacis/Simins, Peugeot R2, +8m01s6

 EST SS15 - Breen out @ 11:39 AM - Breen did not start stage after a heavy landing in SS14. Plangi had a spin and a puncture and dropped behind Körge. Lukyanuk's lead now under 10s. Results after SS15:
1st= Lukyanuk/Arnautov, Mitsubishi, 1h26m25s;
2nd= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, +9s5;
3rd= Aus/Koskinen, Mitsubishi, +59s6;
4th= Körge/Pints, Peugeot, +1m33s3;
5th= Plangi/Sarapuu, Mitsubishi, +1m33s8;
6th= Jeets/Toom, Ford, +3m26s;
7th= Butvilas/Mazur, Subaru, +4m28s1;
8th= Koltun/Pleskot, Ford, +5m03s;
9th= Botka/Michalik, Mitsubishi, +7m10s1;
10th= Sirmacis/Simins, Peugeot R2, +7m29s9

 EST SS14 @ 11:27 AM - Kangur wins the stage but for his retirement yesterday does not feature on the overall results. Kajetanowicz takes 0.9s out of Lukyanuk. Results after SS14:
1st= Lukyanuk/Arnautov, Mitsubishi, 1h22m58s9;
2nd= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, +11s1;
3rd= Aus/Koskinen, Mitsubishi, +56s6;
4th= Breen/Martin, Peugeot, +59s6;
5th= Plangi/Sarapuu, Mitsubishi, +1m02s7;
6th= Körge/Pints, Peugeot, +1m29s7;
7th= Jeets/Toom, Ford, +3m19s8;
8th= Butvilas/Mazur, Subaru, +4m18s1;
9th= Koltun/Pleskot, Ford, +4m32s4;
10th= Botka/Michalik, Mitsubishi, +6m55s8

 EST SS13 @ 09:23 AM - Magic time from Lukyanuk. Egon Kaur crashed out (crew OK) from 3rd place. Results after SS13:
1st= Lukyanuk/Arnautov, Mitsubishi, 1h16m49s7;
2nd= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, +12s;
3rd= Aus/Koskinen, Mitsubishi, +50s3;
4th= Breen/Martin, Peugeot, +56s8;
5th= Plangi/Sarapuu, Mitsubishi, +1m03s;
6th= Körge/Pints, Peugeot, +1m23s7;
7th= Jeets/Toom, Ford, +3m07s4;
8th= Butvilas/Mazur, Subaru, +4m;
9th= Koltun/Pleskot, Ford, +4m14s9;
10th= Botka/Michalik, Mitsubishi, +6m22s4

 EST SS12 @ 08:53 AM - Still some good fights. Kaur again makes a place, now passing Aus. Results after SS12:
1st= Lukyanuk/Arnautov, Mitsubishi, 1h10m48s5;
2nd= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, +4s3;
3rd= Kaur/Arnek, Mitsubishi, +41s2;
4th= Aus/Koskinen, Mitsubishi, +43s2;
5th= Breen/Martin, Peugeot, +48s1;
6th= Plangi/Sarapuu, Mitsubishi, +58s;
7th= Körge/Pints, Peugeot, +1m12s;
8th= Jeets/Toom, Ford, +2m51s9;
9th= Butvilas/Mazur, Subaru, +3m36s7;
10th= Koltun/Pleskot, Ford, +3m47s6

 EST SS11 @ 08:47 AM - The fight is on. Kajetanowicz wins the stage, but Lukyanuk clings to a small lead. Kaur passes Breen again. Results after SS11:
1st= Lukyanuk/Arnautov, Mitsubishi, 1h07m22s1;
2nd= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, +2s1;
3rd= Aus/Koskinen, Mitsubishi, +36s4;
4th= Kaur/Arnek, Mitsubishi, +39s2;
5th= Breen/Martin, Peugeot, +42s2;
6th= Plangi/Sarapuu, Mitsubishi, +53s1;
7th= Körge/Pints, Peugeot, +1m04s3;
8th= Jeets/Toom, Ford, +2m40s5;
9th= Butvilas/Mazur, Subaru, +3m32s5;
10th= Koltun/Pleskot, Ford, +3m33s8

Sat July 18, 2015

 Consani opens the road in Estonia Robert Consani will start the opening leg of auto24 Rally Estonia first on the road, following the road selection process in Tartu this evening. But as it was always going to be a difficult event for the Citroën DS3 R5 driver, the Frenchman is not that bothered about it. ...

 All at ERC send best wishes to Gryazin The FIA European Rally Championship community has come together as one to wish ERC Junior driver Vasily Gryazin their very best wishes for a full and swift recovery. The 21-year old Russian driver was travelling from Riga in Latvia to the Võrumaa Rallysprint on Saturday, where he...

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 EST SS10 - day2 @ 06:11 PM - Short SSS, so not much to happen. Still Breen passes Kaur and a stage win for Jeets makes a change. Results after day2 (SS10):
1st= Lukyanuk/Arnautov, Mitsubishi, 1h01m07s7;
2nd= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, +2s4;
3rd= Aus/Koskinen, Mitsubishi, +31s;
4th= Breen/Martin, Peugeot, +36s9;
5th= Kaur/Arnek, Mitsubishi, +37s;
6th= Plangi/Sarapuu, Mitsubishi, +50s8;
7th= Körge/Pints, Peugeot, +58s;
8th= Jeets/Toom, Ford, +2m24s7;
9th= Butvilas/Mazur, Subaru, +2m58s2;
10th= Koltun/Pleskot, Ford, +3m04s3

 EST SS9 @ 06:03 PM - Lukyanuk confirms lead, though still just 1s. Plangi passes Körge. Results after SS9:
1st= Lukyanuk/Arnautov, Mitsubishi, 59m46s9;
2nd= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, +1s;
3rd= Aus/Koskinen, Mitsubishi, +29s6;
4th= Kaur/Arnek, Mitsubishi, +33s8;
5th= Breen/Martin, Peugeot, +36s8;
6th= Plangi/Sarapuu, Mitsubishi, +48s5;
7th= Körge/Pints, Peugeot, +52s7;
8th= Jeets/Toom, Ford, +2m24s8;
9th= Butvilas/Mazur, Subaru, +2m55s5;
10th= Koltun/Pleskot, Ford, +3m01s

 EST SS8 @ 04:41 PM - Longest stage of the rally and the fight changes completely. Kruuda, before stage 1.2s off Kajto, retires with a broken radiator. Lukyanuk fantastic time and re-takes the lead after earlier time penalty. Results after SS8:
1st= Lukyanuk/Arnautov, Mitsubishi, 53m25s2;
2nd= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, +0s1;
3rd= Aus/Koskinen, Mitsubishi, +25s7;
4th= Kaur/Arnek, Mitsubishi, +26s1;
5th= Breen/Martin, Peugeot, +33s9;
6th= Körge/Pints, Peugeot, +41s2;
7th= Plangi/Sarapuu, Mitsubishi, +42s7;
8th= Jeets/Toom, Ford, +2m07s;
9th= Butvilas/Mazur, Subaru, +2m40s2;
10th= Koltun/Pleskot, Ford, +2m42s8

 EST SS7 @ 02:18 PM - Stage is shortened by 14km. Still plenty of drama. Kasperczyk (1st on road) rolled, Breen lost 2 places with a spin, Sola went off and had to change a puncture. Results after SS7:
1st= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, 36m45s9;
2nd= Kruuda/Järveoja, Citroen, +1s2;
3rd= Lukyanuk/Arnautov, Mitsubishi, +5s6;
4th= Aus/Koskinen, Mitsubishi, +19s3;
5th= Kaur/Arnek, Mitsubishi, +21s4;
6th= Breen/Martin, Peugeot, +25s5;
7th= Körge/Pints, Peugeot, +31s7;
8th= Plangi/Sarapuu, Mitsubishi, +36s3;
9th= Jeets/Toom, Ford, +1m19s1;
10th= Butvilas/Mazur, Subaru, +1m49s3

 EST SS6 @ 01:40 PM - Lukyanuk lead but has 10sec jump start penalty. The big news is that Kangur is out. Though there is an issue with stage end information, more info later. Results after SS6:
1st= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, 26m34s8;
2nd= Kruuda/Järveoja, Citroen, +1s5;
3rd= Lukyanuk/Arnautov, Mitsubishi, +7s1;
4th= Breen/Martin, Peugeot, +16s3;
5th= Aus/Koskinen, Mitsubishi, +17s6;
6th= Kaur/Arnek, Mitsubishi, +18s2;
7th= Körge/Pints, Peugeot, +20s;
8th= Plangi/Sarapuu, Mitsubishi, +20s7;
9th= Suninen/Markkula, Skoda, +29s;
10th= Salo/Salminen, Peugeot, +45s7

 EST SS5 @ 11:58 AM - Mid day point. First stage win for Kajetanowicz. But the lead goes back to Lukyanuk. Results after SS5:
1st= Lukyanuk/Arnautov, Mitsubishi, 22m13s6;
2nd= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, +1s3;
3rd= Kangur/Sikk, Ford, +1s5;
4th= Kruuda/Järveoja, Citroen, +2s2;
5th= Breen/Martin, Peugeot, +16s3;
6th= Aus/Koskinen, Mitsubishi, +16s5;
7th= Körge/Pints, Peugeot, +17s9;
8th= Kaur/Arnek, Mitsubishi, +18s4;
9th= Plangi/Sarapuu, Mitsubishi, +21s1;
10th= Suninen/Markkula, Skoda, +27s5

 EST SS4 @ 11:26 AM - Kruuda back in the lead and Kangur remains the meat in the Kruuda-Lukyanuk sandwich. Next stage is faster, should be better for Lukyanuk's Mitsubishi again. Results after SS4:
1st= Kruuda/Järveoja, Citroen, 15m53s1;
2nd= Kangur/Sikk, Ford, +0s4;
3rd= Lukyanuk/Arnautov, Mitsubishi, +0s6;
4th= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, +4s9;
=5th= Aus/Koskinen, Mitsubishi, +14s3;
=5th= Plangi/Sarapuu, Mitsubishi, +14s3;
7th= Breen/Martin, Peugeot, +14s5;
8th= Kaur/Arnek, Mitsubishi, +15s6;
9th= Körge/Pints, Peugeot, +15s9;
10th= Suninen/Markkula, Skoda, +22s3

 EST SS3 @ 10:01 AM - Consani retired before the stage with an engine problem. Kruuda in the other Citroen has a problem with the pop off valve and loses lead to Lukyanuk. Plangi has a similar problem. Average speeds of 140 in here. Results after SS3:
1st= Lukyanuk/Arnautov, Mitsubishi, 11m43s;
2nd= Kangur/Sikk, Ford, +1s3;
3rd= Kruuda/Järveoja, Citroen, +1s6;
4th= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, +3s4;
5th= Aus/Koskinen, Mitsubishi, +11s4;
6th= Kaur/Arnek, Mitsubishi, +11s7;
7th= Körge/Pints, Peugeot, +12s5;
8th= Plangi/Sarapuu, Mitsubishi, +12s6;
9th= Breen/Martin, Peugeot, +12s8;
10th= Suninen/Markkula, Skoda, +16s7

 EST SS2 @ 09:35 AM - First proper stage with interesting outcome. Martin Kangur wins the stage, Karl Kruuda leads the rally. Results after SS2:
1st= Kruuda/Järveoja, Citroen, 5m17s9;
2nd= Kangur/Sikk, Ford, +0s8;
3rd= Lukyanuk/Arnautov, Mitsubishi, +1s9;
4th= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, +3s5;
5th= Plangi/Sarapuu, Mitsubishi, +5s;
6th= Aus/Koskinen, Mitsubishi, +6s8;
7th= Kaur/Arnek, Mitsubishi, +7s5;
8th= Körge/Pints, Peugeot, +7s8;
9th= Breen/Martin, Peugeot, +8s3;
10th= Suninen/Markkula, Skoda, +11s4

Fri July 17, 2015

 Pärn out of ERC encounter Sander Pärn is out of the auto24 Rally Estonia, following his accident on the Qualifying Stage. The young local Estonian driver and his Welsh co-driver James Morgan escaped unharmed after their MM-Motorsport Ford Fiesta R5 left the road and hit a tree at 100 km/h....

 Lukyanuk in early lead Thousands of spectators created a party atmosphere as round six of the 2015 FIA European Rally Championship, auto24 Rally Estonia, got underway this evening. And there is a surprise early leader, as Alexey Lukyanuk set the fastest time around the opening Tartu City Stage in his E...

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 EST SS1 - day1 @ 06:33 PM - Short superspecial, so the big news is even before this stage as Pärn does not start following his qualifying stage crash. Lukyanuk wins the stage, which is surprising, his gN Mitsubishi should have an advantage only on the fast stages. Breen 15th. Results after day1 (SS1):
1st= Lukyanuk/Arnautov, Mitsubishi, 1m06s7;
2nd= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, +0s3;
3rd= Kruuda/Järveoja, Citroen, +0s4;
4th= Botka/Michalik, Mitsubishi, +0s7;
5th= Kangur/Sikk, Ford, +1s6;
6th= Jeets/Toom, Ford, +1s8;
7th= Butvilas/Mazur, Subaru, +1s9;
=8th= Aus/Koskinen, Mitsubishi, +2s;
=8th= Körge/Pints, Peugeot, +2s;
10th= Plangi/Sarapuu, Mitsubishi, +2s1

Thu July 16, 2015

 Looking for victory again With three assertive victories on different surface types to its name from the five ERC rounds contested so far, the 208T16 continues its European campaign with this weekend's Auto 24 Rally Estonia. Led by the championship's provisional leader Craig Breen, and with Diogo ...

Sun July 12, 2015

 Title rivals head to head in Estonia There is a magnificent 66-car entry for auto24 Rally Estonia - the fastest round of the 2015 FIA European Rally Championship - setting the scene for a high-speed battle over the fast and flowing gravel roads as the finely poised series enters the second half of the season. Onc...