2024 Rally Italia Sardegna – Junior WRC post-event report
A composed Diego Dominguez secured his second profession FIA Junior WRC victory with a win at Rally Italia Sardegna, ending the third spherical of the sequence 47.5sec away from Ali Türkkan.
Dominguez, who was runner-up in final yr’s championship, started Sunday with a wholesome lead over Türkkan within the M-Sport Poland Ford Fiesta Rally3 Evo class and was capable of full the ultimate 4 pace assessments drama-free.
Dominguez accrued the complete 25 factors for his championship tally, whereas a sole Wolf Stage Win on Saturday introduced his Sardinia haul to 26 factors. FIA Rally Star pilot Max Good of South Africa claimed his maiden podium 13.2sec behind Türkkan.
Petr Borodin initially threatened to steal the ultimate podium spot from Good earlier than he overshot a junction on SS3. The Kazakhstani driver was pressured to accept fourth, lacking out by simply 4.0sec as Norbert Maior and Taylor Gill accomplished the highest six.
A resurgent Romet Jürgenson scored a hat-trick of benchmark occasions after restarting on Sunday morning, having retired from the lead with a broken wishbone on Saturday. The Estonian now leads tops the championship standings by 26 factors from Dominguez with two rounds remaining.
Dominguez additionally scored most factors in WRC3, for which the highest six was equivalent to Junior WRC.
