Year: 2017

Alexey Lukyanuk has blamed his Rally Rzeszow exit on a pacenote error but has confirmed that he and co-driver Alexey Artaunov escaped with bruising after their Russian Performance Motorsport Ford Fiesta R5 rolled several times on the FIA European Rally Championship counter. Lukyanuk was leading on his comeback from serious injury when he hit trouble approximately four kilometres from the finish of the Pstrągowa stage this morning. “I have a constant smile on my face, though somebody may not accept this approach to the matter,” said Lukyanuk. “I have a…

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Bryan Bouffier took the lead in 26th Rally Rzeszow. He won two special stages and he is 21,5 seconds ahead of Kajetan Kajetanowicz. Marijan Griebel is third, Michel Sylvain fourth. Mads Ostber after mechanical problems lost his lead. He is fifth with 32,4s behind the Rally Rzeszow leader.  

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Norwegian star Mads Østberg said it’s “really nice to be back” in the FIA European Rally Championship as he prepares for his second appearance in the series on Rally Rzeszow. Østberg is using the Polish asphalt counter to prepare for the world championship-counting Rallye Deutschland later this month. He was third fastest on Thursday’s Qualifying Stage and will start Friday’s first leg fifth on the road in his Adapta Motorsport Ford Fiesta R5, which is co-driven by Swede Patrik Barth. “It’s really nice to be back in the ERC championship,” said…

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Mads Østberg leads round five of the FIA European Rally Championship heading to the midday halt in Rzeszów following a dramatic start to the all-asphalt event in southeast Poland. In ambient temperatures exceeding 30 degrees centigrade, the world championship event winner was second fastest on stage one of Rally Rzeszow before going quickest of all on the next test in his Adapta Motorsport Ford Fiesta R5. “I’ve done my best for sure but I’ve just got to be careful with the brakes because they’re not as efficient as in a…

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Luca Rossetti, the three-time winner of the FIA European Rally Championship, is back on ERC duty on Rally Rzeszow this week. Armed with a Toyota GT86 CS-R3, the Italian is a contender for ERC3 honours. You’ve spent some time developing the Toyota GT86 CS-R3. How is the project going and what’s the objective for this event? “I’m here driving a Toyota GT86. It’s a two-wheel-drive car but it’s a rear-wheel-drive car. It’s really fun to drive. The car has a strong performance and is really enjoyable. Our target is to…

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Rally Rzeszow, round five of the FIA European Rally Championship, gets underway with the first of 11 stages at 10h50 local time today with all the action, stage-end interviews and expert opinion and analysis broadcast live on ERC Radio. Reporters Julian Porter and Chris Rawes will be at every stage end with Chris Rawes also broadcasting from midday service in Rzeszów. ERC Radio will be on air from 10h30 today and is available via the ERC app or at FIAERC.com.  

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Alexey Lukyanuk is a first leader of 26th Rally Rzeszow! Russian driver was the fastest on the opening stage “Grudna1” (23,83km). Mads Ostberg is second (+4,2s), Marijan Griebel – third (+11,4s). Nikolay Gryazin lost 13,4s and was fourth. Kajetan Kajetanowicz is fifth +14,3s. Alexey Lukyanuk: It’s really fun, the stages are so fast. We are trying to get the right rhythm, but we are careful in tricky places. I don’t feel any pain now, it’s adrenaline.

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