Day 2 Highlights | WRC Central European Rally 2023

The first full day of action was provided tricky, with many contenders hitting trouble!

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Elvin Evans knows he must outscore ker ofen Pera to keep this title fight alive but it was the reigning world champion that turned the screw on Friday in czechia roen Pera and co-driver Y halman were Untouchable taking advantage of opening the road and the clear surfaces on the treacherous tarmac as their

Rivals behind struggle with leaves and mud gradually coating the road three stage wins in the morning Loop left the reigning world champions with a lead of more than 30 seconds over Evans who was struggling to keep Pace again I was kicking myself for being a bit too

Careful in some places but it’s it’s pretty difficult with these conditions a second title fight was happening behind them as Andes Mickelson Gus greensmith and Johan rousell slugged it out for the wrc2 crown Rell was the first to Blink sliding off into the trees oh I mean he

Was pretty much has been able to stop himself on the grass he was just uh you know he’s just like driving on Ice wasn’t he before a puncture for greensmith virtually handed the crown to mikkelson but it wasn’t over the Norwegian sliding out on stage five and requiring the fans assistance to get

Back on the road the door was back open for greensmith but engine issues left him more than 2 minutes a drift of class leaders Emil Lindholm and Rita Haman and sets the stage for an epic comeback attempt on the final two days eight time world champion seo’s Friday got off to a

Bad start a puncture on the opener losing him more than 40 seconds to his rivals but a big surprise on Friday’s second test when oier lost another 40 seconds and offering a surprising explanation at the stop control what’s the problem I have no motivation o revealed he’ been suffering with illness

In the buildup to the rally and while his Pace improved in the afternoon he ended the day two and a half minutes a drift of his Toyota teammate since eseka lapp’s last podium in Estonia things haven’t been running smoothly and with o TX 2024 return to hyai confirmed the

Finn was going all out to prove his Worth to the team docked 10 seconds for a jump start on day one he was best of the rest behind Ren per on the morning Loop before paying a big price for dropping a wheel Offroad on a narrow section of stage six thankfully he and

Yanir firm were unharmed but another dnf is exactly what they had both hoped to avoid my best guess is is that we were too close to the edge of the road on this place because the the tarmak was fully clean on the braking and then immediately when I touched the break I I

Lost the rear and yeah for sure this this corner as many other Corners there’s no space to go wide and we we we hit the trees immediately Hundai team leader tierry nerville won the final stage to Leap Frog Evans into second place and prevent a clean sweep from Ren

Pera who was more than satisfied with his day’s work that’s been super tricky day um luckily uh the weather was once in our side let’s say on the on the start position it was good to be so a dream day for roben Pera who leads by 36 seconds with Evans 47 a

Drift o tanic lies fifth after suffering with handling problems and losing his gear lever on the final stage with Taki katsu to Fifth and oier recovering to sixth ahead of tamos Sunan gregar monster and Samy [Applause] Parari he