ERC: Bouffier set for Latvia

Bryan Bouffier will be back on ERC duty in Latvia next week when he makes his competition debut in a Citroen DS3 RRC.
Bryan Bouffier (FRA) Xavier Panseri (FRA), Ford Fiesta WRC
Bryan Bouffier (FRA) Xavier Panseri (FRA), Ford Fiesta WRC
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Bryan Bouffier is hoping for another 'good result' in Latvia next week w🐼hen he takes in the second round of the 201ꦜ4 FIA European Rally Championship.

Bouffier put in a stunning performance on Rallye Monte Carlo recently, the 2014 WRC season opener, finishing second overall in an M-Sport-run Ford Fiesta RS WRC [see separate HERE], and following💜 that success he will be loo🐽king for more of the same, even though this will be his first proper winter rally and also his first outing in a Citroen DS3 RRC.

"It would have been better to go [out] on the first [ERC] event in Austria as well but it hasn't been possible. For me it [Rally Liepaja] is a g𒐪reat challenge and one more time I will get the opportunity to drive a good car and the first time I drive a completely snow event with full studs so I am sure it will be good fun," said the Frenchman.

"It will be my first time on a pure winter rally in the forests so I don't know what it will be like and if I will be quick or not. It's one more challenge for me. But hopefully yes, it will be nice," he replied when asked if ඣhe agrees he wil💝l start as one of the favourites.

Meanwhile, Bouffier added at this stage his run in Latvia is a one-off and that he has nothing agreed to do any more ERC rounds.

"For the moment it's just one shot but then𝕴 we will see. Hopefully we can get a good result and will see if it can help me to do more events," added the 29-year-old, who finished as runner-up to Skoda's Jan Kopeckyඣ in the ERC last year.

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