The Herrador Factory Team moved last weekend to Hellenic territory to compete in the second race of the season of the FIA European Cup in Lower Cross County, the Rally Greece Off Road. In this event, the Herrator Inzane X3 piloted by Jesús Fuster and Carlos Fernández rose with the victory in the general of T3 – reserved for light vehicle prototypes – and ended in a meritorious second place in the scratch classification.
The Greek event, which was played a month later than scheduled initially due to the country’s elections, was held in extreme conditions, with rain and, above all, a lot of mud in the specials. The slightly more than 500 kilometers timed in seven specials and two stages, Friday and Saturday, were an authentic odyssey for all participants, including the three drivers of the Herrador Factory Team
From the start of the race, the duo formed by the Spanish Fuster/Fernández and the Portuguese Alexandre Pinto and Fausto Mota were shown as the competitors to be taken into account between the T3, while Eduardo Eslava and Laura Díaz progressed in their times. Moreover, in the face of the difficulty of the troubled terrain, where it was easy to make piloting mistakes, Jesus Fuster brought to light all his talent at the wheel to take his Herrator Inzane X3 to the first final position
This new international triumph of the Spanish car with mechanical Can Am, to which an excellent absolute second place must be added, could have been even greater, since the vehicle of Pinto and Mota was the great rival of Spanish drivers in the fight for the victory in the T3 class. Finally, a run-off in the final selective section left the Lussians without the reward of the podium that they had so much deserved over the two days of competition on the Greek tracks. For their part, Eslava/Díaz finished the test in the tenth position in their category.
“We’ve had a really good time talking about sports. We are collecting the fruit of all our work and dedication put in the last five years on this car. The results of the end of last year and the start of this season show us that we are on the right track. A racing vehicle evolves over time, because we work continuously, and we already have more than 50 units competing around the world, which provides us with great feedback to keep progressing,” said Javier Herrador, head of training in Greece.
After the first two appointments of the season, Jesús Fuster occupies the second place in the T3 category of the FIA European Cup of Low Cross Country, just three points from the leader, in addition to being fourth in the absolute ranking. The next event for the Herrador Factory Team will be the Baixa España Aragón (July 21 and 22), which will be scheduled for the FIA World Cup of Baixas Cross Country. The next European Cup will be in Lower Hungary (August 10-13), which will mark the passage of the equator of the continental competition season.
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Source Herrador Factory Team
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