Citroen Saxo takes second world title.

Daniel Sola won the 'Junior' Network Q Rally of Great Britain today and in doing so he clinched the Junior World Rally Championship title.

He follows in the footsteps of Sebastien Loeb, who won the Super 1600 World Championship last year. In the overall classification Andrea Dallavilla finished second and Finn Janne Tuohino was third, making it a great one-two-three for the Saxos in the Junior series.

Citroen Saxo takes second world title.

Daniel Sola won the 'Junior' Network Q Rally of Great Britain today and in doing so he clinched the Junior World Rally Championship title.

He follows in the footsteps of Sebastien Loeb, who won the Super 1600 World Championship last year. In the overall classification Andrea Dallavilla finished second and Finn Janne Tuohino was third, making it a great one-two-three for the Saxos in the Junior series.

Sola's victory on the Welsh territory is the tenth for the Saxo out of 12 rallies in the last two years. The Saxo has showed an exceptional level of performance, balance and reliability on various types of surface such as tarmac, the rough routes of the Acropolis and the mud of the Network Q. One year after its first crown, it remains the benchmark amongst the cars of the Super 1600 category.

Carrying Spanish hopes on his shoulders Sola made the right choice with the Saxo at the beginning of the season. Classified second, only one point behind the experienced Andrea Dallavilla before the rally, Dani had to win the final event to take the title.

He started well but a puncture in SS5 cost him around 50 seconds. Showing excellent skills the Spaniard attacked 100 per cent to close the gap to the front-runners there after and following the long stage of Resolfen on Saturday morning, he was back in the lead.

At the same time, fellow Saxo driver Dallavilla suffered a double puncture destroying all his hopes for a victory. Janne Tuohino also had three punctures in total, but he came back to take fourth.

Of the other Citroen Junior runners, Mirco Baldacci ran in the top three for most of the event before he retired for going over the time limit [OTL] - electrical problems ended his event. Jussi Valimaki meanwhile set the fastest 'Junior' time in the second run of Rheola, and by finishing fifth today, he scores his first Championship points.

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