Sebastian Leb
• With a length of 2.29 kilometers Shakedown The new world rally championship season kicked off on Thursday morning.
• This year Shakedown only WRC pilots, who went on the track for the first time with the new hybrid Rally1 cars, started.
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• WRC rally legend Sebastian Lebe and co-driver Izabella Galmiš showed the fastest time in the first race. Nine-time WRC champion Labs was 0.7 seconds ahead of Hyperai i20 N Rally1 in the Ford Puma Rally1, and Elfins Evans (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1) was 0.8 seconds behind. but the fourth-fastest was eight-time WRC champion Sebastian Ojie (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1).
• Gasam Grīnsmitam un Takamoto Katsutam Shakedown phase began with technical problems. Also Ots Tanaks on the way to Shakedown stage turned and went back to the service park. It was later reported that both Greensmith and Craig Brin had problems with the power steering.
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Photo: Hyundai Motorsport
• For the second time, the fastest was Lebb, who was half a second ahead of Ojie and Neuwil. A slow start for Otta Tanak, who was sixth (+1.7) for the first time and eighth (+2.5) for the second time.
• For the third time, the fastest was Ojie, who was 0.5 seconds ahead of Leb. As a result, Ogier also showed the absolute fastest time in the Monte Carlo WRC Shakedown stage. Label was second, and Evans was third. The best of the Hyundai riders, Neuwil, was the fourth fastest, while Tanak and Oliver Solberg were in 10th and 11th place, respectively.
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Rovanperu had a problem
• Unsuccessful third race for Kallem Rovanper, who stopped after 400 meters due to technical problems.
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Shakedown results:
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