Simon Hughes will be chasing his maiden Fiesta SportingTrophy International win when he sets off in Sardinia next week for round three of the highly competitive one-make championship. After two rounds of the FSTi series Hughes lies in second, just seven points behind current championship leader Barry Clark.
The Welshman, with co-driver Claire Mole, battled several mechanical dramas in Portugal last month to finish just 37.9 seconds off the leader claiming eight points; leaping from fourth to equal second in the process. In Portugal the battle with Clark fused for the entire event and Sardinia is shaping up to be another fierce one.
Rally d’Italia Sardegna is set to be a tough rally for FSTi competitors with its sandy, rocky stages and loose rocks lining the side of the road always causing punctures for the unwary, a common problem in past events. The 342 kilometres of competitive route hosts 18 special stages, 50 percent of which is entirely different to anything driven on in the rally’s three-year history.
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