Loix reveals secret behind new pacenotes

Freddy Loix has revealed how changes to his pacenotes for Friday afternoon’s loop of stages have improved his form on Rally Islas Canarias El Corte Inglés, round two of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.

Loix, who is being co-driven by fellow Belgian Frédéric Miclotte, fought his way up from fourth to second overall during the afternoon tests in his BFO Škoda Rally Team Fabia. He is 3.1s adrift of Jan Kopecký starting the two night runs.

“We changed quite a lot the pacenotes because we have completely no experience on this island,” said Loix. “We put a tape recorder in the car and in between the stages Frédéric has been listening to change his notes and we found it was a big help.”