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gennaio 09, 2019 - Mini Motorsport

MINI Motorsport: Dakar Rally 2019 – Stage 02, Pisco - San Juan de Marcona

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  • Four #Mini crews complete Stage 2 inside the top ten.
  • Nani Roma takes second place in Stage 2.
  • Yazeed Al-Rajhi secures fifth.
  • Sixth place result for #CyrilDespres.
  • Carlos Sainz finishes Stage 2 in eighth.

 

Munich. Following on from yesterday’s short Stage 1, with just 84 km of off-road Special Stage, today’s Stage 2 was the first of the long distance races with a combination of 211 km liaison route and a tough 342 km Special Stage.

 

Highest placed of the competing #Mini crews was that of Joan ‘Nani’ Roma (ESP) and co-driver Alex Haro (ESP). The Spanish pairing ran a relatively fault-free race that saw them finish in second. Yazeed Al-Rajhi (KSA) / Timo Gottschalk (GER) in another #Minijohncooperworksrally crossed the finish point 1min 13sec later to take fourth place.

 

The French duo of #CyrilDespres and Jean Paul Cottret was the third #Mini crew to complete Stage 2. They placed their #Minijohncooperworksbuggy in sixth, while eighth position was taken by the Spanish pairing of #carlossainz and Lucas Cruz, also from X-raid #Mini John Cooper Works Team.

 

Orlen X-raid Team’s Jakub ‘Kuba’ Przygonski (POL) and co-driver Tom Colsoul (BEL) had a different race compared to yesterday. They couldn’t replicate the third place achieved in Stage 1 and had to settle for a hard fought 13th place.

 

The #Minijohncooperworksbuggy crew of #StephanePeterhansel (FRA) / David Castera (FRA) lost just over 17 minutes at one point during Stage 2 when they became stuck in the dunes. But by the time they reached the finish area they had recovered valuable minutes.

 

Last of the #Mini crews to complete Stage 2 was Boris Garafulic (CHI) and co-driver Filipe Palmeiro (POR) in 18th. The #Minijohncooperworksrally crew of #orlandoterranova (ARG) / Bernardo ‘Ronnie’ Graue (ARG) did not complete Stage 2 because Terranova required medical assistance due to back pain.

 

Cyril Despres

“We are happy with the #Minijohncooperworksbuggy and the set-up we did yesterday – you can make so many kilometres in testing like we have done in Morocco, but here in the sand and dunes of Peru it is different and you have to set the car up really well. We have great team spirit, so when I saw Stéphane stuck in the dunes I felt that I must help him and so we did.”

 

Stéphane Peterhansel

“I got stuck and was in a really bad place. We are happy though because Cyril stopped for us and pulled us clear. We lost a lot of time but, I think, without the help of Cyril it would have been a lot worse.”

 

Next race is Stage 3, San Juan de Marcona - Arequipa. For more information about Dakar 2019, please visit the host’s #Event home page here.

 

Dakar #rally 2019 : #Mini standings after Stage 2

 

Pos

Driver

Co-driver

#

MINI

Team

Time

3rd

 

 

Joan Roma
(ESP)

Alex Haro
(ESP)

307

MINI John Cooper Works Rally

X-raid #Minijohncooperworksrally Team

004:33:27

+00:00:42

4th

 

Yazeed Al-Rajhi
(KSA)

Timo Gottschalk
(GER

314

MINI John Cooper Works Rally

X-raid #Minijohncooperworksrally Team

004:33:35

+00:00:50

6th

 

 

Carlos Sainz
(ESP)

Lucas Cruz
(ESP)

300

MINI John Cooper Works Buggy

X-raid #Mini John Cooper Works Team

004:35:13

+00:02:28

9th

 

Cyril Despres
(FRA)

Jean Paul Cottret
(FRA)

308

MINI John Cooper Works Buggy

X-raid #Mini John Cooper Works Team

004:36:13

+00:03:28

12th

 

 

Jakub Przygonski
(POL)

Tom Colsoul
(BEL)

303

MINI John Cooper Works Rally

Orlen X-raid Team

 

004:31:35

+00:08:50

13th

 

Stéphane Peterhansel
(FRA)

David Castera
(FRA)

304

MINI John Cooper Works Buggy

X-raid #Mini John Cooper Works Team

004:46:40

+00:13:55

17th

 

Boris Garafulic
(CHI)

Filipe Palmeiro
(POR)

321

MINI John Cooper Works Rally

X-raid #Minijohncooperworksrally Team

004:51:45

+00:00:19

TBC

 

Orlando Terranova
(ARG)

Bernardo Graue
(ARG)

310

MINI John Cooper Works Rally

X-raid #Minijohncooperworksrally Team