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 | SA-Dakar Rally: De Villiers - "Easiest stage we´ve ever driven at Fiambala".
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The wake up call. Team Imperial Toyota's impressive run had its stride broken thursday in the soft sand around Fiambala. Giniel de Villiers lost some 20 minutes after falling into a blow-hole as he crested a dune. The soft sand in the bottom of the hole required a lot of jacking and manoeuvring before the Hilux was free to run again.
After the stage De Villiers said: "The funny thing about today’s stage is that it was actually the easiest stage we have ever driven at Fiambala. The conditions out there were quite cool and the rain meant the dunes weren’t as tricky as they have been in previous years."
"Unfortunately, we managed to find probably the only hole in the sand on the entire stage. Once free from the hole, we were on the pace" de Villiers added. The result of this misfortune is that the Sourh African now lies in 5th place overall.
He added: "After the stage, Stephane told that he was close to getting stuck in the same spot. Because we were just that little bit more over to the right it was us that got caught up with a slice of bad luck."
Duncan Vos and Rob Howie in the 313 Imperial Toyota Hilux had another strong run and will start tomorrow's stage in 12th place, while Lucio Alvarez will start in 10th.
"I am much more comfortable in the dunes now and look forward to tackling the rest of the desert stages. The motion sickness that sometimes concerned me never reared its head in today's dunes. That's a huge relief" said Vos after the Race.
The second Team Overdrive Toyota Hilux, driven by Orlando Terranova and Andy Grider withdrew from the event today when Andy had to return to the United States to attend to his family. Inofficial participants spoke about misunderstandings between Terranova and Grider.
2012/01/07 | 17:35 CET | ARTICLE: MR/SY/FORTUNE/REDBULL
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