2023-10-01 03:12:27
The dreaded second stage of Rally Chile Biobío 2023 corresponding to the 11th valid date of the WRCwith its demanding sections in Chivilingo, Río Lía and María de las Cruces, responded to its credentials by providing a day full of script changes that gave no respite at any time.
The sunny sky and high temperatures that hit a good part of the Bío Bío Region caused countless problems in preserving the useful life of tiresa trend translated into countless punctures that affected illustrious drivers, including the current world champion and ranking leader Kalle Rovanpera and also his escort and co-team at Toyota Elfyn Evans.
Many of the protagonists suffered with the rough roads of the south of our country, however, one who remained oblivious to all drama was Ott Tanak, who reinforced his good performance in the first stage by winning 4 of the 6 special stages on Saturdaythus extending his lead in the general classification over the Finnish Teemu Suninen (Hyundai) to 58.3 seconds.
Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) and Toyota drivers Elfyn Evans and Kalle Rovanpera completed the top 5, in a standings that noted the dramatic retirement of Alberto Heller. The current national rally champion, who had advanced to seventh place overall after the delay of his teammate Grégoire Munster, had to retire in the middle of the access road to the Service Park due to problems in the steering terminal of his Ford Puma, which had been damaged in the last stretch of the day in María de Las Cruces.
“In the last special we hit a rock and twisted the direction a little. Although we finished the section, the car couldn’t take it anymore when we arrived at the Service Park. It was a difficult Saturday, we crashed on several occasions, but I am left with the satisfaction that in the Chivilingo special I set the best time of all the participants in one of the splits (sectors) of the route,” said Alberto Heller, who will restart the race. last day with the intention of continuing to accumulate experience in the main category of the WRC.
Team Rosselot, stars in Bío Bío
Among the drivers taking part in the 6th round of the COPEC RallyMobil, no one interpreted better the difficult equation between accelerating fully and taking care of tires than Emilio Rosselot.
The Viñamarino surpassed the leader of the first stage, Emilio Fernández, and step by step he built a cushion of advantage until finishing Saturday’s day at the top of the RC2 Pro series classifier with 55.8 seconds of advantage over Pedro Heller, who finished second ahead of Jorge Martínez, who found himself in third place at the end of the day after the final abandonment of Emilio Fernández due to a broken radiator of his Skoda Fabia.
“This is the most important race of my life and I am enjoying it to the fullest. In the morning I took risks and it gave me good results. I have always felt comfortable at Bío Bío, and on this occasion everything has worked perfectly. I hope to continue on that same path tomorrow,” said an exultant Emilio Rosselot on his return to the Service Park.
The happy Saturday stage of the Rosselot team did not end there, since Tadeo Rosselot prolonged the joys of the Fifth Region team by winning the category Rally 4. The Viñamarino was escorted by the Penquista Mario Parra and the Spaniard Luis Martínez.
In RC3, Meanwhile, for now the provisional leader is the Paraguayan duo Diego Dominguez and its Spanish navigator Rogelio Peñate.
The Guaraní and his partner surpass, for now, by a little more than 3 minutes the duo of the Peruvian Eduardo Castro and the Argentine Fernando Mussano. This Sunday everything is defined.
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