MARKLUND TO THE TOP, NITIŠS 2ND – AS EURO RX BATTLE HEATS UP

Sweden’s Anton Marklund won the second round of the FIA European Rallycross Championship for Supercar. Reigning RX2 Champion Cyril Raymond dominated qualifying in Euro RX Supercar, quickest in three of the four qualifiers to be TQ (Top Qualifier) in the Intermediate Classification driving a Peugeot 208 WRX. The Frenchman, making his first appearance of the season, went on to win semi-final one as Championship leader Reinis Nitiss won semi-final two to start on the front row of the final.

But, at the start of the final it was reigning Champion Anton Marklund who jumped into the lead from the second row, as Nitiss was hampered by a problem and Raymond made a slow getaway. Fifth on the first lap, Nitiss used an early joker to climb up to second by the finish but couldn’t overhaul Marklund. Raymond battled back to third on his debut in the class.

In his first season in Supercar, Denmark’s Ulrik Linnemann moved up to third in the points with another fifth place finish, multiple Swedish Rallycross Champion Peter Hedstrom finishing just ahead of the Dane in a similar Volkswagen Polo in fourth. Former TouringCar front-runner Anders Braten was spun at the first corner but recovered to finish sixth in an Eklund Motorsport Volkswagen Beetle.

Third at round one, France’s Jean-Baptiste Dubourg just missed a place in the semi-finals and for the second event in a row, 2017 Euro RX runner-up Thomas Bryntesson didn’t make the final after he was spun at the first corner of semi-final two.

Full Euro RX of Belgium Results HERE