Final Round of ERC @ Swiss Alps | Rallye International du Valais - 2013

Rallye International du Valais being the final rally to conclude the 2013 season of FIA European Rally Championship . Esapekka Lappi will ...

Rallye International du Valais being the final rally to conclude the 2013 season of FIA European Rally Championship. Esapekka Lappi will be joining the final round, following a victorious trip to China in his factory supported Skoda Fabia S2000. Craig Breen & Jeremy Ancian will be driving Peugeot 207 Super 2000.

Sixty-eight crews will start the final round of the 2013 FIA European Rally Championship. The top 15 drivers ran in two-minute intervals with the remaining contenders running in gaps of one minute.  



Craig Breen lead the field away in his Peugeot 207 Super 2000 and won the first two stages. Jeremy Ancian equaled Breen in the opening stage, and was second on the leader-board by the end of SS3. Lappi claimed the third and last stage victory and sits in 4th overall.



Top 5 results at the end of SS3 [Day 1]

POS		NO	DRIVER CO-DRIVER	ELIG.	TOTAL TIME [PEN]	DIFF 1ST PREV
1		1	C. BREEN (IRL) L. VANNESTE (BEL) PEUGEOT 207 S2000		22:25.8	-:- -:-
2		5	J. ANCIAN (FRA) O. VITRANI (FRA) PEUGEOT 207 S2000		22:26.0	+0.2 +0.2
3		2	A. AIGNER (AUT) B. WATZL (AUT) SUBARU IMPREZA R4	PD	22:30.6	+4.8 +4.6
4	2	3	E. LAPPI (FIN) J. FERM (FIN) SKODA FABIA S2000		22:34.3	+8.5 +3.7
5		8	O. BURRI (CHE) A. SAUCY (CHE) FORD FIESTA S2000		22:52.9	+27.1 +18.6

Results source fiaerc.com

Seven stages tomorrow, with 3 new stages run twice and the repetition of the [last stage of today], will leave another 8 stages for the last day on 9th to end the rally.



Itinerary for Day 2 - Friday 08 Nov

Service		09:00
SS4	Vercorin 1  (26.58 kms)	09:45
SS5	Veysonnaz 1  (13.62 kms)	10:55
SS6	Nendaz 1  (12.08 kms)	11:15
Service		12:40
SS7	Vercorin 2  (26.58 kms)	13:40
SS8	Veysonnaz 2  (13.62 kms)	14:50
SS9	Nendaz 2  (12.08 kms)	15:10
SS10	Les Casernes 2  (6.18 kms)	16:00