Avcı Wins Rally Marmaris

Marmaris Rally Turkey, organised by the Turkish Automobile Sports Federation (TOSFED) on 13-15 May and part of the FIA European Rally Cup and the Turkish Rally Championship, ended in victory for the Yağız Avcı-Bahadır Gücenmez crew, competing for Neo Motorspor in a Peugeot 208 T16 R5.

Murat Bostancı-Onur Vatansever finished second for the Castrol Ford Team Türkiye in a Ford Fiesta R5, while third place overall went to Uğur Soylu-Emir Şahin in a Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX for Neo Motorspor. The Orhan Avcıoğlu-Burçin Korkmaz crew, who ran second for much of the rally, were unable to finish after rolling on the spectator stage. Of the 48 crews that started the rally, 30 reached the finish.

At the end of a tough rally, the Buğra Banaz-Burak Erdener crew from Castrol Ford Team Türkiye won RC4 in a Ford Fiesta R2T, while Kenan Kar-Soner Tamer, competing for GP Garage My Team in a Citroen C2, took the win in RC3, and Emrah Ali Başo-Gürkal Menderes, entered as privateers in a Ford Fiesta R1, won RC5. In the ladies' driver classification, the honours went to Simin Bıçakcıoğlu of Neo Motorspor in a Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX, in the junior driver classification to Buğra Banaz, in the junior co-driver classification to Tuğkan Erden, and in the ladies' co-driver classification to Merve Hasbay, who competed alongside Saipcan Hasbay.

In the Historic rally classification, Engin Kap-Başar Yavuz of Bonus Unifree Parkur Racing took first place, Kemal Gamgam-Orkun Demir were second and Burak Türkkan-Onur Aslan of Parkur Historic were third, while Sinan-Sedef Dündar won Category 1 in a Volkswagen Golf GTI MK1.

After the rally, the awards for the top finishers were presented at a ceremony on the finish podium in Marmaris Atatürk Square, attended by Muğla Governor Amir Çiçek, Marmaris District Governor Celalettin Yüksel, Provincial Director of Youth Services and Sports Serkan Öcalmaz, Muğla Provincial Police Chief Hakan Çetinkaya, TOSFED President Serkan Yazıcı and members of the board.