The 2022 Dakar Rally departed today in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah, and although the special stage is only a short 19-kilometer super short track, the driving section at both ends has reached more than 800 kilometers. Qatari Prince Al-Atiyah did live up to expectations and won the first place in the first stage for toyota team, and six Chinese cars including Han Wei also successfully completed the race and won a decent place.
Judging from the results of the top ten in the car group, in addition to the South African driver Barang's eye-catching breakthrough into the top three, which is the first dark horse that emerged this year, the other hero seats are basically reasonable. Car king Sainz is 12 seconds behind Atia in second place, which is the first excellent result achieved by the Audi electric team, which is of great significance. Genk, Luba and hosts Alaggi are 4-6, roma 7th, South Africa's Deverils 8th, Poland's Pregansky and Argentine coach Terranova occupy the last two places in the top 10.
Does it feel like something is missing? Where is Peter Hansel? Sorry, Che Shen is only in 14th place, 72 seconds behind the first car. In fact, in the eyes of observers, old Peter still played too thrilling, because the top 15 of the qualifying rounds started in reverse order, and once the opponent played a little better, it might force him to the position of "pioneer". Han Wei said frankly before leaving: "You must not rush forward today, if you rush to the 15th pole position, it will be too funny." "Therefore, Han Wei/Ma Li finished the 21st place with a relatively conservative attitude, and from this result, it can be seen that Han Wei's mentality of participating in this year's competition has adjusted quite well, and he can laugh out loud before the departure, and the pace of the race can certainly not be wrong." In the past, I ran a stage with Marley's big pirates, and there were roads and tracks, so this is the first official cooperation, and we still have to be more conservative. After the game, Han Wei concluded. His teammates Tian Po/Du Xuanyi were 49th more than two minutes behind him, while another Chinese team, Zhang Guoyu/Pan Hongyu, finished 39th. Because the difference in grades is so small, they can still be on the same starting line.
The 19-kilometer SS1 stage takes place between two long driving sections, with games on dirt trails and small sand dunes giving riders the opportunity to test their cars. It is more important for the organizing committee to make a simple division of the drivers to determine the starting sequence of the next stage. Tian Po, who participated in the Dakar competition for the first time by this easy-to-play decree, felt very close to the people: "Our competition today was very smooth, most of his qualifying matches were desert, we are all Inner Mongolians, the desert is relatively smooth, just like at the doorstep." ”
Du Xuanyi, who is known for his UTV skills, once led the way for Qiao Xiaohua in China's big cross-country races, but the first time he went to the Middle East to catch up with the "road book revolution" in Dakar, which also gave him considerable pressure: "It is a special honor to participate in the Dakar Rally, this year is the third year in Saudi Arabia, others may already be quite familiar with the track and terrain. For us, although we only ran a special stage of 19 kilometers, it really felt a little more difficult than the domestic track, where the road type, route selection, road conditions and desert structure, etc., are more complicated than in China. ”
The three Chinese drivers in the motorcycle group of the SS1 stage also successfully completed the race, Zakir 50, Zhang Min 95, Zhao Hongyi 106, the time gap is also extremely weak, just when they are still organizing a group tour.
(Lao Fang)