Yuya Sumiyama survived damaged rear suspension in his Skoda Fabia R5.
Italian driver Giandomenico Basso won the Rallye International du Valais, final round of both the T-E-R series and the Swiss national championship, heading a top six success for Skoda Fabia R5 cars.
Basso finished the T-E-R series 40 points ahead of the Belgian Joachim Wagemans, while Ivan Ballinari took the Swiss title.
Father and son drivers, Olivier and Michel Burri, finished second and third on the rally, thanks to the late retirement of Kevin Abbring, who went off the road.
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Lancer Evo X driver, Carl Tundo, won his fourth Kenyan rally title when he won the Kabras Eldoret Rally, beating the similar cars of Baldev Chager and Tejveer Rai.
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Kris Meeke is due to make his first competition appearance in five months when he drives a Skoda Fabia R5 on the final round of the Belgium championship, the Condroz Huy Rally (2-4 November).
Another guest entry will be Stéphane Lefebvre in a Citroen C3R5.
Meeke is expected to make his competition debut with a new co-driver to replace Paul Nagle. He attended Rally Legends with Derek Brannigan.
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Miguel Fuster’s Fiesta R5 won the Blendio Santander Cantabria Rally after a long battle with Ivan Ares’ Hyundai i20 R5. Third was the Fiesta R5 of Bryan Bouffier, while top placed N5 car was Joan Vinyes’ Suzuki Swift.
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In North America, Subaru WRX STI driver David Higgins won the American Rally Association title for the first time by finishing second at the season’s penultimate event, Idaho Rally.
Rival association Rally America sees a continued fight between David Brown (Subaru) and Piotr Fetela (Fiesta Proto), but winner this time at the snowy Lake Superior Performance Rally was Joseph Burke Junior’s Lancer Evo IX.
Last weekend saw the Argentina championship Rally Entre Rios with victory and an increased championship lead for Federico Villagra’s Fiesta MR turbo.
Second was Geronimo Padilla’s Peugeot 208MR and Alejandro Cancio’s Chevrolet Agile MR.
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