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Jan Cerny on Acores islands. Jan, after a satisfactory first round you have many troubles in second round. What was wrong?
Yes, that is true, from the first stage of the second leg, we had problems with electronics. It looked like engine injection failure
And we were repairing it before the start of third today stage.
Before that, we rode only with three engine cylinders. Our car didn´t have enough power
Then we fixed it and the next third stage was ok, with quite good time, even if I was´t confident with the failure fixing
And I was not in optional state of mind, due to this troubles.
So we finished this stage, but on the next longest stage it started to rain heavily, there also was a lot of fog
and somewhere in the middle of this stage, at 13th kilometer, there was downhill
It was raining and lot of fog. Then we were little bit late on brakes
Mainly there was a lot of water on the road. So car didn´t have enough traction and it didn´t want to stop.
We went off the road, rather into a bank and we lean and broke the arm.
There is not too much damage, but we were unable to continue
So you will start in super-rally?
Yes, I have to thank all my mechanics, because they repaired everything
Car is now in Parc Fermé and we will continue tomorow!
What about your results in first leg? Were you satisfied?
For sure, it could be better, but this is our first start on gravel with this car and we didn´t expect something special, but it could be better.
What about stages? How difficult they are?
Stages are realy difficult, maybe with better weather conditions it could be easier. It is realy complicated during this weather.
This is one of most difficult race I have ever rode. I feel bad from that mistake, but this is part of the rally.
Your plans into next leg?
Because we will not attack any points, we will use this as a test. We will try all possible settings.
and I suppose, we will start as first, so we will be cleaning road, so it will not be so good, but it will be a new experience for us.
And each kilometer on gravel is important for us. We will see, but we would like to achieve some good times.
Thank you for interview and good luck!
Thank you