It has been made to wait, but finally Jan Solans has been able to add his first win of the year. It was in Pozoblanco, in the tenth round of the Spanish Championship, where the former junior world champion finally climbed to the top of the podium in 2021. A result that allows him to overtake Iván Ares, who was second, in the National, although both will still have to play the runner-up.
Ares started out strong and was placed as the first leader, demonstrating his evolution in the dirt sections, a surface in which he does not have much experience. But a more hardworking Solans on the ground snatched the lead in the second and despite the close duel they had, he no longer released it to the finish line. Morale injection for the Matadepera, that in Lorca he added the maximum number of points although Al Attiyah won (who did not score) and that he awaits the resolution of the appeal presented on the result of Madrid. If it were favorable, ‘Rocket’ Suárez still would not be a champion mathematically.
José Luis Peláez climbed to the third step of the podium after losing the third place Surhayen PernÃa when suffering a puncture in the penultimate section. The contest returns to the asphalt in its next appointment, the penultimate of the endless season, andl Rally of La NucÃa, which will be held on the Alicante sections on November 5 and 6.
Classification
1. Solans-Sanjuán (Citroën C3), 1h 3m 44.7s
2. Ares-Vázquez (Hyundai i20), at 28.8
3. Peláez- Del Barrio (Skoda Fabia), at 2: 30.2
4. PernÃa-Sánchez (Hyundai i20), at 3: 18.2
5. Pons-Chamorro (Skoda Fabia), at 4: 37.0
Spain Championship
1. José Antonio Suárez, 270 points
2. Jan Solans, 202
3. Ivan Ares, 200