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Acropolis Rally Greece: Double WRC2 victory for ŠKODA FABIA Rally2 evo crews

Athens (GR), 12 September 2021 – What a debut! Andreas Mikkelsen and co-driver Elliott Edmondson finish on top of the podium on their very first #rally together. The Norwegian- British pairing in the ŠKODA FABIA Rally2 evo won category #wrc2 at EKO Acropolis #rally Greece (9-12 September 2021), ninth round of the FIA World #rally Championship 2021. Their Toksport WRT teammates Marco Bulacia/Marcelo Der Ohannesian (BOL/ARG) made it a 1-2 for ŠKODA in #wrc2. ŠKODA privateers Kajetan Kajetanowicz/Maciej Szczepaniak (POL/POL) and Chris Ingram/Ross Whittock (GBR/GBR) rounded up the successful weekend for the Czech brand with positions two and three in WRC3.

The final leg of Acropolis #rally Greece again offered some extremely difficult road conditions. Heavy rains in the days before the start had caused the roads to deteriorate significantly. Nevertheless, the fight of the two Toksport WRT crews for victory in #wrc2 continued until the last kilometres. After the first stage of the final leg on Sunday, Andreas Mikkelsen/Elliott Edmondson (NOR/GBR) in the #20 ŠKODA FABIA Rally2 evo had nudged teammates Marco Bulacia/Marcelo Der Ohanessian (BOL/ARG) from top spot in the category standings.

The Norwegian-British duo started into the final Powerstage with a 20.2 seconds lead. Bulacia did everything he could to claw back time. The 20 years old from Bolivia was faster than his experienced teammate, but not enough. „I am very pleased with our job this weekend. Today Andreas was faster, but we had a very good pace and we are happy to bring the ŠKODA FABIA Rally2 evo back home without problems,“ Bulacia said. With this win, Mikkelsen extends his overall lead in the #wrc2 overall drivers‘ standings. Also, Toksport WRT increased the gap to the pursuers in the teams’ standings. „It’s looking good for the championship. A great result for the team. The car was perfect the whole weekend,“ Mikkelsen concluded.

In WRC3, Kajetan Kajetanowicz/Maciej Szczepaniak from Poland and Brits Chris Ingram/Ross Whittock, both crews in ŠKODA FABIA Rally2 evo, tried to chase down overnight leaders Yohan Rossel/Alexandre Coria. But the two Frenchman hung on to first of the category. In the end, Kajetanowicz/Szczepaniak had to be content with second position, 14.5 seconds ahead of the 2019 FIA European #rally Champions from England. They were followed by Finnish duo Emil Lindholm/Reeta Hämäläinen in another ŠKODA FABIA Rally2 evo from Toksport WRT. With this result Kajetan Kajetanowicz consolidated his runner-up position in the WRC3 overall standings. In total, seven ŠKODA FABIA Rally2 evo crews are listed inside the top 10 in WRC3.

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