Third triumph of the year for Pepe Lopez and Borja Rozada. The couple from Madrid prevailed in the Rally of La Nucia and caresses the national title of pilots. They reach the final appointment of the year in Tenerife with a comfortable 18-point lead over EFren Llarena and 26 on Alejandro Cachón. What has been settled in the Alicante sections has been the brand title, which for the fourth time has gone to the Hyundai showcases.
López has not given his rivals a choice. He has dominated the race from start to finish and has come with a comfortable lead over Llarena, who was second. The third step on the podium went to Alberto Monarri in his debut with the skoda fabia. Cachón was fighting in a close duel with López until the punctures took him down and delayed him to fourth place in the final.
had worse luck Ivan Ares, who retired in the first stage and in the second, after rejoining, also suffered a puncture. The most outstanding abandonments were those of ‘Cohete’ Suárez and Surhayen Pernía, who got out of the test with only two sections remaining to finish. Roberto Blach won the Junior Scholarship and next season he will compete in the European Championship.
FINAL CLASSIFICATION
1. Lopez-Rozada (Hyundai i20), 1h 33m 15.9s
2. Llarena-Fernández (Skoda Fabia), at 53.1
3. Monarri-Perez (Skoda Fabia), at 1:50.3
4. Cachón-López (Citroën C3), at 3:23.2
5. Lopez-Odriozola (Hyundai i20), at 7:34.5
SPAIN CHAMPIONSHIP
1. Pepe Lopez, 204 points
2. Efren Llarena, 186
3. Alejandro Cachon, 178
4. Surhayen Pernia, 145
5. Jorge Cagiao, 101