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Arctic Rally 2014: 8-th position for Michał and Maciek in snow debut our Fiesta R5
Michal Sołowow and Maciek Baran (Ford Fiesta R5) were classified on 8-th position in the final results of 50. Arctic Lapland Rally in Finland, using C-Rally car. The Synthos Cersanit Rally Team duo showed very good performance and were the best foreing crew in the event as it was in 2011.
Four years ago Michal and Maciek won 6-th position. This year they have entered the Arctic Cicle rally for the 8-th time in their careers. 50-th anniversary Lappish event welcomed a score of world class drivers wanting to test their skills on snow and ice. This year Heikki Kovalainen (Ford Fiesta R5) - a Formula 1 winner of Grand Prix Hungary 2008 was among 150 competitors. However, it was Juha Salo (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) who has won his home rally for 5-th time.
- Challenging roads and extremelly winter condition. Sometimes the temperature was dropping down to minus 25 degrees. We debuted on Ford Fiesta R5 from C-Rally Academy. This is a car with great potential not so different from WRC as farf as the performance is concerned. On day one we suffered a bad luck - on SS3 the turbocharger tube came off and we lost the boost. The snow dust and foggy weather were a kind obstacle too. Most of the stages we run only one time, so those who had known the roads got the substantial advantage. However, due to these factors the rally was even more an exciting challenge. We enjoyed it very much. We are satisfied with the result - it was a good testing before the Sweden Rally. I would like to thank the C-Rally crew for excellent job in those tough conditions - Michał Sołowow said.
On February 12-15 2015 Synthos Cersanit Rally team will enter the winter Sweden Rally - the second round of WRC 2015, using C-Rally Ford Fiesta WRC.
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