Tenth place in the FIA CEZ ranking of the Desert Express 300 event belongs to the crew of the Slovak NORWIT Racing Team at the finish. However, everything could have been completely different.
The crew of the Slovak NORWIT Racing Team, Martin Benko – Jiří Kalát, together with the Taurus T3 Max vehicle, figured in a very strong Hungarian competition before the last special stage in an excellent fourth place in the FIA CEZ ranking. However, the last special stage changed everything.
In the last test, we caught a branch that broke our steering rod. Of course, this meant parking the car next to the track and then we thought about how to get to the finish. Somehow we managed to fix it, but looking at our loss, it was clear that there was no point in chasing it anymore, so we continued to the finish slowly. It’s a big shame, we had a great time and could have scored a lot of points in the Central European Zone. But you can’t play with could have. Despite that, it was a great training session, Jirko and I were in the car together, we’re just sorry for the result,” said a sad Martin Benko after the competition.
After this Hungarian adventure, NORWIT Racing and its mechanics are now waiting for a complete vehicle inspection and preparation for training runs. At the beginning of May, the NORWIT Racing Team crew will have another competition in Hungary.