In the Junior Rally Championship category meanwhile, Martin Prokop has begun like he did in Finland by dominating. The Czech was quickest in every single test in his
Citroen C2 S1600 and finished the day over a minute up on
Urmo Aava.
Conrad Rautenbach completes the JRC top three, another minute further back, while Aaron Burkart and regining Junior champion, Patrik Sandell are fourth and fifth respectively split by less than 5 seconds.
The action now continues on Saturday with the longest and toughest leg of the event, featuring two visits to the daunting Baumholder military land.
After leaving Trier at 07.00 hours [local time], drivers face two identical loops of four stages split by a return to the city for a lunchtime service. Each loop contains two stages on flowing public road tests in Saarland after which a remote service in Konken precedes two tests on Baumholder. The tank training area contains a multitude of different surfaces, with sand and gravel on the roads making conditions slippery in the dry or the wet.
Competitors face eight stages covering 164.86km before returning to Trier for the overnight halt at 19.47 hours [local time].
More to follow then...
