Martin Prokop took the FIA Junior Rally Championship win on the Rallye de France-Tour de Corse on Sunday - the final round in the series.
Prokop inherited the lead on the second stage on Saturday, when Suzuki's Urmo Aava and Per-Gunnar Andersson both ran into difficulties in the 26.55 kilometre-run through Calcatoggio-Plage du Liamone.
After that the Czech just had to pace himself to the finish in his Citroen C2 S1600 and he eventually secured the victory, his second of the season, by 12.5 seconds.
"I'm very pleased with this success but also sad because it means this is the end of the season," said Prokop. "This rally was much easier than the one in Spain the week before, where we had a big fight with Urmo. This wasn't easy, but after Friday when we were fighting with Urmo and P-G, we just had to hold our position on Saturday and Sunday. We drove to the finish.
"I was feeling quite nervous though - I didn't sleep well. I don't like the situation with a big lead and nobody to fight. It's strange when you don't take risks. You worry about a puncture or a spin. I prefer to fight with somebody."
Jozef Beres meanwhile was second in his Renault Clio, while Yoann Bonato completed the podium after Conrad Rautenbach lost time with a puncture.
Bonato, who used a C2-R2 on his other three outings in the JRC this season, put in a great performance and set the pace in the Junior class in every single test on Saturday. He also won another two stages on Sunday. The Frenchman would have undoubtedly been in contention for the class win too but for a puncture on the first leg.
"I'm delighted to finish on the podium," he noted. "Of course I had a helping hand, but that's all part of rallying."
Andersson and 'wild card' Arnaud Augoyard rounded out the top five, the former doing more than enough to take the 2007 Junior Rally Championship crown.
P-G had been locked in a fierce battle with Aava for the JRC title coming into this event, but when the Estonian crashed out on SS8 while leading, the pendulum swung firmly in the Swede's favour.
