Plangi continue brilliantly, Toms Lielkajis has eventful debut behind the wheel of Peugeot

Plangi continue brilliantly, Toms Lielkajis has eventful debut behind the wheel of Peugeot

"300 Lakes Rally" has passed in Lithuania, where sixth stage of the Latvian Rally Championship took place within it’s framework. In total 72 crews confirmed their participation in this rally, among which were four ASRT commands crew - Siim Plangi, Sergey Popov, Dmitry Feofanov and Toms Lielkājis, who started this stage with ASRT teams Peugeot 208 R2.


This rally most successful was Siim Plangi, who won again. At the finish Vaidotas Žala crew was passed by 18 seconds, but 35 seconds behind was Jānis Vorobjovs.

"For us, this rally was excellent, as it is always nice to win," starts Siim Plangi. "We did a great job on the first day of the rally, especially in the dust. On the second day there were several dangerous moments, which is certainly not good, but overall, I think, we showed a good performance."

 This rally drivers pretty much had to go through the asphalt. Plangi admitted that initially he was worried about how he will go on the asphalt, but at the end everything was managed very well. "Asphalt special stages in the rally is quite something else - cranked and with a lot of jumps. It was fun, even though at the beginning I was worried because I thought that the local guys will go much faster. I went as fast I could and succeeded," concludes Plangi, who added that the first day he chose to start from tenth place because the track was very slippery, so it was decided to better drive in the dust to have a better grip, which also paid off this time.

 Last rally fared not too good for Dmitry Feofanov, who was not completely happy with this stage. "To be honest, all the expectations for this rally did not materialize. Once we signed up for the track, we liked everything, but unfortunately the second special stage of the day was canceled and 30 kilometers were not aviliable for us. And without it I have something else to say for organizers ... In general, I'm not happy with the performance in this rally. It felt that we drove slower. I do not want to look for causes to blame because at the end I will be causer, but the first day we were troubled by dust. Also broken intercom system introduced Its corrections before the start of the seventh stage. Also, a lot of was affected by the asphalt stages. If at the beginning I was not so successful, then at the end we already realized that we have to drive them well. In the end after this eventful stage it turned out that we also were able to reduce time between the leaders, which of course is good," says Dmitry Feofanov.

Plangi continue brilliantly, Toms Lielkajis has eventful debut behind the wheel of Peugeot