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The overall lead of the Rallye Weiz, Round 5 of the 2022 FIA European Historic Rally Championship, was a close fought battle between the Category 3 Audi quattro of Italian crew ‘Zippo’ and Denis Piceno and Austrian’s Karl Wagner and Gerda Zauner in the Porsche 911 SC. At the end of the opening day of action, the Audi was just 12 seconds ahead.

With five minutes to go in the 25-minute qualifying session for the FIA Historic Formula 3 European Cup at Zandvoort, Davide Leone hit the top of the timesheets to claim pole for the first of two races to decide who is the best historic F3 driver in Europe. The young Italian’s March 783 pipped Dane Michael Ringström’s Martini MK42 by a mere 0.058 seconds, while in the dying seconds Monegasque Frédéric Lajoux jumped up to snatch third on the grid with his March 793.

Round 5 of the 2022 FIA European Historic Rally Championship will be the Rallye Weiz in Austria (14-16 July), which will feature 13 stages, covering 147km, in the foothills of the Styrian Alps. 34 cars will compete, with 26 eligible for championship points at the end of the event. There are 9 cars entered in Category 4, 9 in Category 3, 10 in Category 2 and 6 in Category 1.

Tibor Erdi Jnr and Zoltan Csoko took their debut win in the FIA European Historic Rally Championship in their home event in Hungary but the loss of four-wheel drive on the final two stages nearly allowed the Lancia Rally 037 of Ville Silvasti and Risto Pietilainen to spoil the party. The Finns finished the tenth and final stage just 0.9 seconds behind the Hungarians.

Hungarian crew Tibor Erdi Jnr and Zoltan Csoko finished the opening day of the 55 th Mecsek Rallye at the head of the table after posting the fastest overall time on Stages 3 and 4 in the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4. Erdi and Csoko are just 6.6s ahead of the Audi quattro of ‘Zippo’ and Denis Piceno after the Italian crew set the pace in the two morning stages.

Round 4 of the 2022 FIA European Historic Rally Championship will be the 55 th Mecsek Rallye in Hungary, which is based in the ancient city of Pecs. 21 cars will compete, with 20 eligible for championship points at the end of the event. There are 11 cars entered in Category 4, 5 in Category 3, 3 in Category 2 and 2 in Category 1.

After eight gruelling stages on the second day of the Rallye du Chablais in Switzerland, the #2 BMW M3 E30 of Marc Valliccioni and Yoann Raffaelli was the first EHRC car home on the team’s championship debut. Overnight leaders Mats Mysell and Esko Junttila finished in second place, 1m39s behind the BMW.

Former FIA EHRC Champions Mats Mysell and Esko Junttila ended the day in the lead of the Rallye du Chablais, Round 3 of the FIA European Historic Rally Championship.

Round 3 of the 2022 FIA European Historic Rally Championship will be held in Switzerland, with the Rallye du Chablais making its debut on the FIA EHRC calendar on the 2 nd to 4 th June. Thirty-five entries have been received by the organisers, with twenty-one competitors eligible for championship points. All of the current championship leaders after Round 2 in the Czech Republic will be competing in Switzerland.

After finishing third at the end of the first leg of the 30 th Historic Vltava Rallye, the no1 Audi quattro of reigning Category 3 Champions ‘Zippo’ and Denis Piceno posted the fastest overall time on four of the seven stages to take the finish 23.8 seconds ahead of the no6 Lancia Rally 037 of Ville Silvasti and Risto Pietilainen, the Finns securing the Category 4 win in the Czech Republic.