The Latvian crew, which starts with the “Ford Puma Rally1” vehicle, did not start the competition on Friday, receiving a time penalty for each of the three skipped stages.
After the first six stages, the leader is the Estonian Ots Tenaks (“Hyundai Shell Mobis”), who is 2.5 seconds ahead of the British Elfin Evans (“Toyota Gazoo”), while the Finnish world champion Kalle Rovanpere (“Toyota Gazoo” is another 2.2 seconds behind “).
Six stages are held on Friday and Saturday, and four more stages will be held on Sunday. The race is broadcast live by the TV channel “Go3 Sport 1”.
Crews in Chile have to complete 16 stages with a total distance of 306.76 kilometers.
At the end of June, Ceska’s crew made their WRC debut, finishing fifth in Rally Poland. In July, in the first ever WRC stage in Latvia, Sesks was seventh, losing his place on the podium only in the last stage.
In Chile, Cesk drives an “M-Sport Ford Puma Rally1” car with a non-hybrid engine.
At the end of the season, there will be stages in Germany and Japan.
Finnish racing driver Kalle Rovanpere became a two-time world champion last year, securing the title one stage before the end of the season. Latvian ex-champion Rovanpere is not competing in all WRC stages this year.
2024-09-28 10:12:25