Monday, 19th May 2008

Pole triumphs with Suzuki Swift S1600.

"Naturally, it's a big disappointment," said Prokop. "We needed to win in order to make up for our mistake in Mexico, and right up until the end it was looking possible. We had a really fantastic battle for the lead throughout the rally and I would have accepted second after such a strong fight, but I really wanted to win and it's frustrating for my rally to end up this way."

In total 13 JWRC runners were classified at the end of the round, with four failing to finish – namely Florian Niegel and Milos Komljenovic, who both crashed out on day two, while Simone Bertolotti and Kevin Abbring retired in the final leg, the former going off the road in SS16, while the latter suffered a broken steering arm, also in Sorilis.

The Junior World Rally Championship now continues at the start of August, when the circus heads to Finland.

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