“Great, what a race! From the start to the finish it was necessary to drive at full strength and in the end we succeeded! ” Rok Turk was looking forward to winning the Croatia Rally finish in Poreč.
Immediately at the introductory speed trials on Friday, which took place in the vicinity of Učka and Buzet, Rok and his co-driver Enej Ložnar took advantage of the problems of competitors in more powerful racing cars with punctured tires. After eight speed trials on the first day, only Croatian racer Juraj Šebalj was ahead of them, but he did not compete in the European Cup. Thus, Rok and Enej finished second on the first day of the Croatia Rally in the overall standings, leading both in front-wheel drive cars and in the overall FIA European Rally Cup standings.
Saturday's part of the speed trials in the vicinity of Poreč served as a hot fight for victory, Bulgarian Krum Donchev and Czech Vojtěch Štajf tried to catch up with the strongest class cars, but Rok did not give up with his Peugeot 208 R2 class. He and Aeneas raced at the limit of all 77 kilometers of Saturday's six speed trials, they did their best and in the end they succeeded, the victory in the FIA European Rally Cup was theirs.
Before awarding the trophies, Rok did not hide his enthusiasm for the excellent result: “I can't say that everything ended as we planned with the team, but much better - we certainly did not imagine such success before the start, we had a great rally! The whole team did their job with excellence! ”
At the end of the Croatia rally, Rok Turk's team was looking forward to winning the FIA European Rally Cup, second place in the rally, winning the front pair of race cars and also winning the Central European Zone Championship.
Photos: Uroš Modlic
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