Rally Cross

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Round 7

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Last Sunday round 8 of the European Rallycross Championship was organised in the Netherlands, in Valkenswaard. It was a very interesting round of the Champion which was won by Sverre Isachsen. Michael Jernberg finished second and becomes the new leader in the European Rallycross Championship. Kenneth Hansen dropped to second position in the Championship. Kenneth Hansen was ”only” third in the Dutch round of the European Rallycross Cham. Michael Jernberg leads with one point on Hansen.

 

It was a close fight between the top-trio in the A-final, where Sverre Isachsen, who started on pole position also, was the one to finally take the victory. During the whole final both Jernberg and Hansen were right on the tail of Isachsen. Michael, who realized that second place would give him important points, was careful and did not make many moves on the leader, and concentrated mostly on closing the door for Hansen, eager to find a way to overtake.

 

” It was impossible to pass Jernberg ", Kenneth says. " And I didn’t want to attack harder as it might have ended with us both going off the circuit. " Hansen added. “ Of course it is disappointing to loose the overall lead, but I do not give up easily “, Kenneth stresses firmly. “ There are two more rounds, Poland and Germany, and not until after that we can say what the outcome will be. I have been under pressure before and actually that inspire me even more. “

 

Lasse Larsson came in on fourth place in the A-final after a strong performance this weekend. Jos Kuypers finished fifth and Jean-Luc Pailler had to settle for sixth as he had technical problems.

 

Michael Jernberg leads the ERC on 119 points to Hansen’s 118. The winner last Sunday, Isachsen is in third place with 97 points.

 

Next round of the European Championship is in Poland on September 24-25 and the final round is in Germany the weekend after, October 1-2.

 

Division 1

 

1. Sverre Isachsen (N) Ford Focus T16 4x4 20 points

2. Michael Jernberg (S) Ford Focus T16 4x4 17 points

3. Kenneth Hansen (S) Citroën Xsara T16 4x4 15 points

4. Lars Larsson (S) Škoda Fabia T16 4x4 13 points

5. Jos Kuypers (NL) Ford Focus T16 4x4 12 points

6. Jean-Luc Pailler (F) Peugeot 206 T16 4x4 11 points

 

 

Standings Division 1 after Round 8

 

1. Michael Jernberg (S) 119 points

2. Kenneth Hansen (S) 118 points

3. Sverre Isachsen (N) 97 points

 

Current European Rallycross Champion in Division 2, Finnish driver Jussi Pinomäki won Divison 2. In the final Pinomäki beated the leader in the current Championship, Belgian driver Michaël De Keersmaecker in his Honda.

 

Division 2

 

1. Jussi Pinomäki (FIN) Renault Clio RSR 20 points

2. Michaël De Keersmaecker (B) Honda Civic Type-R 17 points

3. Jimmy Farsbo (S) Honda Civic Type-R 15 points

4. Roman Èastoral (CZ) Opel Astra OPC 13 points

5. Marcel Snoeijers (NL) Renault Clio RS 12 points

6. Marcus Nilsson (S) Peugeot 206 RC 11 points

 

 

Standings Division 2 after Round 8

 

1. Michaël De Keersmaecker (B) 116 points

2. Jussi Pinomäki (FIN) 105 points

3. Marcus Nilsson (S) 101 points