Dariusz Poloński admitted it was hard not to be disappointed despite finishing second in the FIA European Rally Championship-counting Abarth Rally Cup in the Czech Republic last weekend.

Petr Semerád said winning a stage in the FIA ERC3 Junior Championship on his Barum Czech Rally Zlín owed plenty to the Richard Burns Rally computer game.

Marijan Griebel believes the provisional ERC Junior champions for 2019 – Filip Mareš and Efrén Llarena – both have a “big opportunity” to progress following their capture of their respective prize drives.

Jean-Baptiste Franceschi was surprised he was so fast on his Barum Czech Rally Zlín debut last week at the wheel of a M-Sport Poland-built Ford Fiesta R2T.

Simon Wagner is already hard at work on returning to the FIA ERC1 Junior Championship in 2020 following a debut podium in the category for young stars in R5 cars.

Chris Ingram’s emergence as a contender for the FIA European Rally Championship title will mean “more thrills” on the season-closing events in Cyprus and Hungary.