6 October 2026, Tuesday
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Happy Ending at Cyprus Rally

Happy Ending at Cyprus Rally
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The Cyprus Rally, the final round of the 2016 European Rally Championship, ended with Castrol Ford Team Türkiye crews taking the top three places in the ERC3 class.

Murat Bostancı-Onur Vatansever, contesting their seventh round of the European Championship this season, won the rally in their class. The other crews competing for Castrol Ford Team Türkiye, Buğra Banaz-Burak Erdener in second and Ümitcan Özdemir-Sedat Bostancı in third, filled the remaining podium places.
cyprusrally2016-umitcanozdemirOn the final day, in the closing stage known as the "Golden Stage", which carried a cash prize, Bostancı-Vatansever won among the two-wheel-drive cars, with Banaz-Erdener second and Özdemir-Bostancı third.

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Following this rally, Murat Bostancı finished third in the ERC3 class of the European Rally Championship, while Onur Vatansever was crowned ERC3 co-drivers' champion, moving the crew a step closer to their goal of a European title. Castrol Ford Team Türkiye also won the ERC3 teams' championship, beating German and British teams to claim a major success.

We congratulate all our competitors and wish them continued success.

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