The sixth round in the Russian championship is coming up and Patrik has been there to do tests since Monday.

This time Håkan Palm is entering the right seat as co-driver for the first time with Patrik .
-“ This will be exciting. It will be the first time we do a rally together” says Patrik. –“Today we have been running some tests and done some recognition. It was a bit strange in the beginning but after a few rounds we found the pace. So this will be great” Patrik laughts.

Rally Ural is taking place in south Ural and consist of eight special stages that adds up to 159,34 km. If we count the transport it is totally 247,36 km. The whole area is an old mining site. It is the second time Patrik take on these roads, he did it last year together with is permanent co-driver Göran Bergsten.

-“It is really nice that finally run a rally that even I have driven before” says Patrik. –“it is a special rally that runs on old mining roads up to 800 meters above sea level”.

Last year heavy rain caused problems with extremely slippery roads as a consequence.
-“We have had the time to run just about half of the stages and this year the roads are extremely dry”. Says Patrik.

The Russian Championship standings before Rally Ural
1. Andrew Zhigunov 85 points
2. Trukhin Andrew 80 points
3. Patrik Flodin 66 points
4. Makarov Vladim 48 points
5. Uspenskij Sergey 47 points

The Russian Championship standings before Rally Ural.
With two rallies not counted:
(Only five of the seven races counts)
1. Patrik Flodin 66 poäng
2. Andrew Zhigunov 65 poäng
3. Trukhin Andrew 57 poäng
4. Makarov Vladim 41 poäng
5. Uspenskij Sergey 39 poäng