Sesks' Crew Drops to Second Place in ERC Rally Portugal Ahead of the Final Stages
Latvian rally crew Mārtiņš Sesks and Renārs Francis slipped to second overall in Portugal, in the seventh round of the European Rally Championship, with four stages still to run.
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The Latvian rally crew of driver Mārtiņš Sesks and co-driver Renārs Francis dropped to second place overall on Sunday in Portugal, in the seventh round of the European Rally Championship (ERC), with four closing special stages still to run. The event is the Portugal rally, centred on six cities in the country's north, and it counts as a round of the European series in car rallying.
The ERC is a continental rally championship in which crews compete across several rounds in different countries. The Portugal rally is its seventh round, so the result affects the crews' standing in the championship.
According to the source, four special stages remained before the finish. At that point Sesks and Francis were second overall, meaning they had slipped back from a higher position. Their final result in the Portugal rally will be known once those last stages are completed.
The source does not say who moved ahead of the Latvian crew or give the time gap.
