Team MRF Tyres took a dominant victory at
the Tet Rally Liepāja as the home hero Mārtiṇš Sesks delivered another
victory for the team in the fourth round of the 2023 FIA European Rally
Championship.
The Team MRF Tyres drivers Martins Sesks and Renars Francis won the
rally by over 41 seconds, taking seven stage wins from the nine stages
completed.
Sesks won seven of nine completed stages, including Sunday’s power
stage, to win by 41.4 seconds over Hayden Paddon, who has to content
for second place, with fellow World Rally Championship event winner
Mads Østberg completing the podium.
On the back of his recent victory at the Rally of Poland, Sesks was
in dominant form, leading the rally from start to finish. The Lativan
duo, in their Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 looked to have the rally in control
from the outset a MRF release here on Monday said.
Setting the fastest time in qualifying and then making it look easy on
stage. As others struggled in the dust of the opening stage, the Team
MRF Tyres driver on his Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 opened an immediate 16.4s
lead over his team mate Østberg’s Citroën C3 Rally2.
Martin Sesks said, “What an incredible rally! I must thank my team and
MRF Tyres for giving me such a fantastic car. The tyres were amazing
throughout the weekend and really allowed me to push. To win at home
once again is amazing. There were so many fans lining the stages! I am
looking forward to the next round in Sweden.”
Team MRF Tyres saw an additional two cars inside the top 10 with the
Spanish duo of Efren Llarena and Sara Fernandez coming at ninth ahead
of Italians Simone Campedelli and Tania Canton.
With two wins in a row, Sesks and Renars close in on the title lead and
sit second in the Driver’s standings. Furthermore, Team MRF Tyres
has extended its lead at the top of the Team’s Championship.
The next round of the FIA European Rally Championship is the Rally
Sweden, taking the crews to a new gravel round in the Scandinavian
summer.
