Hats off to Fafe, the ERC and all those involved for providing this fantastic rally on a short time and on such a difficult period. Honestly, I was a bit worried on possible spectator restrictions due to the pandemic, but from the shakedown it came clear that the main focus of the organizers was to prevent large or unsafe gatherings, which was achieved.

Even with the internet, being on the stages makes one a bit lost of what’s going on but from the start it was possible to notice that Luky, Solberg and Breen were standing out from the rest; the last 2 were pushing like hell (gutted for their issues) while Luky surprisingly looked as if he still had an extra margin to explore (which he probably wasn’t using on his late spin); big congrats to him, his codriver and Saintéloc.

Behind those 3 many others showed a nice pace, despite the tricky conditions; some were able to make it appear on the crono (Bonato, Ares, Llarena or Munster), while others sadly not (Hecrzig, Marczyk, Dinkel or Cais and even Melnhof on a few occasions; btw, on tarmac the MkII Fiesta looks and sounds impressive).

On ERC3 case it was impossible to avoid noticing that Bassas and Torn were on an epic duel, with some amazing ‘moments’; huge congrats to them, despite the regret of not having Antunes present on another ERC3 battle (hope it will happen often next year, starting on Rali Serras de Fafe!).

P.S.: on the Alpine I just wish to say that the car is gorgeous, no matter the pace; thanks for bringing it to Fafe, Mr. Melegari!