Under a clouded sky which will reserve a few surprises the 65 entries in the third Dunlop Romanian Rally Championship round will start Hunedoara Rally beginning with 14.31. The first leg will have 5 special stages the most important being the classic Cincis stage runned in both ways. The day will end with a superspecial stage organized in the vecinity of the service park.
The first will be starting Tempesta – Subaru Impreza N14, which has recently returned from the Adriatic Rally in Italy. He will be followed by the reigning champion Dan Gartofan still driving the old N12. Bogdan Marisca is the third seeded driver and he will be followed by the winner of the first two round the finn Jarkko Miettinen. The Hungarian driver Szabo will start in front of Manu Mihalache, Claudiu David, Vali Porcisteanu and Titi Aur. The multiple champion is followed by Catalin Cismaru, Danny Ungur, Daniel Onoriu and Sorin Badea.
Unexpected is the starting position of Mihai Leu who is the Major candidate at Hunedoara and the favorit of the local public. He start’s on the 20th position behind slower cars and drivers.
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