Rally-eMag 017 March.April 2014 | Page 9

Rally-eMag March/April 2014 / News This month’s wrap up ERC Champs continues winning ways After winning last years ERC crown Jan Kopecky was up for a new challenge. His Skoda team offered such by switching him and Esapekka Lappi from their respective championship. Lappi was to join the ERC while Kopecky wandered off in search for adventure and further glory in the Asia Pacific Rally Championship. Bryan Boufier back at Hyundai French asphalt ace Bryan Boufier rejoins the Hyundai squad in the special capacity of test driver. His most important task is to test the 2015 version of the i20. He’ll do that in the usual preevent tests the team will be doing. Further he’ll compete in the Rallye Antibes Cote d’Azur at the end of May. His task will be to gather as much data as possible for the asphalt rallies that are awaiting the team in the next part of the season. The APRC is sure to provide adventure as it takes teams all across Asia through China, Thailand, Australia, New Zealan, Japan, Malaysia and perhaps most exotic of them all, New Caledonia. It was here that Kop X