Latvian driver Jēkabs Kalenda, together with pusher Regnārs Kirejevs, won the sixth place in the European U23 Championship and the tenth place in the European Junior Championship on Friday at the Winterberg track in Germany within the framework of the European Cup.
Two of Latvia completed the track in 57.23 seconds, showing the eighth best start time.
As the start in the European U-23 Championship and the European Junior Championships took place within the framework of the European Cup, the Latvians did not take the second place in the second race.
The crew of the Russian pilot Stephan Dubinko won the European U-23 championship, which was 0.18 seconds ahead of his compatriot Vyacheslav Popov and 0.53 seconds ahead of the Romanian Andrei Nick.
After the first race, Kalenda lost 0.53 seconds to the winner.
The fastest in the European Junior Championship was the German Philippe Cilasko duo, who was 0.13 seconds ahead of his compatriot Maximilian Illman and 0.55 seconds ahead of the Swiss Timo Roner.
In total, Kalenda lost 1.27 seconds to the winner.
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