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China Silk Road Rally 2015 – SS7

Sep 07, 2015


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August 26-September 11, 2015
Stage 7: Alxa Youqi – Alxa Youqi, 391.85km
Liaison, 30.10km; stage 237.08km; liaison, 124.67km.
SU WEN MIN CAPITALISES ON MONLEÓN’S ERROR TO SNATCH
SEVENTH STAGE WIN IN CHINA SILK ROAD RALLY

· Team Peugeot Total’s Peterhansel and Despres edge away from Haval rivals
· Punctures cost Han Wei and Lui Kun time on Inner Mongolian loop stage

ALXA YOUQI (INNER MONGOLIA, CHINA): Jincheng rider Su Wen Min capitalised on a navigational error by Spaniard Armand Monleòn Hernandez to secure the fastest time in the motorcycle category on the seventh selective section of the China Silk Road Rally around Alxa Youqi in Inner Mongolia on Saturday.

The day’s stage started in Laohuanjia and it looked set to be business as usual for Monleòn at the helm of his Red Bull KTM 450 Rally, until he made a mistake at a sand dune, tried to cut and lost his way. The Spaniard had to retrace his tracks, lost vital time and that enabled Su Wen Min to cruise through to a second stage win by the margin of 8min 43sec.

However, Monleòn retains a comfortable lead of 18min 43sec in the overall standings with six stages remaining. Zhao Hong Yei climbed to third overall on his KTM 450 Rally after the third fastest time was sufficient for him to overhaul Zhou Tien (Jincheng) in the general classification.

It was business as usual at the front of the car race, with Team Peugeot Total’s Stéphane Peterhansel and Jean-Paul Cotttet extending their lead over Cyril Despres and David Castera to 22min 03sec with another fastest time. Despres clocked the second quickest time and his hold on second place was strengthened still further when Haval rival Han Wei sustained a flat tyre after 105km and dropped several minutes.

Frenchman Christian Lavieille retains fourth place in the second Haval, after carding the third quickest time of the day. Lui Kun was fourth fastest, even though he also sustained a puncture after 125km of the special. Liu Yangui dropped over two hours on the stage and lost his place inside the top six; he now lies ninth overall. Gong Liangliang of the Chongqing Skyman Rally Team moved up to sixth overall in his Mitsubishi MPR13.

The Australian duo of Adrian Di Lallo and Harry Suzuki began the day in 41st overall in their Isuzu MU-X and that was two places behind Teruhito Sugawara in his Hino truck. “Today was our favourite stage of the rally,” admitted Di Lallo, who climbed to 38th place.

“It was definitely not one for the ill-prepared or the faint-hearted. It was a real mixed bag that could have been in Argentina – fast flowing roads and long runs up dry river beds, dune crossings and even fesh-fesh. We’ve earned ourselves an ice cream for no mistakes in either side of the cockpit!”

Leonidas Marmolejo and Maximiliano Blanco are running in 37th overall with their 4WD Jaton Racing Team Toyota Hilux.

Jan Mooij was forced to miss stages five, six and seven when his McRae Evolution developed engine issues. The Moditech team driver launched a frantic search for a head gasket and other engine components as the time penalties for missing stages began to amass for the Dutchman. He has already incurred 300 hours in penalties.

The event 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 (Sunday), competitors head out of Alxa Youqi and take a 29.56km liaison section to the start of the eighth stage at Shazaohaizi. The day’s special winds its way through remote terrain in the Badain Jaran Desert for 167.35km and finishes at the town of Tiekuang, before a longer liaison of 178.83km takes crews to the overnight bivouac in Zhangye.

Zhangye is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of the Gansu province and is situated on the southern border of Inner Mongolia. The city has also hosted a regular round of the Chinese Rally Championship (CRC) since 2011 and has a purpose-built stadium, which can be used for super special stages with cars competing in pairs.

UNOFFICIAL @ 12.00hrs (CET)
2015 China Silk Road Rally – positions on SS7 (Cars):

1. Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA)/Jean-Paul Cottret (FRA) Peugeot 2008 DKR 2hr 30min 56sec

2. Cyril Despres (FRA)/David Castera (FRA) Peugeot 2008 DKR 2hr 33min 51sec

3. Christian Lavieille (FRA)/Jean-Pierre Garcin (FRA) Haval 2hr 39min 55sec

4. Lui Kun (CHN)/Liao (CHN) Mitsubishi Pajero MPR11 2hr 42min 25sec

5. Han Wei (CHN)/Pan Hong Yu (CHN) Haval 2hr 42min 39sec
2015 China Silk Road Rally – positions on SS7 (Bikes):

1. Su Wen Min (CHN) Jincheng 450Y Rally 3hr 15min 05sec

2. Armand Monleón Hernandez (ESP) KTM 450 Rally 3hr 23min 48sec

3. Zhao Hong Yi (CHN) KTM 450 Rally 3hr 39min 58sec

4. Hu Ai Dong (CHN) Bombardier 1000 3hr 48min 28sec

5. Zhou Tien (CHN) Jincheng 450Y Rally 3hr 59min 17sec

2015 China Silk Road Rally – overall positions after SS7 (Cars):

1. Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA)/Jean-Paul Cottret (FRA) Peugeot 2008 DKR 12hr 22min 00sec

2. Cyril Despres (FRA)/David Castera (FRA) Peugeot 2008 DKR 12hr 44min 03sec

3. Han Wei (CHN)/Pan Hong Yu (CHN) Haval 13hr 01min 20sec

4. Christian Lavieille (FRA)/Jean-Pierre Garcin (FRA) Haval 13hr 08min 39sec

5. Lui Kun (CHN)/Liao (CHN) Mitsubishi Pajero MPR11 13hr 43min 13sec
2015 China Silk Road Rally – overall positions after SS7 (Bikes):

1. Armand Monleón Hernandez (ESP) KTM 450 Rally 15hr 15min 17sec

2. Su Wen Min (CHN) Jincheng 450Y Rally 15hr 34min 10sec

3. Zhao Hong Yi (CHN) KTM 450 Rally 17hr 18min 49sec

4. Zhou Tien (CHN) Jincheng 450Y Rally 17hr 35min 26sec

5. Hu Ai Dong (CHN) Bombardier 1000 17hr 54min 03sec


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