WRC
S-WRC: Rally Deutschland: CFNT event summary
Martin Prokop achieved second in the Rally Deutschland Martin Prokop and Jan Tomanek, the crew of Czech Ford National Team, achieved second position in the Rally Deutschland after an impressive battle for the win with Patrik Sandell ...
Published: Aug 24, 2010, 4:27 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
Martin Prokop achieved second in the Rally Deutschland
Martin Prokop and Jan Tomanek, the crew of Czech Ford National Team, achieved second position in the Rally Deutschland after an impressive battle for the win with Patrik Sandell and P-G Andersson. In the S-WRC rankings Prokop remains third, but he has reduced the gap to the leading pair.
S2000 category featured a spectacular, weekend-long fight between Patrik Sandell, Martin Prokop and P-G Andersson. Two Swedes behind the wheels of Skodas Fabia S2000 and Czech driver of Ford Fiesta S2000 have been fighting for the best possible results during the whole weekend.
The crew of Czech Ford National Team, Martin Prokop and Jan Tomanek, started the final leg of the rally from the third positions. However they were just 5.8 seconds off the provisional leader P-G Andersson and 1.2 seconds off the tentative runner-up Patrik Sandell. Well, all of these drivers wanted to win. And everything could happen...
The first moment occurred already in the opening special stage. P-G Andersson heavily landed behind a horizon and damaged a rim of his Skoda. He had to stop in the SS and change the wheel. Andersson lost about 3 minutes and dropped out of the fight for victory. In the second special stage of the day Martin Prokop experienced his moment. He did a mistake in the corner and had to recede. He lost about 4 seconds and his loss to Sandell increased to 5.0 seconds. Before the last special stage in the centre of Trier Prokop was 3.3 seconds off leading Sandell. In the short super special stage it was impossible for Martin Prokop to outdrive Sandell and he had to reconcile with the second place.
Martin Prokop: "The second position isn't a bad result, but I am disappointed. In Germany we wanted to win, but we failed. Before the start of the final leg it was obvious, that all of three leading drivers would push hard, so everything could happen. P-G Andersson was unlucky already in the first morning special stage and dropped out of the battle. In the following special stage we did a mistake and lost about 4 seconds. This little mistake decided, because Sandell didn't do any mistake.
We met our expectations only partly, because we defeated Xevi Pons, but we wanted to win and gain even more points. However, until the end of the season still remain several rounds and we don't give up our fight for the S- WRC title. We still have a chance to gain it."
S-WRC continues with its eighth round in Japan (September 10/12).
-source: cfnt
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article P-WRC: Rally Deutschland: Peter Horsey event summary
Next article Petter Solberg adds second Citroen in France
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Martin Prokop
Ostberg, Prokop to form WRC team with 2017-spec Fords
WRC
WRC
Ostberg, Prokop to form WRC team with 2017-spec Fords
Kubica suffers early suspension failure in Mugello 12 Hours
Endurance
Endurance
12 Hours of Italy
Kubica suffers early suspension failure in Mugello 12 Hours
Overdrive Racing and Toyota Gazoo Racing finish gruelling Dakar Rally
Dakar
Dakar
Dakar 2016
Overdrive Racing and Toyota Gazoo Racing finish gruelling Dakar Rally
Latest news
IndyCar driver and Fox Sports reporter Jack Harvey announces cancer diagnosis
IndyCar
Indy IndyCar 5 min
IndyCar driver and Fox Sports reporter Jack Harvey announces cancer diagnosis
Cadillac’s F1 brakes are still a problem: ‘I had to lift and coast on lap two’
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
Singapore GP
1 h
Cadillac’s F1 brakes are still a problem: ‘I had to lift and coast on lap two’
Why Jorge Martín was not penalised for jump start in Indonesia
MotoGP
MGP MotoGP
Indonesian GP
1 h
Why Jorge Martín was not penalised for jump start in Indonesia
Palou pushes IndyCar’s IR-28 chassis to the limit in rugged Sebring test
IndyCar
Indy IndyCar 2 h
Palou pushes IndyCar’s IR-28 chassis to the limit in rugged Sebring test
Feature
Discover prime content
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe