“It’s one thing you’re at all times working in direction of for certain,” Armstrong smiled. “We [Shane Byrne, co-driver and I] had a pleasant little cry collectively on the way in which down right here, I used to be so emotional earlier than going into the stage so I simply drove it so fastidiously.
“Quite a lot of laborious work, numerous years’ rallying has gone into getting right here. Large due to M-Sport, 1-2 reveals the automobile’s nice. I simply can’t consider it, it’ll take some time to sink in.
“Why not [go for the title]?,” he added. “It’s all to play for in Croatia and it’s one other slippy rally so something’s potential.”
Armstrong’s win was additionally his first within the BRC, as he was registered for factors in that championship too, with fourth-placed total William Creighton rounding out that podium behind Jürgenson to edge perilously near the nationwide title. Former Rali Ceredigion winner Osian Pryce rounded out the general top-five in his Hyundai.
As for the ERC title race, Mabellini was peerless on the powerstage to restrict his factors deficit to Marczyk, who was solely third quickest on the ultimate stage. Meaning Marczyk outscored Mabellini by 4 factors, due to this fact carrying 15 factors.
With dropped scores thought of, Marczyk’s lead is simply two over Mabellini.
