The new Hyundai Canarias driver returns to compete in the Rally Islas Canarias. For the first time at the wheel of an i20 N Rally2, the two-time continental champion will have the chance to equal the record of five wins held by the Spaniard. Along with Yoann Bonato and Luis Monzón, they are the three drivers on the entry list who know what it means to win in this event.
The current champion of the FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) opens an official entry list that has a total of 33 vehicles in the Rally2 category. The tenors of the continental competition, as well as those of the Spanish Rally Super Championship (S-CER) and those of the Canary Islands Asphalt Rallies Championship (CCRA), are already discounting the days to compete on the abrasive asphalt roads of the island of Gran Canaria.
Nearly 100 teams have entered for an event that will be held from May 2 to 4 on the island of Gran Canaria. The current European champion, Hayden Paddon; the current leader after the meeting in Hungary, Simone Tempestini; the last winner of the rally, Yoann Bonato; the current S-CER champion, José Antonio Suárez; the last regional champion, Miguel Suárez, as well as this season's leader, Yeray Lemes, are among those registered.
Next Tuesday, April 16, at 8:00 p.m., the deadline to register for this second round of the FIA European Rally Championship will end, as well as the third round of the Spanish Superchampionship. During these last few days, the bulk of the FIA ERC teams have intensified contacts with the organization.
The French driver, five-time champion in his country, achieved victory last year alongside Benjamin Boulloud and on a Citroën C3 Rally2. In 2024 they will repeat in a rally in which they also got on the podium in 2020 and 2022. Ekaterina Stratieva and Cristiana Oprea are also entered with their respective vehicles in the Rally4 category.
The FIA World Rally Championship is set return to Spain next season to take on the fast-paced asphalt roads of the Canary Islands, it was announced today, Monday, 11 March.
The second round of the FIA European Rally Championship and second of the Spanish Super Championship includes a total of 13 special stages between May 2 and 4. One of the great novelties is in the start ceremony, which is moved to Wednesday, May 1 and changes its location without leaving Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
At 2:00 p.m. this Wednesday, March 6, the entries period opens for this event of the FIA European Rally Championship (FIA ERC) and the Spanish Super Championship (S-CER). The period will end on Tuesday, April 16 at 8:00 p.m.
The Frenchmen put their names down in the list of winners in the round valid for the FIA European Rally Championship for the first time. The Citroën C3 Rally2 team has been starring an outstanding weekend in which they have not given away any chance to their competitors. The New Zealanders Hayden Paddon-John Kennard, ranked second, have strengthen their leadership in the continental competition. Efrén Llarena and Sara Fernández got the third position.
The French driver, at the side of his countryman Banjamin Boulloud, closes the morning loop of the Saturday leg with a head-start of more than half a minute on the New Zealanders Hayden Paddon-John Kennard. The scratch of the leaders on the first run through the special stage ‘Moya-Valsequillo’ made the largest difference of the weekend. The best placed Spaniards are Jan Solans-Rodrigo Sanjuán, ranked third.
The French driver, at the side of his countryman Benjamin Boulloud, finished the first leg of the scoring round for the FIA European Rally Championship at the top of the ranking. The leader, behind the wheel of a Citroën C3 Rally2, will start the competition on Saturday with a head start of eleven seconds over the Hyundai i20 N Rally2 from Hayden Paddon-John Kennard.
The French driver, at the side of his countryman Benjamin Boulloud, climbs up to the first position in the general ranking after having achieved two half-time victories out of three in the morning loop this Friday. The Citroën C3 Rally2 team won an advantage of five seconds over Andrea Nucita-Rudy Bellot. The Spaniards Efrén Llarena-Sara Fernández, penalised, placed in the fourth position.
The New Zealander driver, together with his countryman John Kennard, scores the best time in the Super Special 'Las Palmas de Gran Canaria', the first of the thirteen stages that make up the itinerary of the 47th Rally Islas Canarias. Thousands of passionate fans enjoyed to the full the route through the arena.
The driver from Asturias and his wingman Alberto Iglesias achieved the best results in a session that will establish the start order of the leg which begins this evening with the Super Special Stage 'Las Palmas de Gran Canaria'. The French team Yoann Bonato-Benjamin Boulloud and the Hungarians Miklós Csomós-Attila Nagy finished second and third respectively completing the top three with a difference of just two tenths of a second.