Wat nieuws uit de nacht.
Sousa is nog steeds in de rally. Hij heeft gisteren 6 uur verloren en staat nu 7de algemeen.
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21h15 – Sousa relieved
Carlos Sousa, fourth overall before the start of the Atar-Atar stage has lost all chances of making it on the podium in Dakar. « We had a problem on the front right wheel. We therefore lost six to seven hours. We were finally able to get the wheel of De Mevius who had to retire after his crash. Luckily, Thierry (Delli-Zotti, his co-driver) who is an excellent mechanic managed to repair and got us out of this problem. I’m really happy to have made it and to be able to carry on”, insisted the Portuguese.
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Opgave voor Masuoka en veel nachtelijk sleutelwerk op de leidende Pajeros. De schrik voor motorpech zit er goed in en bij Alphand worden preventief ook de pistons vervangen (zoals dat op de rustdag bij Peterhansel gebeurde).
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23h00 – Some work at Mitsu…
In the workshop of the Japanese brand, all are sad about Masuoka’s withdrawal (the first since 1993) but the most important thing is to take care of the two leading cars. The mechanics have done the same checks on both Alphand and Peterhansel’s car after his problems at the end of stage 8. Meanwhile, still no news from Andrea Mayer, stopped on the special with electrical problems.
2h30… Mitsu still at work
The work continues on Luc Alphand’s car that needs more are then expected. The mechanics decide to take ‘Peter’s Evo out ofr a test. Andrea Mayer still hasn’t made it to the bivouac or to CP2.
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De eerste opgave voor Volkswagen: Kankunnen is gisteren gecrasht op een duin, maar heeft de rit toch nog uitgereden (en iets meer dan 4 uur verloren). De schade kon hersteld worden, maar hij heeft toch besloten om op te geven (waarschijnlijk omdat het al een tijdje minder ging en het algemeen klassement volledig om zeep was).
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23h30 – VW with Jutta
Volkswagen has lost Juha Kankunnen, who crashed his car on its side on a dune. The back of the Race Touareg being extremely damaged, the Finn has decided to quit the race in Atar despite possibilities to repair. Now all he teams expectations lie on the shoulders of Jutta Kleinschmidt and everything will be done to help her remain on the podium of the car race until Dakar.
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