Second consecutive success - and third seasonal - for the #abarth 124 #rally in the European Championship #erc2 which, with the Italian team Andrea Nucita and Bernardo Di Caro, won its category in the Barum #rally Zlin, sixth race in the continental series, held in Czech Republic. Thanks to this victory Nucita got closer to the top of the rank of the European Championship #erc2, in which he now has only one gap of 5 points from the leader, the Argentinian Juan Carlos Alonso.
A difficult and insidious race, with fast special races that allowed the #abarth 124 to show its competitiveness and to rule the category, in front of all-wheel drive cars and achieving interesting times in special stage.
In the first part of the race Nucita, with the #abarth 124 of Bernini #rally, found himself to fight for the first place with the Polish Dariusz Polonski and Lukasz Sitek, on the #abarth 124 #rally of Rallytechnology team, the winners of the previous European appointment, the Roma Capitale #rally. The Polish team lost some time at the end of the first leg, but in the second leg they got a third place, that allows them to be in the challenge for the European Championship #erc2 and for the #abarth #rally Cup. Despite the withdraw for a swerve off the road, the Italian Zelindo Melegari, with Corrado Bonato, is still competing for the title, with a gap from the first of 12 points.
In the #abarth #rally Cup Nucita strengthen his leadership and now precedes Polonski by 8 points, when there is only one race left before the end, the Hungarian #rally, scheduled for the 8-10 of November.
Andrea Nucita (Bernini Rally): "It's been a very difficult race: it is not easy to manage the first place in such fast special races, but winning was essential to succeed in both championships".
Dariusz Polonski (Rallyetechnology): "What a pity for the first race: we were driving very fast on these streets that perfectly accommodates the #abarth 124's features. The result keeps us in the game and we focus on the final race".
The #abarth 124 #rally return in race next weekend with the Italian Enrico Brazzoli, with Manuel Fenoli, in the prestigious Germany #rally, valid for the WRC and for the FIA R GT Cup, driving an #abarth 124 #rally. Brazzoli is on top of the rank in the GT championship and could already win the cup after this race.
Abarth #rally Cup after #rally Barum Zlin: 1. Nucita (ITA) 102; 2. Polonski-Sitek (POL)94; 3. Monarri-Chamorro (SPA) 25; 4. Garcia Perez-Diaz Negrin (SPA) e Melegari-Bonato (ITA) 18; 6. Nitišs-Kulšs(LVA) 15.
European #rally Championship #erc2 after #rally Barum Zlin: 1. Juan Carlos Alonso (ARG) Mitsubishi 114; 2. Andrea Nucita (ITA) Abarth 109; 3. Zelindo Melegari (ITA) #abarth e Mitsubishi 101; 4. Dariusz Polonski (POL) #abarth 94; 5. Mashari Altefiri (KWT) Mitsubishi 48.
Turin, 19 august 2019.
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