Today’s shakedown ahead of the International Rally of Whangarei has seen European Rally Champion Jan Kopecký set fastest time, two tenths of a second quicker than team mate and defending Asia Pacific Rally Champion Gaurav Gill.
In New Zealand to contest the opening round for the 2014 FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) title, the ŠKODA Fabia S2000 drivers swapped positions at the top of the leaderboard. Today’s test is a precursor to the 220.87km of competition that lies ahead of them.
Kopecký’s time of 1min00.6 around the 1.25km course was his first taste of competition in New Zealand. The 32-year-old Czech resident joins the seven round series as part of ŠKODA motorsport’s foray in to the Asia Pacific region.
Kopecký and Gill headline the line-up of nine international entries, which runs ahead of a field of 39 New Zealand teams.
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