The municipality of Artenara was once again the great protagonist of the tests prior to the celebration of the 47th edition of the Rally Islas Canarias, scoring event for the FIA-ERC European Championship, the S-CER Spanish Super Championship, the CCRA Canary Islands Championship and the Las Palmas Provincial Rally Championship.
He large number of fans who went to the peaks of Gran Canaria From the early hours of the morning, he surprised the foreign pilots who spared no praise for the island fans who, both in the service area and in the timed test section itself, contributed their warmth and affection to the participating teams.
The day, with high temperatures, passed without incident, quite the opposite, to what has happened in recent years in which various accidents have occurred. Tire tests, set-up of the cars and behavior on the twisty tracks of the timed sections that await the teams for the day this Friday and Saturday.
Among the teams that gathered in Artenara was the World Cup driver Mads Ostberg at the controls of his Citroën C3 Rally2, the French champion Yoan Bonato (Citroën C3 Rally2), the femina Rachel Somaschini (Citroën C3 Rally2), which repeats in this edition. Besides, Mathieu Franceschi (Skoda Fabia EVO Rally2), Tom Kristensson (Citroën C3 Rally2), the Galician Ivan Ares (Hyundai i20N Rally2), the clapper Miguel Suarez (Citroën C3 Rally2), Jan Solans (Hundia i20 Rally2), Francis Lopez (Hyundai i20 Rally2) y Andrea Mabellini (Skoda Fabia Rally2), among others.
the world cup Hayden Paddonwho participates with a Hyundai i20N Rally2 commented in the private tests last Monday in Artenara that he is impatient for the competition to begin: “We have arrived in the Canary Islands and we have gone directly to the tests. This Island amazes me – great roads and a great passion for rallying (I have never seen so many spectators on a test day). Our testing has been very positive and the BRC team doing an incredible job with a lot of changes and improving the car a lot. I can’t wait for the rally!”
In the Valsequillo tests he was captained by the team assisted by M-Sport with the driver Jaroslav Kulton with Ford Fiesta MKII Rally2 and the premiere in the Canary Islands of Jon Armstrong’s Ford Fiesta Rally3.
For the fans they have a great appointment next Thursday with an intense day with the qualifying section Shakedownverifications and signing of autographs, to end with the stage show in the surroundings of the Gran Canaria Arena (9:00 p.m.) and with a donuts inside for the participants to offer a show.
Tomorrow’s session, Wednesday, features the recce of the timed sections of stage I with the Gáldar specials.Tejeda and Santa Lucia, from 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., while on Thursday the recce will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with the sections of Arucas, Moya- Valleseco, San Mateo-Valsequillo.
2023-05-02 18:42:27
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