Rally

Bernd Casier leads Tour European Rally round 4 Škoda Rallye Liezen after day 1

29.09.2017

A beautiful sporting battle between several crews was the leitmotiv in the opening leg of the 2017 TER – Tour European Rally round 4, Škoda Rallye Liezen.

The belgian driver Bernd Casier, with his Team Floral Ford Fiesta R5 was fastest on the opening stage to settle in the lead ahead of Giandomenico Basso's Hyundai New Generation i20 R5 by BRC Racing Team. The two crews had a close fight to end the day divided by only 0.5” in favour of the former.

Jaroslav Orsák is third with his Ford Fiesta R5 EVO ahead of Joachim Wagemans who leads the TER2 Cup in a Peugeot 208.

The Toyota Motorsport GmbH GT 86 CS-R3 driver Luca Rossetti lies first in the TER 2WD Trophy and fifth overall. Roland Stengg drove his Opel Adam to second in the TER2 Cup taking sixth place in the closing Liezen Superspecial stage from Ignat Isaev's Citroen DS3. The bulgarian driver is second in the TER 2WD Trophy.

Eight place for Stefan Göttig's Škoda Fabia R5. The top ten is closed by two TER 2WD Trophy crews, the Ford Fiesta of Renato Pita and Thomas Mayr's Citroen C2.

Just outside the top ten, TER2 Cup standings leader Simon Vallentin lost time for mechanical problems, while Hyundai Motorsport's Chewon Lim set several good times after being delayed by a puncture on the opening stage.

Both TER Production Trophy contenders, Jim van den Heuvel and Henk Bakkenes, were forced to retire from the opening day but will rejoin tomorrow.

The Škoda Rallye Liezen overall classification after leg 1 sees Raimund Baumschlager's VW Polo WRC lead ahead of the two Ford Fiesta WRCs of Hermann Neubauer and Gerwald Grössing.

The second Day of Škoda Rallye Liezen will start at 08:00 on Saturday, and comprise 8 special stages for a total of 99 timed kms, including the TER Power Stage. The final podium will greet the crews in the Liezen Kulturhausplatz from 18:50.