Efrén Llarena - Sara Fernández - Rally Islas Canarias 2022

46. Rally Islas Canarias 2022

ERC #3 • ERC Open #3 • ERC3 #3 • RGT Cup #2 • ERC4 #3 • ERC4 Junior #1 • Clio Trophy by Toksport WRT #2 • Canary Islands #2 [coef 1.2] • Suzuki Swift Cup (E) #2

12. 5. – 14. 5. 2022, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria • C.D. Todo Sport • asphalt 194.04 km • total distance including road sections - 640.69 km • Other years

Stage results

Llarena Efrén

Fernández Sara

Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo

S 6***

Team MRF Tyres

RC2

Final results

2. overall

2. class RC2

2. ERC

Stage results

1. leg	Time	Pos.	km/h s/km	Overall	Pos. after
SS1 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Disa (1.50 km)	1:10.9	11. 10. class RC2 9. ERC	76.2 km/h 1.53 s/km	1:10.9	11. 10. class RC2 9. ERC
"For sure, it's our home event. We will try our best but we know it will be difficult. We need to be focussed and clever to do the best rally possible."
SS2 Valsequillo 1 (11.91 km)	7:43.7	1. 1. class RC2 1. ERC	92.5 km/h	8:54.6	1. 1. class RC2 1. ERC
"The feeling is good. We are trying to do our best and it's a good way to start. The people behind will be fast also, but we are happy."
SS3 Santa Lucía 1 (14.82 km)	9:16.4	5. 5. class RC2 5. ERC	95.9 km/h 0.54 s/km	18:11.0	3. 3. class RC2 3. ERC
"At the beginning I had some problems with the pop-off [valve], so I had to change my driving style to not try and open the pop-off. I don't know the times, but we weren't fast here."
SS4 Tejeda 1 (20.78 km)	12:32.0	5. 5. class RC2 5. ERC	99.5 km/h 0.40 s/km	30:43.0	4. 4. class RC2 4. ERC
"Quite difficult for sure. Luis knows the stage very well. It was a hard and long stage for us, but we will keep improving and focus on the rest of the rally."
SS5 Valsequillo 2 (11.91 km)	7:44.3	3. 3. class RC2 3. ERC	92.3 km/h 0.17 s/km	38:27.3	4. 4. class RC2 4. ERC
"It's difficult. In this temperature the engine is not working like this morning, but it's okay. We'll keep pushing."
SS6 Santa Lucía 2 (14.82 km)	9:14.5	5. 5. class RC2 5. ERC	96.2 km/h 0.27 s/km	47:41.8	4. 4. class RC2 4. ERC
"Honestly there is a really good feeling here. Now it's very hot, so I think it will be a slow time, but I am happy with it."
SS7 Tejeda 2 (20.78 km)	12:27.0	7. 7. class RC2 7. ERC	100.1 km/h 0.41 s/km	1:00:08.8	4. 4. class RC2 4. ERC
"It's good. We are still in the fight for the podium and I think MRF did a really good job and the new tyre is working well. We are just a little bit off the pace of the first cars, but we are happy with our performance."
2. leg
SS8 Moya-Valleseco 1 (27.42 km)	17:09.0	1. 1. class RC2 1. ERC	95.9 km/h	1:17:17.8	4. 4. class RC2 4. ERC
"We tried to push now. I have no times, but we did a good stage. We tried to push but in some places we lost a little bit of time."
SS9 Arucas 1 (9.30 km)	4:52.3	4. 4. class RC2 4. ERC	114.5 km/h 0.18 s/km	1:22:10.1	3. 3. class RC2 3. ERC
SS10 San Mateo 1 (12.04 km)	7:35.0	4. 4. class RC2 4. ERC	95.3 km/h 0.17 s/km	1:29:45.1	3. 3. class RC2 3. ERC
"Can I win? I don't think so. The gap is similar to the Azores but it's very tough. We are doing our job for sure and we are happy with that."
SS11 Moya-Valleseco 2 (27.42 km)	17:03.7	1. 1. class RC2 1. ERC	96.4 km/h	1:46:48.8	3. 3. class RC2 3. ERC
"It's okay. We tried our best, but in the middle of the stage I made some mistakes and lost the line. We are happy with the performance and there are still two stages to go."
SS12 Arucas 2 (9.30 km)	4:48.4	2. 2. class RC2 2. ERC	116.1 km/h 0.08 s/km	1:51:37.2	3. 3. class RC2 3. ERC
SS13 San Mateo 2[Power Stage] (12.04 km)	7:31.0	2. 2. class RC2 2. ERC	96.1 km/h 0.14 s/km	1:59:08.2	2. 2. class RC2 2. ERC
"For sure, it was an amazing rally for us. We are doing a really good job and I am really proud of MRF Tyres. We did the first stage win on Tarmac for MRF in history so I think our job is amazing."