(Text/Lightning Photo/Dakar Official Song Yongchuan) On January 6, local time, the 2019 Dakar Rally held a starting ceremony in Lima, the capital of Peru. The competition lasted for 11 days. A total of 167 motorcycles (including quad bikes), 126 cars and UTV all-terrain vehicles, and 41 trucks signed up for the competition. There were 534 contestants, including 17 female drivers.
After the starting ceremony, on the morning of January 7, Lima time, the SS1 stage: Lima-Pisco, with a total length of 331 kilometers, and a special stage of 84 kilometers in the desert stage – from the road book and the actual running situation From the point of view, the intensity of the desert is not great, but there are some minor difficulties: as expected, the shallow sand, floating sand, and dust are very large, which is what everyone often says, the ground is virtual, and it is difficult to judge the depth, just as you do not Knowing where is deep and where is shallow seems to be a trap everywhere. Among them, there are 10 kilometers of riverbeds. The stone road, heavy dust and low visibility have caused some confusion to the drivers.
Piloting Difficulty: The organizing committee has worked hard to set the difficulty of the track. Some hard-to-find WPC points are specially set up on the track, which are hidden passing points and not displayed at all. This year’s WPS safe passage point is set within a radius of 50 meters, so the point needs to be more accurate. If there is a slight deviation, you have to go back to eat, unless you are not afraid of losing time penalties.
【Full results】
motorcycle group. Juan Bader from Spain won the stage championship of SS1, and Quinta Nila won the second stage of the stage.
car group. Al-Attiyah, the prince of Qatar from the Toyota team, showed his power as soon as he came up and led the stage. Everyone knows that he has rich experience in the desert. He has become the focus of everyone’s discussion on whether he can win this year’s championship. Sainz of the MINI team was second with a difference of 0:01:59.
truck group. Nikolayev of the Kamaz team leads the truck group.
UTV group:
Judging from the time display on the score sheet, the results have not been significantly stretched, so SS1 is at best a small warm-up, and Dakar will show its edge in the next few days.
[Aspects of the Chinese Legion]
Han Wei/Liao Min of the Geely Shell Lubricants Cooper Tire Team No. 318 ranked 26th in the car group with a score of 01:11:57 behind Al Attia at 0:10:16, and teammate No. 326 Philip/S Tiwen followed closely behind, ranked 27th, as Liao Min said, follow his own rhythm.
He Zhitao/Zhao Kai of the No. 389 team from the Haikong Sky Brave Team ranked 47th, and Liang Yuxiang/Kou Hongtao from the No. 386 team of the Huati Lighting Brave Team ranked 50th.
Zhang Min and Zhao Hongyi of Kailicheng KTM Star Team are ranked 77th and 79th respectively. This start is not bad for them, but everyone is really concerned about how many hours the self-reliant Zhao Hongyi can sleep every night, and whether he will have enough energy for the next day. No. 20 driver Armand ranked 28th.
【SS2: From Pisco to Makena】
At 5:00 am on January 8th, Lima time, the drivers will start from the Pisco camp and drive 7 kilometers to the starting point of the special stage of SS2. The total length of the special stage is 342 kilometers, 90% is invisible road, 75% is sand surface road (of which 15% is sand dunes), and 25% is gravel road. The distance from the finish line to the next camp, Makena, is 203 kilometers. From the perspective of mileage, this will be a long-distance stage that will make everyone’s results stretch. Good luck to all of you.
The following is a photo of the SS1 stage, from the Dakar official and Song Yongchuan.
