At the Geko Ypres Rally, valid for the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge seated in the picturesque town of Ypres in Belgium, Australian Molly Taylor, codriven by Englishman Seb Marshall, concluded the race with honour despite the difficulties encountered in the first special stages.
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During the first day of competition, the United Business crew experienced a slight off in the first special stage, but despite the damage they were able to complete the first three special stages and return to service where the team promptly repaired the Citroen DS3 R3 allowing them to continue and to complete the first leg. During the second and final day Molly and Seb progressively improved their results thanks to the increasingly greater feeling reached with the car from BP Racing.
Molly Taylor said: "After the time lost in the first stage we stuck to bringing the car back to service, where the team did a fantastic job to put it back on track. Then in the second loop on Friday and on Saturday we chose only to gain experience rather than overdoing it - there is so much to learn! On the special stages on Saturday we improved each stage, not as much as we wanted but we focused on reaching the finish.
"This is the first race, a very difficult one which I did not know, and it was the first time I had driven the Citroen DS3 R3 on an event. Our goal was to reach the finish and reward Pier Liberali of United Business for the opportunity he has given us, and we did that.
"For the remaining rallies in our programme I know that we can improve because what I have available, Pirelli tyres, car and team, are a great sporting and technical package. Race after race, we will be trying our best."
The next events for the United Business crew will be in Italy at the Rally Coppa Città di Lucca followed by Neste Rally Finland and ADAC Rally Deutschland.
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