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DATE
SS7
SS8
SS9
SS10
SS11
SS12
SS13
SS14
TOTAL
8/18(sat)
16.37
19.00
16.51
30.55
16.37
19.00
16.51
30.55
164.86km

Leg information:
Stages: 8 (164.86 kms competitive total)
Surface: Asphalt
Weather: Warm and dry

Suzuki driver Urmo Aava has staged an excellent fightback on day two of the Rallye Deutschland to consolidate his second place in the Junior Championship classification and move closer to the category leader. If the results stay as they are, then Urmo has already done enough to claim the overall lead of the Junior Championship. Nonetheless, he still has five tricky asphalt stages to negotiate tomorrow. The Estonian won the first two stages of the day, and he is now less than a minute off the class lead. Although his priority is to drive carefully, Urmo had a small scare on SS9 this morning when he clipped a hay bale and did some cosmetic damage to his Swift.
James Wozencroft, deputising for P-G Andersson, was sadly forced to retire with brakes and suspension damage on SS10, the notorious Panzerplatte, but he hopes to be back under the super rally system tomorrow in order to gain more experience.
 
Urmo Aava (2nd in JRC after SS14):
“I made a few changes to the set-up of the car, and it felt a lot better this morning, with less understeer. Unfortunately on SS9 I hit a hay bale, which did a little bit of damage but nothing serious. I’m still struggling for traction sometimes, so I’m not going to do anything that risks our chance of a solid points finish. I’m very happy to get through today with no real problems as it would have been easy to get a puncture and lose a lot of time. We’ve got more than two minutes to the person behind us, so there’s no point in pushing too hard.”
 
 
 
James Wozencroft (retired, SS10):
“Things were going according to plan and we started the day in a points-scoring position, which was great for our first time here. Unfortunately on SS10 we had a problem with a front wheel, which also caused damage to the suspension and brakes, so we were unable to continue. I’m not quite sure what happened, but we will find out at service. We’ve still taken plenty of experience from today, and I very much hope we can get out again tomorrow.”
 
 
 
News from Nobuhiro ‘Monster’ Tajima, team principal:
“Today was extremely difficult with all the Baumholder stages: maybe the most difficult day on asphalt all year. Although Urmo has continued to drive sensibly he has also set some fastest stage times, which proves the pace of our Swift here. I feel sorry for James, who had been doing an excellent job until he hit problems. There are still nearly 65 kilometres of stages tomorrow, so our drivers must stay concentrated.”


Junior Rally Championship classification after SS14, Rallye Deutschland

Pos.
Driver
Car
Time
1
Martin Prokop
Citroen C2 S1600
3h08m27.5s
2
Urmo Aava
Suzuki Swift S1600
+53.5s
3
 Conrad Rautenbach Citroen C2 S1600
+2m43.2s
4
Aaron Burkart
Citroen C2 S1600
+4m16.6s
5
Jan Molder
Suzuki Swift S1600
+8m23.4s
6
Yoann Bonato
Citroen C2 R2
+8m32.4s
7
 Jozef Beres Renault Clio S1600
+9m05.3s
8
 Aigar Pars Suzuki Swift S1600
+11m40.8s


　
 
 
 
   
 
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