ERC Junior U27 graduate Huttunen in Hyundai for Poland 14.09.2018: PZM RALLY POLAND FIA European Rally Championship round 7/8 FIA ERC Junior Under 28 Championship round 5/6 FIA ERC Junior Under 27 Championship round 5/6 Jari Huttunen, last year’s FIA ERC Junior Under

PZM RALLY POLAND
 


FIA European Rally Championship round 7/8

FIA ERC Junior Under 28 Championship round 5/6

FIA ERC Junior Under 27 Championship round 5/6






Jari Huttunen, last year’s FIA ERC Junior Under 27 runner-up, will be back on European championship duty in Poland – only this time he’ll be R5-powered.




Having won in R2 machinery last season – including in the Pirelli-supported ERC Junior U27 category on Poland’s Rally Rzeszow – Huttunen was chosen for the Hyundai Motorsport Driver development Program (HMDP) for 2018.




As well as selected tests and world championship rallies, Huttunen’s schedule includes the ERC-counting PZM Rally Poland in a Hyundai i20 R5 when he will go up against a number of fellow ERC Junior U27 graduates. “Rally Poland is an important event as part of my HMDP campaign,” said the 24-year-old Finn.





“Not only does it help to give me more time in the car, but the gravel surface makes it a very good warm-up event for Rally GB a few weeks later. It will be my first event on gravel since Rally Finland, so hopefully we can show the same level of performance as we did there, and come away with a similar result.”




Huttunen placed second in class on his home round of the world championship in July and was also on form when he tackled the gravel-based Rally Estonia earlier in the month, finishing fifth in an i20 R5





With both events featuring high-speed gravel stages similar to PZM Rally Poland, Huttunen is expected to be among the frontrunners when action begins in Mikołajki next Friday.








Richard Rodgers, photos FIA ERC