Rally Serras de Fafe - Efren Llarena with massive problems 12.03.2022: Rally Serras de Fafe - Felgueiras FIA ERC RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP Saturday, March 12th 2022 All Live here Efrén Llarena has retired from the opening leg of Rally Serras de Fafe - Felgueiras - Cabreira e Boticas almost before his challenge for a m

Rally Serras de Fafe - Felgueiras
FIA ERC RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP
Saturday, March 12th 2022

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Efrén Llarena has retired from the opening leg of Rally Serras de Fafe - Felgueiras - Cabreira e Boticas almost before his challenge for a maiden FIA European Rally Championship victory had begun.



The Spaniard, 26, was forced to drive slowly through Saturday’s opening Cabeceiras de Baso test with damage to the front of his Team MRF Tyres-entered Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo.



He reported a problem with his car’s radiator at the stage finish with confirmation afterwards that the former Junior ERC champion hit a rock lying in a rut on the challenging 10.84-kilometre SS2.



It is not known whether Llarena and co-driver Sara Fernández, the 2021 ERC title-winning navigator, will be able to restart on Sunday until their Fabia is brought back to service in Fafe and the damage inspected. It’s the same car he crashed down a hillside on this event last season.



Llarena’s exit following SS2 completes a frustrating start to his 2022 ERC campaign, his first with Team MRF Tyres, after a handbrake issue slowed him on Friday night’s Fafe Super Special Stage.




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