Kajetanowicz and Szczepaniak started the day from the fourth time in their class on the SS1 Vilaplana 1 (20.00 km), the following day (SS2 La Granadella 1, 21.80 km) took second place, just half a second ahead of Spaniards Lopez and Rosada. The third stretch of Rba – Roja 1 (14.21 km) is already a victory for the Poles, who also defeated most of the factory crews. They occupy second place in the afternoon loop, 5.1 seconds behind Finland’s Lindholm and Hamalainen.
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– The first successful episode is behind us, we’re starting to spin. We have a good rhythm, we won the last stage. We have another round of the same stages. I think there’s going to be a lot of sand thrown in by the road, and that can make things really interesting in some places. Factory teams that can use spy kits will certainly have an advantage, but we’re racing in our class and we’re going to do our best to go as fast as we can — says LOTOS Rally Team representative Kajitan Kajitanovic.
The afternoon session of the Friday stage of Rally Spain will be the same as the morning session. It will consist of three special stages: Villaplana (20 km long, start at 15:00), La Granadilla (21.80 km, 16:38) and Ruba Ruja (14.21 km, 17:59).
Kajetan Kajetanowicz’s beginnings are backed by the strategic partner of the LOTOS Rally team – Grupa LOTOS, as well as Delphi Technologies, Pirelli, SJS Driving Experience and Grupa Sikora.
Rally Spain 2021, unofficial WRC 3 rating after SS 3:
1. Lindholm / Hämäläinen (Finland, Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo) 32: 45.6 pages
2. Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak (Poland, Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo) +5.1sec
3. López / Rozada (Spain, Skoda Fabia Rally2 evo) +5.6 seconds
4. Ingram / Whitock (Great Britain, Skoda Fabia Rally 2 Evo) +17.6sec
5. J. Solans / Sanjuan de Eusebio (Spain, Citroën C3 Rally2) +22.9 seconds
6. Heikkilä / Luhtinen (Finland, Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo) +35.0sec
7. Stříteský / Hovorka (Czech Republic, Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo) +35.3 pages
8. McErlean / Fulton (Irelandia, Hyundai i20 Rally2) +44,7 s
9. Kramer / Kramer (Germany, Citroën C3 Rally2) +1: 23.2 seconds
10- Simpson/Gibson (UK, Skoda Fabia Rally 2 Evo) +1: 49.6sec
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