Luciano Benavides and Toby Price are locked in a fierce battle for the FIM crown. The Argentinian holds a 9-point lead over the Australian in the ranking, but he is 10 seconds behind in the provisional rally standings. Adrien Van Beveren, the third rider in contention for the title, had a torrid time out there and now trails them by over 10 minutes. The Rally2 championship leader, Romain Dumontier, is 4′51″ ahead of his closest rival, Paolo Lucci. The Frenchman sits second in the rally and can almost taste the title. Ardit Kurtaj also had a good day in Rally3, capitalising on Massimo Camurri's troubles to overtake him by XX. Manuel Andújar was a cut above the rest in the quad race, but the Lithuanian Laisvydas Kancius also came ahead today, pushing his two remaining title rivals, Juraj Varga and Rodolfo Guillioli, to 8′28″ and 28′41″ down, respectively.
The two W2RC FIA leaders, Nasser Al Attiyah and Yazeed Al Rajhi, were their usual selves, with a dominant performance that saw them top the special and the overall. Sébastien Loeb (third) is ahead of Juan Cruz Yacopini (eighth), but he needs to make up an 8-point deficit to bump the Argentinian from third place in the championship. As it stands, the Frenchman would leapfrog the Albiceleste, who needs to get his act together if he wants to save his podium spot. Seth Quintero is piling the pressure on the T3 championship leader, Mitch Guthrie, just 9 points ahead. He is one place higher (second versus third) and 5′08″ clear in the rally. The third man in contention for the title, Austin Jones, was the big loser of the day and is now 13′34″ down on Quintero. Rebecca Busi was a solid second in T4. If she can keep it up all the way to the finish, she will strip Eryk Goczał of third place in the championship. The silver medal will go to Shinzuke Umeda, third today. Martin Macík, the top-ranked W2RC entrant in T5, outgunned the championship leader, Janus van Kasteren. The Czech trucker is hell-bent on erasing his 11-point deficit to the Dutchman in the final round of the series! Luciano Benavides and Toby Price are locked in a fierce battle for the FIM crown. The Argentinian holds a 9-point lead over the Australian in the ranking, but he is 10 seconds behind in the provisional rally standings. Adrien Van Beveren, the third rider in contention for the title, had a torrid time out there and now trails them by over 10 minutes. The Rally2 championship leader, Romain Dumontier, is 4′51″ ahead of his closest rival, Paolo Lucci. The Frenchman sits second in the rally and can almost taste the title. Ardit Kurtaj also had a good day in Rally3, capitalising on Massimo Camurri's troubles to overtake him by XX. Manuel Andújar was a cut above the rest in the quad race, but the Lithuanian Laisvydas Kancius also came ahead today, pushing his two remaining title rivals, Juraj Varga and Rodolfo Guillioli, to 8′28″ and 28′41″ down, respectively. The two W2RC FIA leaders, Nasser Al Attiyah and Yazeed Al Rajhi, were their usual selves, with a dominant performance that saw them top the special and the overall. Sébastien Loeb (third) is ahead of Juan Cruz Yacopini (eighth), but he needs to make up an 8-point deficit to bump the Argentinian from third place in the championship. As it stands, the Frenchman would leapfrog the Albiceleste, who needs to get his act together if he wants to save his podium spot. Seth Quintero is piling the pressure on the T3 championship leader, Mitch Guthrie, just 9 points ahead. He is one place higher (second versus third) and 5′08″ clear in the rally. The third man in contention for the title, Austin Jones, was the big loser of the day and is now 13′34″ down on Quintero. Rebecca Busi was a solid second in T4. If she can keep it up all the way to the finish, she will strip Eryk Goczał of third place in the championship. The silver medal will go to Shinzuke Umeda, third today. Martin Macík, the top-ranked W2RC entrant in T5, outgunned the championship leader, Janus van Kasteren. The Czech trucker is hell-bent on erasing his 11-point deficit to the Dutchman in the final round of the series!
