Baja Greece 2024, prologue (SSV)
The most intense competition was in the production SSV category - the five fastest crews finished within the interval of only 4.5 seconds!

Interestingly, the Top 3 were representatives from three different manufacturers - Amerigo Ventura on Yamaha, Alex Toril on BRP Can-Am and Luis Henderson on Polaris.

Ventura also finished eighth overall in the FIA standings.

Prologue (SSV, T4)*
1. Ventura/Mingozzi (Yamaha)
2. Toril A./Lopez (BRP Can-Am) +1.4
3. Henderson/Sposito (Polaris) +2.1
4. Álvarez/Panseri (BRP Can-Am) +2.5
5. Toril M./Al-Kuwari (BRP Can-Am) +4.5
* - provisional results

Ghislain de Mevius (BEL) #301, G Rally OT3, Challenger group

🎤So we are in Greece, for me it's the second time here, the weather is way, way different from last year, it was raining, raining all the time, so that's a good point to be able to enjoy those very beautiful stages that we saw last year, today we had the prologue, I felt I pushed a bit but the time was not that good, but anyway it's still a good time and the game starts tomorrow, so I'm very happy to be here, I hope we have a good battle with João Ferrara, who is a fast driver, and then enjoy the very, very beautiful stages of Greece.

5.5 Provisional Classification of Prologue Stage.pdf

Fernando Alvarez (ARG) #400, Can-Am Maverick, SSV group

🎤Well, we finished, we are in Greece, we finished the prologue, so it was okay, it was a really easy prologue, six kilometers. The weather is really nice, so we will see tomorrow what happens. We have two long days in front of us, but the good news is it's supposed to not rain during the derby, so we will see what's going on. We will see tomorrow afternoon if we have good news, and we are in front of the category, so it's what we are looking for, so thank you to everybody.

Amerigo Ventura (ITA) #402 Quaddy Racing, Yamaha YXZ1000R, SSV group

🎤Hello everyone, Amerigo from Baja Greece. We finished, we did the prologue, first step of today. To be honest, the result was good, we are first in SSV class. I'm not really happy how I drive, because I make few mistakes. And the track was really really fast, that for SSV class is not the best one. But it allowed us to finish in the first ten, so we will have the choice of position. And tomorrow we will start hopefully in the first places, to be able to catch less dust as possible.

Yazeed Al Rajhi (SAU) #200, Toyota Hilux Overdrive, Ultimate group

Yes, we are happy here. We are in the Greece and Round of World Cup today. We finished below and we do it We see tomorrow a lot of technical and slow section, but we see

Start position

6_Final_Results_Prologue_FIA.pdf

Eduard Pons (ESP) #304, Taurus T3 Max, Challenger group, BBR Motorsport

It was a difficult prologue, short but difficult, a little bit artificial, a lot of grass, and a lot of dust. We had a lot of dust inside the car, inside the helmet, and it was my main difficulty to see the road. Apart from that, fourth position for tomorrow, and I'm ready for action.

Lucie Baud (FRA) #303 G Rally OT3, Challenger group

🎤It was very cool, so we had the fourth position, so we are very happy with this place. And the prologue was very cool, with lots of tricky, lots of small, so it was nice.

Usually you participate in T1+ car, and now in T3, your impression and difference?

Yes, it's very different, because in T3 we don't have any windows or something on the car, but it's cool, because lots of sensation with the feeling with the car, and lots of sensation with the weather, for example, because we don't have any windows. And my beginning was in T3, so lots of memories.

You already participated in this car.

Yes, at my beginning in Rally Red, in Abu Dhabi and Baja in Doha, so it's lots of memories, and G-Rally team is a very good team, so it's a pleasure to work with them.

Claude Fournier (FRA) and Serge Gounon #404 Can-Am Maverick, SSV group

🎤We’ve arrived well, we just completed the prologue, and I’m relaxing with my friend Serge. We finished 6th in SSV. It was a bit of dry dirt with some flattened grass, mown, I'm not even sure if it was mown, with ditches on the sides. But well, it went more or less okay. We'll see tomorrow. And Serge wants to say a few words.

Serge Gounon: We had a nice prologue this afternoon, we drove six kilometers and we’re going back this evening for a little parade in town. My driver Claude Fournier is always in good shape, there’s no way to stop him, he’s always energetic. There you go, he drove well, he did the job slowly but surely, so we’ll see tomorrow, no worries. Thank you all.

Erika Mingozzi (ITA) #402 Quaddy Racing, Yamaha YXZ1000R, SSV group

🎤Hello everyone, I am Erika Mingozzi, the co-driver of Americo Ventura. Today was my first official experience in the Baja. It was a great moment, a nice prologue, and we did it well. We put in a lot of effort; there were some small mistakes, but we finished strong. I had to use a traditional paper roadbook instead of the digital one because, unfortunately for me, it was difficult to reach the digital roadbook since I am a bit short. It was nice and enjoyable; we wrote down notes that we needed, so it was a wonderful experience.

5.7 Start List for Stage 1.pdf