Peugeot 306 Maxi Evo BMR Team sponsored by Cepsa - Catalunya Costa Brava Rally - Rally of Spain 1997
Marking / livery in 1/24 scale manufactured by Reji Model (ref. REJI-343, also 343 and REJI343)

With the Rally of Catalonia, the World Championship came to Spain, and it was also the first pure asphalt event on the 1997 season calendar. As regards the participants in the Spanish Rally Championship, attention was initially focused on Jesús Puras and his tuned Citroen ZX Kit Car prepared by Piedrafita, but a broken wheel bearing did not allow him to face even the first stage of the rally, which was a great disappointment, both for the driver and for the brand. Thus, Jaime Azcona and his Peugeot 306 Maxi prepared by BMR remained the most outstanding representatives of the national championship, and the performance of the Navarrese driver was not out of tune, with times similar even to those of the official Peugeots, much more developed than the Spanish unit . After the power steering broke, the team decided to secure the points, finishing the rally in seventh position overall (and first Spanish, since Sainz, with exhaust problems on his Escort, could only be tenth) and second in the 2-litre Kit Car category, only behind Panizzi's other Peugeot, who climbed onto the podium in third position.