Azores Airlines Rallye [ERC, PRT, ERCJ]

On-board of Botka on SS16 - Tronqueira 2, where he came from 6th to 4th overall.
Tronqueira is the mythical stage for the locals, it's a very twisty and tricky stage and year after year it takes drivers out of race. Kopecky crashed when leading the rally, Kevin Abbring and Bernardo Sousa almost did the same on live TV 2 years ago, and I could go on for a while...

https://youtu.be/RFCHtedDVks

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

I think its good to have a local driver win... nice for the local people and organisers who deserve some reward for their efforts.

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The biggest reward for the organizers is that they stay in the ERC for another 3 years :)
https://www.fiaerc.com/azores-airlin...ing-erc-years/

It was the first 1-2-3 for Ford Fiesta in the ERC:
https://www.fiaerc.com/fiesta-festiv...in-the-azores/

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

I think its good to have a local driver win... nice for the local people and organisers who deserve some reward for their efforts.

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It’s not only nice to local people or organisers but it’s also important for the series. In current ERC status, with no manus officially involved, having local guys fighting for victory and strong local fields to complete entry lists it’s a positive input. Breen, Moura, Loix and many others are more than welcome to give an extra excitement to ERC events.

Actually it’d be great to see Eurosport taking an Italian and a French (if FFSA brings R5 to top) event on next year calendar, in order to have top local drivers fighting alongside ERC usual contenders on their home rally.

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Originally Posted by Rally Power

It’s not only nice to local people or organisers but it’s also important for the series. In current ERC status, with no manus officially involved, having local guys fighting for victory and strong local fields to complete entry lists it’s a positive input. Breen, Moura, Loix and many others are more than welcome to give an extra excitement to ERC events.

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I agree completely! But... do you know why Jose Pedro Fontes never uses this opportunity to win his first ERC rally? ;)

Beautiful video summary from Kajto's team:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0rsJBx9DAQ

I know he is a bad driver, but the video is good. Here's a summary of Tomasz Kasperczyk's performance in Azores Rallye:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzPiueGHqiA

Full onboard of Lukyanuk at Sete Cidades. Amazing pace!
https://youtu.be/667by1wk1Ds

A slight off-road at 16:39

And to those who speak russian or a similar language, what the hell happened at 7:40 ???

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Originally Posted by Iraquiano

And to those who speak russian or a similar language, what the hell happened at 7:40 ???

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i know what Cyka means... if that helps.

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Originally Posted by Iraquiano

Full onboard of Lukyanuk at Sete Cidades. Amazing pace!
https://youtu.be/667by1wk1Ds

A slight off-road at 16:39

And to those who speak russian or a similar language, what the hell happened at 7:40 ???

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Alexandre Ramos, Carlos Martins, Gil Antunes, Joao Correia, Luís Mota, Paulo Babo, Ricardo Teodósio and Diogo Salvi completely destroyed first part of stage...