Sunday | 05 Jun 2022
Nikolay Gryazin clinched WRC2 victory at Rally Italia Sardegna, navigating Sunday’s 4 closing levels error-free to face atop the rostrum.
The Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo driver moved into the lead on Saturday morning’s closing check when defending champion Andreas Mikkelsen was compelled to retire his similar Fabia from the lead with engine points. By day’s finish Gryazin had developed a snug 44.9sec lead over Jan Solans.
That hole enabled him to ease off on Sunday morning and concentrate on not making any errors. He finally received by 28.0sec, with Solans remaining his closest challenger.
Solans additionally completed the weekend together with his best-ever WRC2 end whereas bringing his Citroën C3 Rally2 residence simply 5.1sec away from the epic battle that was unfolding behind him for third.
Before Sunday, simply 2.3sec divided Chris Ingram and Jari Huttunen, who suffered two punctures earlier in the rally. Huttunen struck first in his Fiesta Rally2 by setting the quickest time on Cala Flumini earlier than following up with the third-fastest time on the primary move of Sassari – Argentiera.
His benefit continued to develop and by the point the Finn crossed the Wolf Power Stage end line, his podium place was secured by 5.8sec from Fabia man Ingram, who additionally ended third in the WRC2 Junior class behind Gryazin and Solans.
Rounding out the highest 5 with a formidable debut was FIA Junior WRC champion Sami Pajari, who completed simply 1min 38.5sec off the main tempo in one other Škoda.
Former WRC common Freddy Loix additionally had cause to have a good time as he claimed victory in the WRC2 Masters class with a spot of 5min 40.6sec over second-placed Jourdan Serderidis.
After spherical 5, Citroën pilot Yohan Rossel continues to guide the drivers’ championship forward of Gryazin, who has moved 11 factors forward of third-placed Mikkelsen.