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marzo 31, 2019 - FIA Junior WRC

FIA Junior World Rally Championship - Tannert takes Tour de Corse victory

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Julius Tannert claimed a nail-biting Junior WRC victory on #tourdecorse as #tomkristensson maintains his championship lead after a thrilling three-way fight for the lead with Dennis Rådström.

The #rally produced four different stage winners with Jan Solans claiming the opening stage on Friday, though a puncture cost him over two minutes on SS2. The Spaniard claimed six stage wins, the most of any Junior WRC driver on #tourdecorse but wasn’t able to close the gap to the leading cars.

Tom Kristensson made an impressive start and, following Solans’s mistake on SS1, led the #rally until the very last stage with competitive and mistake-free drives. Tannert posted top-five stage times until a spin on SS7 which put him exactly one minute behind the leader as Kristensson and Solans added to their stage win totals.

Tannert’s comeback started on SS8 where he posted the second fastest time and closed the gap to leader Kristensson. Claiming his first stage win of the season, Tannert put in an incredible drive on SS9 – the longest stage of the #rally. He was narrowly ahead of Rådström on the split times throughout the stage and increased his lead by over 19.7 seconds in the last 14 kilometres.

The intensity was building in the fight for Junior WRC victory as Kristensson maintained his steady and mistake-free pace while Rådström claimed his first stage win of the #rally on SS10.

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