Craig Rahill and Conor Smith created some history for Lancia taking their newly developed Rally4 car to Barum rally victory.
The victory over the weekend gave the manufacture their first win in over 30 years.
It was also a first win for the Cavan duo on the Junior European Championship. The duo were on the podium in Rome taking third place.
Having now proven that they can compete on the European stage, the target for the Motor sport Ireland academy driver is next year’s title.
However, as Craig told Northern Sound, competing in Europe is expensive.