Thu 10 Oct 2024

Heads down and carry on for Armstrong in ERC

Jon Armstrong plans to pick up where he left off on last month’s JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion when he contests Rally Silesia’s FIA European Rally Championship season showdown this weekend (October 11-13).

The Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy-supported Armstrong equalled his previous best ERC result of sixth on the Welsh Tarmac event where he also banked his maiden stage victory aboard his Pirelli-equipped Ford Fiesta Rally3.  


Armstrong, who is co-driven by Eoin Treacy, hopes to carry that form into round eight of the ERC season in Poland.   


“We just really need to get our heads down and try to pick up we left off in Wales and carry the pace so we can get a strong result,” Armstrong said.   


“The stages look to be quite technical with a lot of variation. The character and surface types are a bit like a mixture of Ypres and Barum.”  


Armstrong starts Rally Silesia in sixth place in the overall ERC standings, albeit equal on 59 points with Simone Tempestini.

Japan
Starts: Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 12:00:00 AM
Poland
Starts: Friday, October 11, 2024 at 9:30:00 AM
Turkey
Starts: Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 8:30:00 AM