The second day of the Central European has come to an end. Emil Lindholm took the WRC2 class lead on the day.
SS3, Vlachovo Brezi 1
Emil Lindholm kicked off the second day of the Central European Rally with a stage win. With Lindholm posting a time 1.6 seconds faster than Andreas Mikkelsen. Nicolas Ciamin finished third fastest on the stage, 4.9 seconds slower than Mikkelsen. Erik Cais set the fourth fastest time on the stage, 4.7 seconds slower than Ciamin. Georg Linnamäe rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing 6.1 seconds slower than Cais.
SS4, Zvotoky 1
Nikolay Gryazin took his first stage win of the weekend on SS4. Setting a time 11.7 seconds faster than Emil Lindholm and Alejandro Cachòn on the stage. Miko Marczyk finished with the third fastest time on the stage, 4.5 seconds slower than Lindholm and Cachòn. Erik Cais posted the fourth fastest time on the stage, 2.2 seconds slower than Marczyk. Kajetan Kajetanowicz rounded out the top five fastest times on the stage, finishing 1.6 seconds slower than Cais.
SS5, Sumavske Hostice 1
Nikolay Gryazin also took the stage win on the fifth stage of the Central European Rally. Posting a time 16.2 seconds faster than Gus Greensmith to take the stage win. Emil Lindholm finished third fastest on the stage, 3.2 seconds slower than Greensmith. Kajetan Kajetanowicz set the fourth fastest time on the stage, 0.8 seconds slower than Lindholm. Sami Pajari rounded out the top five on the stage, 2.3 seconds slower than Kajetanowicz.
SS6, Vlachovo Brezi 2
Cancelled due to spectator issues.
SS7, Zvotoky 2
Nicolas Ciamin took his first WRC2 stage win on SS7. Setting a time 1.7 seconds faster than Nikolay Gryazin to win the stage. Erik Cais finished third fastest on the stage, 1.1 seconds slower than Gryazin. Kajetan Kajetanoiwcz posted the fourth fastest time on the stage, 3.5 seconds slower than Cais. Gus Greensmtih rounded the top five on the stage, 1.7 seconds slower than Kajetanowicz.
SS8, Sumavske Hostice 2
Nikolay Gryazin capped off the second day of the Central European Rally with a stage win. Posting a time 5.7 seconds faster than Emil Lindholm to win the stage. Erik Cais finished third fastest on the stage, 3.1 seconds slower than Lindholm. Gus Greensmith set the fourth fastest time on the stage, 3.3 seconds slower than Cais. Georg Linnamäe rounded out the top five on the stage, 1.1 seconds slower than Greensmith.
Rossel Out
Yohan Rossel’s event and championship hopes ended on SS3. Rossel would go into a corner slightly too fast and go off the road. Normally this would be insignificant. However, on tarmac tires driving on grass is like driving on ice. There’s no grip to be had so the car just slides. Unfortunately for Rossel that sliding ended up with him knocking a few trees over.
Trouble For Mikkelsen
The second day of the Central European Rally wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows for Andrea’s Mikkelsen. Besides the fact that there was very little sun at all during the day. Mikkelsen suffered a puncture during the morning loop and spent the afternoon loop nursing the car. With no service between the loops, day two was effectively a drive to survive for all drivers. Mikkelsen likely won’t be scoring any championship points this weekend now. As he sits over 11 minutes behind the rally leader and over 9 behind the final points-scoring position.