The first day of Rally Poland 2024 has come to an end. Oliver Solberg leads the WRC2 class after the days lone stage.
Shakedown
Nikolay Grayzin topped the WRC2 class in the Rally Poland 2024 shakedown stage. Gryazin set a time 0.2 seconds faster than Roope Korhonen to top the shakedown stage. Miko Marczyk finished third fastest on the shakedown stage, 0.6 seconds slower than Gryazin and 0.4 seconds slower than Korhonen at his home event. Georg Linnamäe was fourth fastest on the shakedown stage, 0.2 seconds slower than Marczyk. Josh McErlean rounded out the top five on the shakedown stage, 0.2 seconds slower than Linnamäe.
SS1, Mikolajki Arena 1
Oliver Solberg kicked off Rally Poland 2024 with a stage win after going head-to-head with the Rally1 car of Martins Sesks. Solberg was 1.4 seconds faster than Roberto Diapra to top the stage. Nikolay Grayzin was third fastest on the stage, 1.6 seconds slower than Solberg and 0.2 seconds slower than Diapra. Gus Greensmith and Sami Pajari tied for fifth fastest on the stage, with both drivers finishing 0.1 seconds slower than Gryazin. Miko Marczyk was the fastest of the Polish drivers, finishing 6th, 0.5 seconds slower than Greensmith and Pajari and 0.3 seconds ahead of Koltun and Kajetanwoicz.
Rally Poland 2024 Day Two Rundown
The first full day of action will see drivers contest 113.5 km across 7 stages. Including the 29.4 km Stanczyki stage. As previously mentioned the day will not feature a service until the end of the day. The teams will then get 45 minutes to service the cars. The day does feature a midpoint tire fitting zone. The day will end with another running of the same SuperSpecial stage as day one. Thierry Neuville will be on road sweeping duties. Followed by championship rivals Ott Tänak and Elfyn Evans.