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luglio 19, 2021 - FIA Junior WRC
Super Sami Soars to Victory in Estonia
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Sami Pajari has claimed a historic Junior WRC victory on #rally Estonia, the first victory of his Junior WRC career and the first Finnish victory in Junior WRC since 2013.
Rally Estonia offered up a great challenge for this year's FIA Junior WRC crews who all put on a strong showing with competitive pace. The stages were a mix of tight and technical sections with others mainly consisting of fast corners and blind crests as well as Estonia's notorious man-made jumps.
A nail-biting fight for second played out throughout the #rally between Jon Armstrong, Martin Koci and Martins Sesks with the three drivers separated by tenths of seconds at numerous points of the #rally.
Koci didn't take any stage wins on Friday, but the Slovakian was by no means uncompetitive, posting top-three times and ended the day in third after tussling with Armstrong over second. He started Saturday by claiming three Wolf Stage Win Points in a row on the opening loop, to pass Armstrong for second position which he held onto heading into Sunday. Second, third and fourth were separated by just six seconds at the start of Sunday's stages with Koci second. By the midpoint of the day Koci was holding a strong third but disaster struck on the Wolf Power Stage with the Slovakian suffering a driveshaft failure and retiring from the #rally 3km from the finish.
Sesks made a difficult start to the #rally, struggling for pace ending the opening day in fourth. Martins Sesks' Saturday saw Sesks' pace improve and close in on the top-three setting up a perfect fight for second on Sunday. He started Sunday with promising pace and was close to catching a second-placed Armstrong by the middle of the day. His day appeared to come unravelled on stage 22 though, losing over 40 seconds after bending his steering and rescinding third position. He pushed hard on the penultimate stage to close within 8.8 seconds of third and following Koci's shock retirement on the final stage, inherited the position while claiming the final Wolf Stage Win Point of the #rally.
Armstrong had a slow start on Friday, losing a lot of time to Pajari early on, but surged up the timesheets on SS5 and was the only driver to deny Pajari a stage win on Friday. He kept his stage-winning momentum for the second loop and continued to chip away at Pajari's lead. On Saturday Armstrong struggled with grip, losing time on the first four stages, in the afternoon he was back on form claiming the first stage win of the loop on SS15, closing the gap to Koci in second place. Armstrong started Sunday almost 40 seconds down from Pajari in third but moved to second after the first stage of the day after claiming a Wolf Stage Win Point. He would continue to build a gap to third place and claim an additional stage win before getting to the end of the #rally, reducing Pajari's lead to 25 seconds.
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