Photo: Tomas Čekanavičius
After two Kalvenes speed stages, the leaders were Miks Ķenavs/Gundars Berķis, who lost two seconds to Mareks Švarts-Švampāns/Armands Lukins. In the continuation, a fierce battle developed between the two crews, where before the final lap Schwartz-Švampāns were already in the lead, but the Ķenava crew was only 0.21 seconds behind.
In the final lap, Schwartz-Schwampans was the fastest, thus winning. Ćenavs was second, losing 3.47 seconds, while Vigo Rubenis/Kristapas Eglītei took third place. All these drivers also won the first three places in the RK8 class. The fourth place absolutely and the first in the RK11 class was won by Jānis Sala/ Jānis Bruzinskis.
Rally results:
1. Mareks Schwartz-Švampāns / Armands Lūkins, Subaru Impreza 31:27:11
2. Miks Ćenavs / Gundars Berķis, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI, +00:03:47
3. Vigo Rubenis / Kristaps Eglite, Subaru Impreza, +00:37:45
4. Jānis Sala / Jānis Bruzinskis, Audi 90 quattro, +01:03:68
5. Serhii Potiiko / Sergei Larens, Skoda Fabia Rally2 Kit, +01:23:92
6. Jānis Grīnbergs / Jānis Strazdiņš, BMW 325, +01:25:90
7. Andris Vovers / Aldis Hanzens, BMW, +01:32:11
8. Uldis Lepiksons / Ainars Steinbergs, Ford Puma, +02:08:96
9. Intars Rezakovs / Elvijs Zebuliņš, Subaru Impreza, +02:43:55
10. Gints Cēlajs / Toms Freiberg, Subaru Impreza, +02:49:48
