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GOOD POSITIONS AFTER LAST EUROPEAN STAGETeam Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart will start the first African special stage of the 29th Dakar Rally in fourth, fifth, eighth and 12th place in the overall classification after a successful second European section. The stage was more hilly and rugged than Saturday morning’s sandy, tree-lined special and featured several rocky sections near the start. Roma set the joint second fastest time with teammate Luc Alphand. "Today was a good stage for me," said Roma. "I pushed at the beginning, but the problem was the last 12km. I caught Mark Miller’s car and followed about 100 meters behind. It was not possible to overtake and I stayed behind him for 12km. That is a lot on a short stage." "It was a very narrow road in the mountains," admitted Masuoka. "It was slippery and there was no guard rail, nothing. I drove safely to make sure we reached the finish." Luc Alphand and Gilles Picard had found themselves 10m 51s behind the overnight leaders, but climbed up the leader board from 17th to 12th place, courtesy of a joint second fastest time. "I think the main positive point is that we will go on to the boat from Malaga without any problems," said MMSP’s Managing and Sporting Director Dominique Serieys. “We will not be opening the track in Africa, so we are in a good position." |
Stage classification on SS15
Final overall clasification
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THE MITSUBISHI DAKAR EXPERIENCE 2009
12-TIME DAKAR CHAMPION
