Kajetan Kajetanowicz wants to make good his strategy of competing in rallies with fewer rivals in a RACC Rally where he will find competition from Emil Lindholm. Both will be in Japan, so a direct duel between the two is drawn.
If one looks at the classification of the WRC2 category, defending champion Andreas Mikkelsen is at the top of the table. However, it is a testimonial leadership, since the Norwegian has completed his program of seven rallies, the maximum number of events that count towards the final score. On the contrary, his two immediate pursuers only have five rallies to their credit.
This draws a scenario in which without being at the forefront of the classification, Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Emil Lindholm are the two real candidates for the title. And the truth is that the equality between the two is remarkable. The Pole and Finn have contested five rallies, so both have the option of competing in the RACC Rally and Rally Japan to round out their programme. So they will both.
Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Emil Lindholm are the drivers bidding for the title, although Andreas Mikkelsen is still the leader
Kajetan Kajetanowicz starts the RACC Rally with 13 points more than Emil Lindholm and he is 13 minutes away from beating Andreas Mikkelsen, a necessary condition to become champion. While the Polish has this advantage, Emil Lindholm plays with another factor in his favor. Knowing that the worst result of the season must be discounted, the accounts in this case favor him.
If Kajetanowicz and Lindholm do not make mistakes o have problems and add a good result in the RACC Rally and in Japan, andKajetanowicz’s worst record to date is fifth place -Estonia-, while Lindholm’s is a fourteenth -Sweden-. This would deduct ten points from Kajetan’s accountsleaving the difference between the two in three units, so a direct duel is drawn in Spain and Japan between the two.
Images of the ‘Monday Test’ in which the WRC2 drivers have prepared their participation in the RACC Rally
Emil Lindholm already has a title
Lindholm, in addition to bidding for the absolute title of the WRC2 category, starts the Rally RACC de Catalunya knowing that he is already champion. Lindholm and his co-driver Reeta Hämäläinen have become winners of the WRC2 Junior categorysince Chris Ingram will not compete in the RACC Rally and will not be in the Japan Rally either, making Lindholm’s advantage in the classification good.
Lindholm’s season as far as Junior WRC2 is concerned has been almost perfect and after the sixth place obtained within this subcategory in Sweden, the Finnish driver has managed to prevail among the youngest drivers in the WRC2 category in Croatia, Estonia, Finland and Greece.
spanish factor
Although Nil Solans will eventually miss the RACC Rally by accident in the ‘Monday Test’, the role of the Spanish pilots can be very important in the resolution of the title if they manage to intersperse themselves between the two contenders. For this reason, we must be very attentive to the role of Jan SolansNil’s brother, at the wheel of his Citroën C3 Rally2.
It will also be interesting to see how far Alejandro Cachón can go., a driver who will also compete in a Citroën C3 Rally2 in the stages of the Catalan event. For its part, Pepe López will be at the controls of a Hyundai i20 N Rally2 to try to shine at home and get victory in the silver category of the World Cup. They are joined by other pilots such as Eduard Pons or Miguel Diaz-Aboitiz.
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