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ALBATEC Racing’s Jerome Grosset-Janin was denied the chance of a European Rallycross Championship podium in Barcelona, despite showing stunning pace throughout the weekend.

The Frenchman , in his Dumfries-based team’s Peugeot 208 RX Supercar, won two of his four Euro RX heats to reach the finals.

The brand new Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya provided plenty of action, with the opening heat seeing Grosset-Janin take the win.

Heat two proved frustrating after a broken left front wheel left him stranded out on track on the first lap.

He bounced back in Sunday’s heats to secure pole for the second semi-final.

Second in that earned him a second row start for the final but contact with Jonni-Pekka Rajala on the exit of turn one brought his race to an end.

The weekend proved tougher for team-mate James Grint, who hit a wall in his Up&Go-supported machine on lap one of his first heat.

That put him out of action for the rest of Saturday.

Then on Sunday, in his final heat, he was forced to take evasive action to avoid an out-of-control rival, scuppering any chance of a semi-final appearance.