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luglio 26, 2021 - FIA European Rally Championship

Lukyanuk’s luck failed him at Rally di Roma Capitale

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After two gravel events the FIA European Rally Championship offers the participants to change the driving mode to "asphalt" one. Barum Czech Rally Zlin is another asphalt rally planned in the calendar of the series after the Italian Rally di Roma Capitale. This weekend the fast Italians have actively intervened in the results in the main FIA ERC standings and received points for the first and second places in the rally. Nikolay Gryazin performing under the Latvian license and combining the FIA WRC rounds with European events has become the strong opponent for the favorites Alexey Lukyanuk and Andreas Mikkelsen.

The results of the qualifying stage that took place on Friday were surprising. Local grandees were excitedly making their way to the top ten: the reigning champion of Italy Andrea Crugnola qualified third; the longtime favorite of the Italian tracks Giandomenico Basso was the eighth, Nikolay Gryazin, who set the best time, also felt great. However, the Russian Alexey Lukyanuk together with Alexey Arnautov performing in a Citroën C3 Rally2 from the French team Saintéloc with the support of Citroën Racing, Pirelli and Coolstream did not show his true speed, being outside the top ten – he qualified only in the 14th position.

The short special stage along the streets of Rome saw the high average speed. The crews left for the special stage without really having time to warm up the tires to operating temperatures before its start. The best times were set by the Italians Crugnola and Basso.

On the first competitive leg on Saturday the teams fighting for the European title began a battle for places in the TOP-5, but the events immediately stopped following the expected scenario. Punctures and rollovers knocked out the leaders one after another. Against such a background the jerk of Lukyanuk and Arnautov to the third position in the overall standings looked very positive, although they were trying to find suitable suspension settings for more effective grip with the asphalt surface. The locals Crugnola and Basso continued to set the pace for the entire field. Another local hero Damiano de Tommaso, who competed in a similar Citroën C3 Rally2, did a really good job on the first day. Several times in the course of Saturday he tried to displace Lucas from the third position so that he received an admirable comment from the Petersburger. However, he was caught exceeding the speed limit after the tire marking zone, for which he was punished with a temporary penalty of 20 seconds to the result, thus losing four positions at once.

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