On January 15th, the 2020 Dakar Rally continued its fierce and brutal competition. Veteran Sainz, No. 305 in the car group, regained his proper form after losing the SS9 stage. won his fourth stage championship in this competition. Prince Attiya lost 18 minutes of golden time due to pilot loss, Alonso suffered an accidental overturn, and many experienced drivers lost one by one, which reflected the crisis of the marathon stage from the side.
The SS10 stage is from Harald to Shubida, the total length of the stage is 608 kilometers, and the special stage is 534 kilometers. The marathon stage tests the highest quality of a rally driver-endurance. During the day’s competition, due to the mobilization of resources to ensure the safety of drivers and the deteriorating weather conditions (strong winds), the event organizing committee temporarily decided to advance the end of the day’s marathon stage to 223 kilometers.
The riders enter open off-road terrain, not a place to let your guard down, as the final 30km of the course runs right through the dunes. As night falls, only the mutual assistance between drivers can arrive safely.
Geely Automobile Shell Lubricant Team No. 322 Han Wei/Liao Min team faced difficult challenges and went forward bravely, ranking 9th in the stage with a time of 2 hours, 12 minutes and 09 seconds, and at the same time rose to 11th in the total score. Hard Tiger Team Jin Jianyun/Ma Wenke won the 26th place in the stage. Qian’an Legion Ruan Quan/Wang Yirong ranked 41st in the group, Zhao Yuqiao/Yan Ke ranked 52nd in the stage, and Li Aidong/Shen Zhaoyang ranked 53rd.
In the motorcycle group, the Honda team Barada Porter, Brabec, and Benavidez took the top three seats in the stage, and the KTM defending champion Price won the fourth place again. In terms of overall results, Brabec of the Honda team led the race with a huge advantage of 25 minutes, Quintale of the Husqvarna team ranked second, and another driver of the Honda team, Bareda Porter, temporarily ranked In third place, defending champion Price was 28 minutes and 33 seconds behind the lead.
Chinese driver Zaker finished the race in 44th place, Zhang Min ranked 51st and Zhao Hongyi ranked 66th.
The SS11 stage is from Shubi to Harald. The total length of the stage is 744 kilometers, and the special stage is 379 kilometers. At the time of departure, the drivers will be greeted with a strange landscape of up to 80 kilometers. The Dakar warriors will follow the footsteps of the first black gold prospectors in the region to reach their destination Harad, and the marathon stage will also come to an end.
(content from the Internet)
