Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen grew to develop into World champions for the first time thanks to their FIA WRC2 category take on Sunday at ACI Rally Monza.
The Norwegian’s tournament got off to a rocky inaugurate. He struggled with the realm-up of his Rally2-specs Citroën C3 on Friday and ended the first fat leg in third.
The tables had been grew to develop into on Saturday morning when chief Adrien Fourmaux suffered a puncture all the strategy thru the Costa Valle Imagna stride test on his Ford Fiesta MkII. Østberg had already leapfrogged title rival Pontus Tidemand at that level and snatched the lead as Sunday beckoned.
A conservative manner all the strategy thru the final day saw Østberg take the category by 25.6secs and gather the title trophy, an accolade he passed over out on by one tell final year.
Tidemand became dissatisfied to lose out on the victory, but remained certain no matter getting a front graceful puncture all the strategy thru the rally-closing Energy Stage. The Swede regretted to possess made defective tyre picks in Monza.
Jan Kopecky became 57.8 sec within the wait on of his Škoda Fabia crew-mate in third after a frustrating weekend, even as M-Sport Ford Fiesta pilot Fourmaux done the leaderboard.
Fourmaux’s Friday saunter made him an early contender for the Monza take. However, front suspension wretchedness after the Saturday puncture set paid to his efforts and he ended 29min 20.4sec adrift of high put.
2020 ACI Rally Monza – Last unofficial outcomes:
| 1. Mads Ostberg (NOR) / Torstein Eriksen (FIN) | Citroën C3 | 2 hr 21min 18.4sec |
| 2. Pontus Tidemand (SWE) / Patrick Barth (SWE) | Škoda Fabia Evo | 2 hr 21min 44.0sec |
| 3. Jan Kopecký (CZE) / Jan Hloušek (CZE) | Škoda Fabia Evo | 2 hr 22min 41.8sec |
| 4. Adrien Fourmaux (FRA) / Renaud Jamoul (BEL) | Ford Fiesta MKII | 2 hr 50min 38.8sec |
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