And Sami Pajari was the first driver to win in a Rally3 world championship...
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For a long time Skoda was supporting mainly Kopecky and some northern drivers who brought the money. Then they have started with some dealers programme and last year support for few drivers was quite good, mainly in Czech championship. They have sent Dominik also to Catalunya, but this was way too early. Regarding Erik, there were not so many negotiations with Skoda. He is going through his career according to long-term plan, step by step. No need to have Skoda now...
I am really happy with what Erik did in Monte. He was going exactly according to plan. Monte is not about to be fastest on the stages, but finish the rally. Always there is plenty of issues or crashes for other competitors. And his main target was to go through all stages and gain the experience. He was always doing his own speed concentrating on himself. On some stages where he believes they can suits him he was pushing little bit more and times were there. From the top of RC2 drivers he was only one who was without any troubles.
Anyone hear the DF podcast about when Ogier swapped tyres on SS13 to all Softs to copy Loeb ?
If he had stuck with his original choice (2 studded/snow), like stage-winner Rovanpera used, he could've taken enough time there to win the rally...
Also discussed here:
https://www.wrc.com/en/video/player/?videoId=1225749
To be fair Ogier still took 21s out of Loeb on the same tyres. On the snow tyres he might've lost more on the long tarmac sections which he said he enjoyed a lot.
Loeb changed no settings on the Puma during the the whole rally !
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/the-i...te-brilliance/
M-Sport released full stage onboard of Erik Cais from Sisteron, a stage which Erik won among all Rally2 drivers.
https://www.facebook.com/10663206937...ist_video_list