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China Silk Road Rally 2015 – Stage1 : Xi’an – Zhongwei, 697.20km

Aug 30, 2015


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Liaison, 565.30km; stage 102.30km; liaison, 29.60km.

CHINESE HAVAL DRIVER HAN WEI SNATCHES EARLY LEAD IN CHINA SILK ROAD RALLY

· Factory Peugeots of Peterhansel and Despres in second and third places
· Spanish rider Armand Monleón Hernandez leads bike and quad category
· Punctures delay several leading crews as rally arrives in Zhongwei

ZHONGWEI (CHINA): Chinese driver Han Wei edged into a slender early lead after the opening 102.30km special stage of the China Silk Road Rally between Xi’an and Zhongwei on Sunday.

Despite a flat tyre, the Haval driver and navigator Pan Hong Yu benefited from warm, dry and dusty conditions to post the target time of 1hr 23min 22sec. They held a slender lead over the French duo of Stéphane Peterhansel and Jean-Paul Cottret in the first of the two factory Peugeot 2008 DKRs.

“We had a small problem with the GPS, but nothing serious,” said Peterhansel. “The stage was very nice, quite technical and twisty, and a nice way to start the first day.”

Peterhansel’s Peugeot team-mate Despres was also upbeat after the opening day and held third place: “I am very happy with the new evolution of the 2008 DKR. It performed well on this tricky stage. There were quite a lot of rolling stones and rocks on the side of the track. We also got stuck in the dust behind Christian (Lavieille) and had a small issue with the GPS by PC1.”

Christian Lavieille sustained a flat tyre 80km into the special and managed to complete the stage with the fourth quickest time in the second of the Havals. Lui Yan Gui was fifth in a Mitsubishi L200 and Fan Ting Jun rounded off the top six.

Adrian Di Lallo safely negotiated the opening timed test in his Isuzu MU-X. “The car performed perfectly today and Harry (Suzuki) and I enjoyed ourselves,” said the Australian. “Besides one small navigational issue that cost us about five minutes, and being stuck in dust for about 30 kilometres, it was a great first day. The stage resembled a mini Dakar stage.”

Armand Monleón Hernandez drew first blood in the motorcycle and quad category on his Red Bull KTM 450 Rally. The defending Spanish Rally TT champion led the way from the Chinese duo of Su Wen Min and Zhou Tian of the Jincheng Team. Tong Lei of the Offroad Union Team was fourth on his Yamaha 700R.

The rally is being organised by the China Silk Road Rally Auto Sports Management Company Limited, in association with CCTV Sports and Entertainment Company Ltd. and the Beijing Motorsports Development Company, with the full cooperation of the Federation of Automobile Sports of China (FASC) and the support of the sporting bureaux of several Chinese regions.

Tomorrow (Monday), the second day of the event heads out of Zhongwei and competitors use a liaison section of just 21.15km to the start of a short special stage of 62.92km. A second liaison of 225.65km guides teams into the overnight halt at Swan Lake in the city of Alxa Zuoqi Left Banner in Inner Mongolia.

2015 China Silk Road Rally – positions after SS1:

1. Han Wei (CHN)/Pan Hong Yu (CHN) Haval Great Wall 1hr 23min 22sec

2. Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA)/Jean-Paul Cottret (FRA) Peugeot 2008 DKR 1hr 23min 32sec

3. Cyril Despres (FRA)/David Castera (FRA) Peugeot 2008 DKR 1hr 25min 04sec

4. Christian Lavieille (FRA)/Jean-Pierre Garcin (FRA) Haval Great Wall 1hr 26min 58sec

5. Liu Yan Gui (CHN)/Sha He (CHN) Mitsubishi L200 1hr 28min 21sec, etc


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