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maggio 18, 2021 - FIA Junior WRC
Juniors Prepared for Portugal
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The #2021fiajuniorwrcchampionship heads to #portugal for the first gravel round of the season following a thrilling start in Croatia.
Heading to #portugal, #jonarmstrong leads the junior field following his Croatian victory with 27 points but the championship is still wide open with second to fifth only separated by three points.
A classic for the World #rally Championship, #rally de #portugal only made its Junior WRC debut in 2007 and has thrown up drama and excitement on every appearance since. Even in its first year, the #rally delivered an exciting battle between Urmo Aava and Per Gunnar Andersson, with the latter coming from over one-minute behind Aava to winning by just 3.7 seconds.
The 2021 edition of #rally de #portugal promises to be an unpredictable and competitive prospect for this year's Junior WRC crews who will look to employ a variety of strategies to take top honours come Sunday. Some crews will look to extend an early advantage and collect some stage win points, it is a strategy which has risks attached, with a higher chance for accidents or punctures. The alternative approach that other drivers may opt for is a more measured drive with a heavy focus on getting to the finish line. The conservative strategy paid off for Enrico Oldrati and David Holder who finished second and third when Junior WRC last visited #portugal. On the same #rally title contenders Emil Bergkvist, Ken Torn and Julius Tannert all took stage win points but lost out on a good haul of classification points thanks to mistakes while pushing too hard.
Crews can use a maximum of 22 tyres on #rally de #portugal (including shakedown) with 20 Pirelli Scorpion K4 (hard) and 8 Pirelli Scorpion K6 (soft) to choose form. As usual, selecting the right compound of Pirelli Scorpion gravel tyres will be a deciding factor as crews will need to strike a balance between managing their tyres across the rough Portuguese terrain while maintaining a competitive pace. The soft K6 compound is commonly used if rain arrives, but history has seen some crews field the soft tyre on super special stages too, in an effort to edge out rivals in the battle for stage win points.
The fight for victory on #portugal will be wide open in 2021 thanks to the unique mix of experience and talent represented in this year's crews. #jonarmstrong and Martin Koci put their experience to good use on Croatia #rally, with the former winning the #event and the latter leading on Friday and Saturday. The pair both have experience on #rally de #portugal with Koci claiming second and third in Junior WRC in 2014 and 2016 respectively. While the other six crews don't have experience of #rally de Portugal's stages, they bring with them a wealth of talent and eagerness to win that should set Junior WRC up for another fantastic fight for victory.
Maciej Woda, FIA Junior WRC Championship Manager, said: "Rally de #portugal will be our first gravel #event of the season so we can expect to see something totally different than last time out in Croatia. One thing is for sure though, it is going to be extremely competitive and I think we will see some interesting strategies play out between our crews. Even though six of our crews are driving on #rally de #portugal for the first time I expect them to learn the roads quickly and be in a position to attack the stages where they can, but it remains to be seen which crews might get caught out when pushing too hard. Road knowledge can be helpful on this #rally but our experienced crews still need to stay razor sharp as the these stages can develop and change a lot. Another key factor on #portugal will be the weather and how prepared crews are for this. As we are close to the coast, the weather can change very quickly which we have seen on #portugal before with wet and dry stages each bringing their own unique challenges. It feels like we are also reaching a milestone as a sport too, as we welcome spectators back to some stages in #portugal, a huge amount of thanks is owed to the organisers, WRC Promoter and FIA. Their hard work to put on a full mileage #event with spectators in the continuously evolving situation we are facing is greatly appreciated."
59. #jonarmstrong / Phil Hall
"I'm really looking forward to #rally de #portugal. It's a very demanding #event that takes both speed and a little bit of care for the car and tyres. It's a nice challenge. To be going into a #rally leading the championship is really cool for me personally, now we just need to keep performing at our best and see where we are at the end of the #rally."
60. Martins Sesks / Renars Francis
"I haven't done #rally de #portugal before, I did Azores which is a completely different #rally. From the experience I have I think it will be something similar to Sardinia with some really narrow sections but also fast parts as well as some really rough parts with rocks. We will have to manage our pace and tactics through the #rally because the first day is without a service which means you have to manage the car yourself and everything around you to finish the day. Something new for this #rally, I'm preparing for the #rally differently with video recce and some notes heading into recce after watching onboards, we'll see how that goes."
61. #samipajari / Marko Salminen
"Gravel isn't a bad surface for me, I don't know what my favourite surface is, I like them all I think. We tested here yesterday, it was very wet and slippery, it was raining most of the day. We saw it was drying really fast too though when the rain stopped. When it rains though, it is so slippery compared to when it rains at home, it's like a tropical storm. Croatia wasn't too bad after all the difficulties, I think we have had one crash already though now so it would be nice to make it clean here. It's a long a rough #rally and a lot can happen."
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