FIA European Rallycross Championship 2013 – Round 2 – Montalegre, Portugal – April 27-28
(Montalegre) – TouringCar driver Derek Tohill finished fifth during the second round of the 2013 FIA
European Rallycross Championship at Montalegre, Portugal. The Irishman previously won the
opening round (in England) of the 2013 RallycrossRX series in the TouringCar category at the wheel
of his Ford Fiesta Mk7 RWD.
This weekend’s event on the Pista Automovel de Montalegre didn’t start that well for Tohill on
Saturday. After he wasn’t able to finish his first heat due to an issue related to the fuel injection system
he afterwards had to deal with a misfire in the second heat leading to a classification of sixth by the
end of the first day. On Sunday morning things improved and resulted in a fourth and second fastest
time in the remaining heats.
For the final race of the day the Ford Fiesta was placed on the third row of the grid. A brilliant start of
Tohill made him challenging pole-sitter Robin Larsson for first place in the first corner. Eventually he
came out of the corner in second behind Larsson. Unfortunately for Tohill the Fiesta was halted during
the third lap because of fuel problems.
The next race for the team is the third round of the 2013 RallycrossRX series at Nyirad in Hungary on
May 25-26.

Result:
TouringCar – 6 laps: 1. Robin Larsson (S), Skoda Fabia Mk1 RWD; 2. Koen Pauwels (B), Ford Fiesta
Mk7 RWD; 3. Roman Castoral (CZ), Opel Astra G RWD; 4. David Nordgaard (N), Ford Focus Mk2
RWD; 5. Derek Tohill (IRL), Ford Fiesta Mk7 RWD; 6. Torleif Lona (N), Ford Fiesta Mk7 RWD.
Championship (2/9): 1. Robin Larsson (S) 43; 2. Roman Castoral (CZ) 42; 3. Koen Pauwels (B) 40; 4.
Derek Tohill (IRL) 39; …