The 2022 Dakar Rally began to compete for the SS1B stage today, and the organizing committee named it this way, apparently incorporating yesterday's 19-kilometer track into today's unity. For a track metronome like Prince Atia, how to run is my way anyway, and it doesn't matter what it's called. For a menacing manufacturer's team like Audi, this track should actually be called Waterloo. Han Wei/Ma Li, the 21st in the Chinese team, made the 15th sprint and rose to 18th overall, which was a pretty good start.
The biggest news of the day came from Peter Hansel's stopping for repair due to a broken rear axle, and from the photos on the spot, the car god probably failed to maintain a balanced posture after a jump, and the unilateral rear wheel could not bear the weight of the whole car. The loss of about four hours allowed the 14-time Dakar champions to end their suspense of winning the title as quickly as possible, and a famous lost point also caused a large number of drivers, including the matador Sainz, to travel back and forth in vain, losing a lot of time. However, the 46th of the car king is only 2 hours behind the first car, and although there is no hope of winning the championship, it is not a dream to return to the top ten. There are no heroes in the world, and there are too many unknown little dark horses in the top twenty, and the results may not be stable.
Martin, Alva and Hubble, who ranked after Prince Atiyah and Rubrab, did not have much fame, Vasiliev and Toyota South Africa's first dealer Devilliers ranked 5th and 7th respectively, Chichelitt, Pregangsky and Aragi, who had been entangled with Han Wei many times in history, ranked 8-10, Roma 31st, and Terranova had fallen out of the service area and did not know the end.
It is conceivable that SS1 has such a bizarre ranking result, which will undoubtedly make the pattern of the car group more confusing, and this year's Dakar will be the most testing driver mentality and experience since it moved to Saudi Arabia. According to Marley, navigator 220, the place where Sainz got lost for 1 and a half hours should have been a difficult point in the road book, where they also threw 10 minutes. "Today's stage is very difficult overall, I feel that my understanding of the road book is not in place, there are several points around, about ten minutes delay. There was a lot of soft sand on the track, we blew a tire, everything else was good and it went well. For this loss, Han Wei believes that it is also reasonable: "Today's difficulty is very large, everyone is basically lost, it seems that only Atiya and Le passed smoothly." ”
Tian Po/Du Xuanyi started from 49th place today and finished with 49th place, which was not worth boasting, but their way of finishing the race was really thrilling: at 61 kilometers from the finish line, the front wheel bearings were broken, and Tian Po had to slow down and open the track sightseeing mode. "So lucky, we just drove out 100 meters after the sprint, and the front wheel fell off, which is a thrill!" After the game, Tian Po admitted that he was shocked into a cold sweat, but he also seemed particularly happy.
Zhang Guoyu / Pan Hong did not delay too much time in choosing the road today, but the tire pressure selection was not very appropriate, so that they stopped the car 4 times and also exploded a tire. In the end, he finished in 25 places, with a total score of 24 places. Three Chinese motorcyclists also completed their respective races, with Zakir 36th, Zhang Min and Zhao Hongyi in 52nd and 111th places respectively.
(Lao Fang)