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Baja Greece 2024, Stage 2, SS3 (Ultimate)

Yazeed Al-Rajhi (Toyota Hilux Overdrive T1+) successfully attacked on the morning special stage - he was more than 2.5 minutes ahead of his nearest rivals. The Saudis now claim the maximum number of bonus points for the day.

A real thriller is expected in the battle to victory in the Ultimate category. Before the final special stage, race leader Miroslav Zapletal (Ford F150 Evo+) is only one second ahead of Akira Miura (Toyota Hilux Overdrive T1+) - this after almost 420 km of competition distance!

Stage 2, SS3 (Ultimate, T1/T1+)
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1. Al-Rajhi/Gottschalk (Toyota)
2. Zapletal/Sýkora (Ford) +2:40.7
3. Miura/Polato (Toyota) +2:50.7
* - provisional results

After SS3 (Ultimate, T1/T1+)*
1. Zapletal/Sýkora (Ford)
2. Miura/Polato (Toyota) +0:01.0
3. Al-Rajhi/Gottschalk (Toyota) +40:10.9
* - provisional results
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Lionel Baud (FRA) #303 G Rally OT3, Challenger group

🎤Unfortunately we had a puncture, one again, so we lost some time and we had after some problems to change the wheel, so we have lost approximately 5 minutes unfortunately, so it's a bit pity but we are here and we will see here on the last stage. you
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Akira Miura (JPN) #203 Toyota Hilux Overdrive, Ultimate group.

🎤We just finished the first loop of the second day and have returned. The course is similar to yesterday's, but it included some very long downhill sections. Also, since we started third today, the surface wasn't cleared, making it very slippery. I made sure to be very careful in those areas. I maintained the same approach of learning the car without pushing too hard and felt like we were driving in a good rhythm. Although there's only one stage left, I want to stay focused.

We're using new tires specifically for the Open Country MTRT1. There are both good and bad points, but since we've only been able to test on sandy surfaces until now, testing on this hard gravel surface has provided valuable data for the engineers. I believe there's still a lot of room for improvement. While these tires wear out quickly on hard surfaces, if we can enhance their durability on gravel while maintaining their performance on sand, they could become competitive tires for Dakar. I'm excited about this.
Baja Greece 2024, Stage 2, SS3 (Challenger)

Ghislain de Mévius (GRally OT3) and João Ferreira (Can-Am Factory Team) are demonstrating their speed advantage today after yesterday's failures. They took the two first positions on SS3 both in their Challenger category and in the overall standings.

Eduardo Pons on the Taurus T3 Max continues to lead the overall Challenger standings - his lead is now almost 8.5 minutes. Lionel Baud (GRally OT3) lost about five minutes in the battle for the lead today due to a flat tire change.

Stage 2, SS3 (Challenger, T3)*
1. De Mévius Gh./Jalet (GRally)
2. Ferreira/Palmeiro (Can-Am) +0:06.2
3. Pons/Betriu (Taurus) +3:12.6
4. Miklós/Horn (Taurus) +7:07.1
5. Baud/Baud (GRally) +7:20.2
* - provisional results

After SS3 (Challenger, T3)*
1. Pons/Betriu (Taurus)
2. Baud/Baud (GRally) +8:21.3
3. Miklós/Horn (Taurus) +24:22.2
4. Martinez/Lafuente (Can-Am) +49:15.8
5. Al-Jafla/Rudnitski (Can-Am) +1:00:00.9
* - provisional results
Baja Greece 2024, Stage 2, SS3 (SSV)

The production SSV category is still dominated by Alex Toril, who won the second consecutive special stage and reduced his gap from the race leader. As on yesterday's SS2, the Spaniard on SS3 beat his nearest rival by almost four minutes.

Fernando Álvarez still leads, but before the final special stage of the race his advantage is just over two minutes. This category is also expected to be a hard and tense battle for the win - Alex Toril has a noticeable speed advantage so far.

Stage 2, SS3 (SSV, T4)*
1. Toril A./Lopez (BRP Can-Am)
2. Álvarez/Panseri (BRP Can-Am) +3:42.2
3. Toril M./Al-Kuwari (BRP Can-Am) +8:15.4
4. Fournier/Gounon (BRP Can-Am) +16:33.1
* - provisional results

After SS3 (SSV, T4)*
1. Álvarez/Panseri (BRP Can-Am)
2. Toril A./Lopez (BRP Can-Am) +2:08.8
3. Toril M./Al-Kuwari (BRP Can-Am) +11:08.0
4. Fournier/Gounon (BRP Can-Am) +42:54.5
* - provisional results
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Fernando Alvarez (ARG) #400, Can-Am Maverick, SSV group

🎤Well, we finished the first part of the stage of the Saturday, the last stage of the race, so we did well also. We continue being first, but now the second car, Alexander Toril was faster than us, so we will start the second part two or three minutes in front of him. I don't know. I don't know. We have to think about the championship or the race because finish second for me will be will be at the top of T4 and on the top of the overall of the cars, so I don't know. I don't know. We are thinking about that. It takes weeks in the second part or it will be what's going on in front of us, but anyway, it's still 114 kilometers and we will see. Maybe we are a bit lucky and everything is going well and we can also win the race. That is the idea.
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Ghislain de Mevius (BEL) #301, G Rally OT3, Challenger group

We won the stage, which is nice, always nice, and the stage was great to drive. We catch Yazeed by the puncture, so we get stuck behind him for the last 40 k's. Still, we were fast enough, but we win, and the only thing is the shame about yesterday, because we won two stages out of three, and I think we could have done something great at this rally. It's like this, sometimes a bit of bad luck.
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Csaba Miklos & Albert Horn (HUN) #305, Taurus T3 Max, Challenger group, BBR Motorsport

🎤Hello, we finished the first stage of the day, it was ok, it was a new stage, some parts from the old one, but it's mostly a new stage, very interesting and yes, at the time I think it's ok, we had some issues with the heating and cooling system, But we are not racing, we want to finish the race and we have some reserves on the back and on the front, so we want to finish.

Some words about the car?

The car was just very nice, now we had the chance to go slowly, because we had to manage the heat and it was really so nice, we had the feeling that we are just on liaison. But the nice thing is that still the time says that it was pretty fast, so we are still on the same pace where we should be. Actually we didn't lose, so that's not bad, so we still keep our position and that's the goal for the next round.
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Claude Fournier (FRA) #404 Can-Am Maverick, SSV group

🎤Today we completed half of the day. I believe it was 115 km, plus 50 km of liaisons. So it was nice. There was a bit of noise too, but the beautiful WRC tracks are enjoyable. I think we're still 4th in the SSV category and 11th overall. So it's going well, we'll see how things go tonight. We'll try to finish. If we can gain a place, we'll see.
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Timo Gottschalk (DEU) #200, Toyota Hilux Overdrive, Ultimate group

🎤econd day, Baja Greece, third stage, a little bit more short stage, only 115 km, similar terrain, but somehow more nice to drive, more nice open valley. We had a quite good pace, struggling still a lot with the brake, but had also one puncture, so we had to change the tyre, lost some time. But in the end, second stage, which is quite okay. Looking forward to the afternoon. Thanks for watching!
Unofficial results SS3
Baja Greece 2024 (Ultimate)

A spectacular final battle for the Ultimate category win brought success for Akira Miura in the Toyota Hilux Overdrive T1+. The Japanese fought with Miroslav Zapletal (Ford F150 Evo+) all the way to the finish and beat him by 40 seconds on the special stage. Miura was the provisional winner of the FIA World Baja Cup in the Ultimate standings and also finished third overall in the race. This was his debut start in an Ultimate car!

Yazeed Al-Rajhi (Toyota Hilux Overdrive T1+) partially compensated for yesterday's big time losses. The Saudi won both of today's special stages, which should give him 5 bonus points for the day, and he also finished the race third in his category.

Stage 2, SS4 (Ultimate, T1/T1+)
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1. Al-Rajhi/Gottschalk (Toyota)
2. Miura/Polato (Toyota) +4:13.5
3. Zapletal/Sýkora (Ford) +4:53.6
* - provisional results

Overall (Ultimate, T1/T1+)*
1. Miura/Polato (Toyota)
2. Zapletal/Sýkora (Ford) +0:39.1
3. Al-Rajhi/Gottschalk (Toyota) +35:56.4
* - provisional results
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Ghislain de Mevius (BEL) #301, G Rally OT3, Challenger group.

🎤We just finished the last stage, it was good, I tried the maximum, but Yazeed beat me, which is normal. It was a nice stage, we had a lot of rain in the middle, and I lost the power steering before, so the rain cooled down the power steering, so it was good for me. So a nice race, I think we could have done something great without the technical, electronic problem of yesterday, but the car is fast and almost perfect.
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Csaba Miklos & Albert Horn (HUN) #305, Taurus T3 Max, Challenger group, BBR Motorsport

🎤Hello, we just finished day two uh We get some rain but I think this was a nice A nice race. Thank you for the team and for the service guys and everybody who Who helped me to to get this result? and yes, we had some problems also with the cooling system, but uh, but this is we decided how we can We we go further and we finish the race. So we are not at At the finish still we just the stage finish but uh, but I think we will get there and everything will be okay
Baja Greece 2024 (Challenger)

In the Challenger lightweight prototype category, the most stable crews had the greatest success. Spaniard Eduardo Pons (Taurus T3 Max) won only one special stage out of four, but became the winner of the race - both in the Challenger category and in the overall standings.

Frenchman Lionel Baud (GRally OT3) finished second. Despite some problems (changing a punctured tire), he was able to keep the second position both in his category and in the overall standings.

Fastest on the final day was Belgian Ghislain de Mévius (GRally OT3), who won both special stages today. He won three of the four specials in this race, but electrical problems on SS2 didn't allow him to fight for the win.

Stage 2, SS4 (Challenger, T3)*
1. De Mévius Gh./Jalet (GRally)
2. Pons/Betriu (Taurus) +2:31.3
3. Ferreira/Palmeiro (Can-Am) +4:20.5
4. Baud/Baud (GRally) +7:15.2
5. Martinez/Lafuente (Can-Am) +13:28.8
* - provisional results

Overall (Challenger, T3)*
1. Pons/Betriu (Taurus)
2. Baud/Baud (GRally) +13:05.2
3. Miklós/Horn (Taurus) +36:47.2
4. Martinez/Lafuente (Can-Am) +1:00:13.3
5. Al-Jafla/Rudnitski (Can-Am) +1:22:36.5
* - provisional results
Baja Greece 2024 (SSV)

Great finish of the Spaniard Alex Toril, who after big losses on the first day (lost on SS1 almost 8 minutes, then got 2 minutes penalty) won three special stages in a row and at the finish of the race became the winner of the SSV category! He also finished the race in fifth position overall.

Argentina's Fernando Álvarez battled all the way to the finish line, but in the last 30-40 km of the final special stage he encountered problems and lost a few minutes. As a result, he finished second - according to preliminary calculations, this result will allow him to remain the leader of the FIA World Baja Cup in the SSV standings (81 points against 80 for Alex Toril).

The Greek round of the World Cup brought a family success - in the SSV category both crews of the Toril brothers finished on the podium - the younger Alex Toril won the race, the older Miguel Toril was third.

Stage 2, SS4 (SSV, T4)*
1. Toril A./Lopez (BRP Can-Am)
2. Álvarez/Panseri (BRP Can-Am) +5:41.7
3. Toril M./Al-Kuwari (BRP Can-Am) +9:58.6
4. Fournier/Gounon (BRP Can-Am) +16:11.9
* - provisional results

Overall (SSV, T4)*
1. Toril A./Lopez (BRP Can-Am)
2. Álvarez/Panseri (BRP Can-Am) +3:32.9
3. Toril M./Al-Kuwari (BRP Can-Am) +18:57.8
4. Fournier/Gounon (BRP Can-Am) +56:57.6
* - provisional results
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Yazeed Al Rajhi (SAU) Toyota Hilux Overdrive, Ultimate Category

We are here in Rally Greece. We are happy here to come. Plan, me and Timo to come to this race to enjoy first time in World Cup. And we take decision with our team to come here also. And we come with T1 Plus. But we don't take the biggest one, the last one. We take the one before, 10 cm. We try to make difference with that. And we come here. It's very very narrow stage. First day unlucky for us. First stage we broke the disc.

And we stop and we take the tire off and we take time to look what's going on. And with disc off, that means all the liquid out, no brake. Before finish 30 km. And we plan to keep going slowly. And we keep going slowly. We lose around 45 minutes. And we go to the surface and we tell him what's happening in the car. And we take also lunch in the surface. And after we go to second stage. And second stage we start after maybe 50 km, 60 km.

Temperature is come up. And we decide what's going on with it. Is sensor or really temperature. And after we must be stopped to check it. And we stop. And he check it. Long story. And after he open the water. And he find the water is come up. And after I switch everything on. After I go. After 20 km I stop again to see what's going on. And after we lose few time for that. And now we must go in. And now we are last day. We win today. That's most important. And it was a rain day. Today not all back in the stage. Now our time to go.
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Claude Fournier (FRA) #404 Can-Am Maverick, SSV group.

Yes, well, here we are, we've finished the race in Greece. I think we finished fourth in our category and between 10th and 13th overall. It was a great race. We got caught in a hailstorm in the last stage, with lots of rain. Well, that didn't do the car or the crew any favors. We got thoroughly soaked, and it was very slippery with the hail. But we made it, we're happy, we finished the race.
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Eduard Pons (ESP) #304, Taurus T3 Max, Challenger group, BBR Motorsport.

🎤Hello, we are here in the finish line, just before the podium, well, we did it, finally, we did the last stage so conservative, remaining stable and we won, we won the rally, big congratulations for BBR, we are so happy, Jaume did an amazing job, I was maintaining a regular pace during the rally and we are more than happy to win the Baja Greece.
2024/11/15 10:28:30
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