Two different privateer drivers have set fastest stage times with Pirelli tyres on the same event. Milan – For the first time since Pirelli’s return to rallying last year, two different privateer drivers have set fastest stage times with Pirelli tyres on the same event – underlining the capacity of the Italian rubber to give privately-entered drivers the chance to compete against factory teams. On stage six of Rally Sweden, Ukrainian driver Yuriy Protasov – in only his fourth event in a World Rally Car – went fastest of all: his very first stage win at World Rally Car level, having previously won the Ukrainian championship in 2008. Protasov proved that his speed was no fluke by...
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