Yesterday, the 2020 Dakar Rally ended the competition for the second stage. In the competition of the car group, the South African driver de Villiers won the stage championship, while the Argentine driver Tranova won the runner-up and occupied the second place. At the top of the overall score list, the defending champion Attia ranked fifth. Alonso was delayed for nearly 2 hours due to a car repair, and finally ranked 61st. It is basically hopeless to win the Dakar championship. Chinese driver Han Wei Ranked 36th.
Starting from the second stage, the drivers gradually embarked on the real rhythm of the Dakar Rally. On that day, the drivers started from Alvaj and drove along the coastline to Nimes. The total length of this stage is 401 kilometers, but it is special. The stage has reached 367 kilometers, and the stage is mainly a high-speed section composed of land and stones.
In the high-profile car competition, the South African driver de Villiers from the Toyota Gazoo team won the stage championship in 3 hours, 37 minutes and 20 seconds, and the Argentine driver Tranova was 3 minutes and 57 seconds behind and won the stage runner-up , the defending champion Qatar Prince Attia won the fifth stage, the Spanish veteran Sainz ranked sixth, and Peter Hansel finished the race in 13th place.
Former F1 driver Fernando Alonso, who participated in the Dakar race for the first time, encountered trouble in this stage. He hit a rock at about 160 kilometers away from the start, causing damage to the wheel and the upper arm of the front suspension. Alonso then followed the navigator He started to repair the car. The accident cost him at least 2 hours, and his dream of winning the Dakar championship was basically shattered. In the end, Alonso finished the race in 61st place.
After Chinese driver Han Weiji finished 17th in the first stage, he once again became the first Chinese driver to cross the line in the second stage. He won the 36th place in the stage and temporarily ranked 22nd in the overall score list. Zhao Yuqiao of Qian’an Jiujiang Racing Team and Yan Ke ranked 59th in the stage, and the combination of Jin Jianyun and Ma Wenke of Hard Tiger Racing Team ranked 60th.
In the overall score list, the runner-up of this stage, the Argentine Tranova ranked first, the old Sainz ranked second 4 minutes and 43 seconds behind, and Al Attia temporarily ranked third behind 6 minutes.
Although he won the sixth stage, the Spanish veteran Sainz was still dissatisfied. He said in an interview, “Towards the end, we lost too much time, we lost our way, and walked a lot of wrong ways. It’s really tricky.”
In the motorcycle group, Botswana driver Ross Branch of the Bass Racing Team took the lead in 3 hours, 39 minutes and 10 seconds, and Sam Sunderland of the Red Bull Racing Team ranked second behind by 1 minute and 24 seconds. The first stage The champion and Australian star Toby Price ranked 15th in the stage. Chinese driver Zhang Min ranked 57th in the stage, and Xinjiang guy Zacker Yakepu ranked 66th. On the overall score list, Sam Sunderland ranked first with 7 hours, 5 minutes and 22 seconds.
In the four-wheel motorcycle group, Gnacio Casale finished the race in 4 hours and 46 minutes. While winning two consecutive victories, he also undisputedly ranked in the flag position. In the SSV category, the star Contador also won two consecutive victories and topped the list with a time of 4 hours, 13 minutes and 30 seconds. In the truck category, Belarusian No. 503 Vyazovici won the stage in 3 hours, 47 minutes and 44 seconds. Champion, and was able to occupy the leading flag position in the overall scoreboard.
