Podium for Lappi at Rally Poland

Win slips through fingers of works duo Esapekka Lappi/Janne Ferm due to flat tyre in penultimate stage, putting them in third place in high-octane show in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC 2).

July 04, 2016

Win slips through fingers of works duo Esapekka Lappi/Janne Ferm due to flat tyre in penultimate stage, putting them in third place in high-octane show in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC 2).

Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm were on course for victory until they ran into some tyre trouble in second last stage where they lost almost 2 minutes. Before puncture their lead was 18 sec. “I tried to keep going at first, but we did then have to stop and change a tyre. The change went very quickly thanks to our ŠKODA training. It’s still frustrating to be brought to a standstill when you’re so close to potentially winning. And I think we deserved to win – but that’s part and parcel of rally driving. And congratulations to Teemu, he was really fast,” commented Lappi.

“But we still have speed ( 6 stage wins in Poland ), the best car and we drove two days without problems. So I really can not wait Rally Finland,” said Lappi. The two ŠKODA works drivers Lappi and Tidemand will have the opportunity to score some more points at the next WRC event in Finland from 28 to 31 July. And Esapekka Lappi hopes to then repeat his 2015 performance by winning his home rally.

Final result of the Rally Poland (WRC 2)
1. Suninen/Markkula (FIN/FIN) ŠKODA FABIA R5 2:43:27.7 hrs
2. Evans/Parry (GB/GB) Ford Fiesta R5 + 0:49.6 min
3. Lappi/Ferm (FIN/FIN) ŠKODA FABIA + 2:32.7 min
4. Kajetanowicz/Baran (PL/PL) Ford Fiesta R5 + 6:32.8 min
5. Koltun/Pleskot (PL/PL) Ford Fiesta R5 + 10:36.4 min