Rising Belgian star Theirry Neuville has claimed his first win in the J-WRC with a commanding performance on the third round of the 2010 J-WRC.
Putting the disappointment of retirement on the opening two rounds behind him, the Belgian stormed in front and to victory when early leader Matheiu Arzeno punctured and broke the suspension on SS8.
Holding a lead of 51 secs, all Neuville had to do was bring the car home intact (much like P-G Andersson).
“It’s a fantastic result and I’m very, very happy. It’s taken a long time to get our first victory. Each race so far we were in first position but we retired, one time mechanical and one time through me making a mistake. Now we are really happy to be at the finish because it was difficult to stay concentrated with such a big lead. It’s good for me, the team and for my co-driver Nicolas Klinger because we came here for the victory and we pushed very hard.” said in Peugeot Benelux driver.
Hans Weijs Jnr. landed second in his C2 S1600. The young Danish driver had a pretty strange morning of Day 2 when navigator Bjorn Degandt lost his voice.
“You always want to be in first place but this result is not bad for the championship because we now have some points. The car was quite okay today but it was quite a big gap to Thierry so there was not much I could really do but try to finish.”
Local hero Todor Slavov fought with many mechanical problems in his Renault Cilo R3 to finish third. Slavov had a hard job getting to the podium in his Clio R3, with the car running smaller diameter brake discs and weighing 105 kgs more than the S1600s.
Fellow Clio R3 driver Kevin Abbring had to restart on after alternator failure forced retirement. Fighting back to sixth after acquiring over 10 mins of penalties putting Abbring 6 points clear of Burkart at the top of the table.
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