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Kajetanowicz: There’s a surprise on every ERC round

It's been over a year since Kajetan Kajetanowicz failed to finish on the podium when he's started an FIA European Rally Championship event, but things are far from predictable for the defending champion.

The LOTOS Rally Team driver has started 2016 with second-place finishes on Rally Islas Canarias El Corte Inglés and the Circuit of Ireland. For Kajetanowicz, tyre pressures played a big part in the outcome on Gran Canaria, while tyre choice was crucial in his close battle with Craig Breen in the changeable weather of Northern Ireland.

He said: "Before each rally we gather as much information as possible, we analyse every possible scenario, we draw conclusions from previous starts, we try to prepare ourselves for almost every situation. We do all these things in order to spare us surprises and additional tension during the event, but thankfully we never know everything.

"In every round of the FIA European Rally Championship something surprises us. This is why I learn all the time.

"There are some things we need to improve. The whole team has the right tools but if we want to defend our European Championship title, we have to learn how to use them in an even better way."

Zdroj: fiaerc.com