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Sunday, 25 September 2022 17:13

BORKOVIC WINS SERBIA RALLY FOR THE THIRD TIME, THE FIRST SERBIAN EVER TO DO IT

The best Serbian racecar driver Dusan Borkovic and his co-driver Igor Markovic won the 55th Serbia Rally and thus entered the history of motorsport as the only Serbians who won three times this most prestigious regional competition. In his Skoda Fabia R5 Evo, Borkovic set the best time on 10 out of the 12 special stages and thus ensured a convincing victory in the general standings. Also, Borkovic holds the records of all stages of the Serbia Rally from previous years competeting and at the 55th Serbia Rally he pushed his limits and broke personal records at 6 special stages.

Despite the great competition with 35 crews from 5 countries, Borkovic took the victory by 1 minute and 37 seconds in relation to the Bulgarian runner-up P. Staykov.

The driver of the Nis Petrol Team repeated the triumph from 2019 and 2020 and lifted the trophy for the third time, which also awarded points for the FIA European Rally Trophy of the Balkans, the Serbian Open Championship and the National Championship of
Serbia.

"I am overjoyed to have brought another victory to Serbia! It's an incredible feeling to drive in front of your home audience and I'm very happy that I managed to live up to the expectations and win Serbia Rally for the third time. I owe a big thank you to my sponsors, my Nis Petrol Racing Team and Eurosol Team and the amazing fans for their support. Congratulations to my co-driver Igor Marković, without whom this would not have been possible," said Borkovic.

Borkovic expressed his gratitude to his long-term partner, the Auto Moto Federation of Serbia and president Dejan Stojic, which, like the Nis Petrol Racing team, strives every year to raise motosport to an enviable level and justify the expectations of the world automobile federation-FIA.

"We were wise, patient and smart. Dusan once again showed how good of a driver he is and why he is a great champion. We controlled the situation on the track very well and except for one minor slide off in one of the stages, everything else was flawless. I would like to thank the organizers for the great work, everything was in perfect and even better than the previous years“, said Markovic.

During the two days of the competition, 12 stages with a total length of 151.04 km were driven, while the length of the itinerary was 536.89 km.