On January 13th, the 2020 Dakar started the fierce competition of the eighth stage in Wadi Ardawasi. The pattern of the car group stage changed dramatically. French driver 315 Mathieu won his first Dakar Stage champion.
Alonso ranked 2nd and won his personal best result in Dakar, Peter Hansel ranked 9th, defending champion Attia ranked 11th, Chinese driver Han Wei ranked 13th, old Sainz only ranked 15th. In the overall score list, old Sainz continued to lead, Attia and Peterhansel ranked 2nd and 3rd, Han Wei continued to rank 10th, and Alonso ranked 13th.
Due to the cancellation of the motorcycle group in the eighth stage, the Spanish veteran Sainz, who took the lead, realized the difficulty of playing the role of opening the road. The final result also narrowed the gap between the top three drivers.
The SS8 stage starts from Wadi Ardawasi all the way to the south. The total length of the stage is 716 kilometers, and the special stage is 477 kilometers. Compared with the large-scale sand-soil stage of SS7, the road shape of the eighth stage is more complicated. Riders will discover mountain views, canyons and more here. Pure speed junkies will use up to 40 kilometers of straight-line sections to get what they want down to earth. In addition, there are few sand dunes, which require the riders to have considerable flexibility.
As the first echelon team, the No. 322 Han Wei/Liao Min team embarked on the journey of the SS8 stage at 8:22 a.m. local time. While enjoying the honor, the front starting position also carried more pressure.
The No. 322 Han Wei/Liao Min team of Geely Shell Lubricant Team won the 13th place in the SS8 stage with a time of 4 hours, 05 minutes and 28 seconds. So far, the No. 322 car group ranks 10th with a total time of 35 hours, 03 minutes and 12 seconds, and the gap between the three drivers including the former F1 champion Alonso is within 5 minutes .
Hard Tiger Racing Team No. 362 Jin Jianyun/Ma Wenke controlled a good rhythm throughout the race and finished the day’s race in 24th place. The total score is temporarily ranked 25th. In front of him is the Hard Tiger MD Legion. French driver DOMINIQUE HOUSIEAUX. Ruan Quan of Jiujiang Racing Team ranked 36th, and teammate Zhao Yuqiao finished the race in 60th place.
In the competition of the truck group, the Russian driver Kardinov won the stage championship again in 4 hours, 24 minutes and 58 seconds, and continued to maintain a 27-minute lead in the overall score list. In the SSV group, Brazilian driver Varela narrowly won in 4 hours, 50 minutes and 48 seconds, while American driver Casey Corey continued to lead the overall score list.
In the SS9 stage, the drivers will start from Wadi Al Dawasi to Harad. The total length of the stage is 886 kilometers, and the special stage is 410 kilometers. This stage is dominated by hard ground, which tests the driver’s driving precision. For those drivers who are not careful enough, it still has certain difficulties. After reaching Harad, which is dominated by oil and agriculture, the race will enter a new stage – the “marathon stage”.
(content from the Internet)
