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Podium finish keeps title race open for final round
The Dutch Open Rally Championship title is still within reach for i20 N Rally2 crew Kevin van Deijne and Hein Verschuuren after they finished third at the Twente Rally (October 26-27). The pair struggled on the opening day of the event, reaching the overnight halt in fourth after losing time due to a poor set-up on their car in in fog that effected visibility through the four evening stages.
Thankfully, improvements to the set-up helped the due improve their pace on the second day of the competition. This showed as the moved up to third during the opening loop of the day, before consolidating their place on the podium. Van Deijne and Vershuuren finished the event with some of the best results. They were fastest overall on SS12, second on the SS13 Power Stage and second again on the final test.
Overall, they finished one place ahead of Swedish co-driver Stig Andervang and his Dutch co-driver Annemieke Hulzebos who put together a consistent weekend. The all-Dutch crew of Martin van Iersel and Willen Vissenberg finished sixth to place a third Hyundai Motorsport-built car in the top ten.
The season will conclude in mid-November at the Drenthe Rally, with van Deijne set to start the final weekend second in the championship standings.
French crew take podium from shortened event
2C Competition Crew Eric Camilli and Thibault de la Haye held third position through the 2024 edition of the Critérium des Cévennes (October 25-26) before it was cut short due to torrential rain in the area of the final day’s stages.
The rally was the penultimate round of the French Tarmac Rally Championship and Camilli and de La Haye needed a strong result to keep their title hopes alive going into the final round. However, while they finished on the podium, after a consistent run on the stages of the Montpellier-based event, with their two main title rivals finishing ahead of them it is now impossible for them to take the 2024 crown.
Camilli and de al Haye’s second fastest time on what ultimately became the final stage of the rally hinted at a chance to close the gap, to the front two, but the cancellation of the final four stages left them stranded on the lowest step of the podium.
