Cetinkaya hopes test will aid IRC Ypres bid

Burcu Cetinkaya will use a test in Belgium on Monday (21 June) to complete her preparations for the Geko Ypres Rally, her second of seven planned appearances in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge this season.

The 29-year-old from Turkey has competed on the event twice before in a two-wheel drive Ford Fiesta. Next week’s rally will mark the first time she has rallied on Belgian soil in her four-wheel drive Peugeot Sport Turkey 207 Super 2000.

"Ypres has not been the best rally for me because I have crashed on both visits," said the Istanbul resident. "It’s a very hard rally because there are lots of grip changes. We have done some testing [on asphalt] in France but those roads were not very typical of what we will find in Belgium. Hopefully the test we do on Monday will help me to prepare. It’s also the first time we have used the Yokohama tyres on Tarmac so it’s important we get familiar with the tyres during the test."