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giugno 27, 2022 - FIA European Rally Championship

Spaniard needs a strong result to keep his title hopes alive.

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Nil Solans is in need of a strong result at Tet #rally Liepāja this week (1 - 3 July) if he is to keep his #fiaeuropeanrallychampionship (ERC) title hopes alive.

The cash-strapped Spaniard trails leader and Team MRF Tyres Škoda Fabia driver Efrén Llarena by 24 points coming into the series' fifth round.

Solans has won two rallies this season, but also has two non-scores to his name having retired from the previous round in Poland with suspension failure as well as missing the Azores #rally earlier this year.

The championship is far from over - but with drivers able to count their best seven scores from a possible eight - the 30-year-old can't afford any more slip-ups.

Western Latvia's high-speed gravel stages have drawn in a star-studded entry, with several other top-class drivers also hoping to take home the spoils.

Former #wrc #rally winner #haydenpaddon fields another Hyundai and will treat the #event as a warm-up for #wrc #rally Estonia next month, while home hero Mārtiņš Sesks has upgraded to a Rally2 Fabia after claiming a string of ERC Open victories in a Kit-specification machine.

Joining Sesks and Llarena in the MRF Škoda squad is Javier Pardo, with Poland runner-up Tom Kristensson also back behind the wheel of a KOWAX #racing i20 R5. Fabia man Simon Wagner - who scored a podium at round two - also features in the entry.

Frenchman Yoann Bonato returns to action with a Citroën C3 Rally2 and frontrunners Simone Tempestini, Simon Wagner and Vaidotas Žala have each entered Škoda cars.

Other names to watch out for include Ken Torn and Luke Anear in a pair of Ford Fiesta Rally2 cars plus Mikko Heikkilä in a Fabia.

The #rally starts in Liepāja on Friday evening ahead of two days of action. The 12 stages cover 181.01km

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