Chennai, May 22 (Agency) Team MRF Tyres took a dominant victory in the thirdround of the FIA European Rally Championship with Martins Sesks and RenarsFrancis putting on a master class in the ORLEN Rally of Poland yesterday. The Latvian duo started the day with a lead of 8.2 secs and proved untouchablethroughout the day. They took a further four stage wins and pulled their lead out to almost 40 secsin their Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 to take their first win of the season and the 2ndof their career, reports received here today said.Over the rally, Sesks and Francis averaged 115km/h on the fast and narrowroads that demanded grip and confidence. Martins Sesks, winner, Team MRF Tyres, said “The Team MRF Tyres car wasunbelievable this weekend. The MRF Tyres were just fantastic through therally and gave me the confidence to push through!
I am thrilled to take mysecond win in the FIA ERC and I would like to thank the team and everyoneback in India for making this happen. Rally Poland was something specialand I am looking forward to getting back to Latvia for the next round.” The tyres had to contend with rocks being drawn onto the line, and theMRF Tyres stood the test of toughness that was demanded throughoutthe rally.In total, there were six MRF Tyre cars that won points in this rally.Efren Llarena, Denis Radstrom, Pontus Tidemand and Simone Campedelliwere the other point scorers for team MRF Tyres. Team MRF Tyres continuesto lead the Team Championship, while Sesks moves to second in the Driver’sChampionship. The FIA ERC now moves to Rally Liepaja in Latvia for another fast gravel rally,one where Team MRF Tyres and Martins Sesks reigned supreme in 2022.