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Fernando Manuel Grilo Barreiro (PRT) #500, Isuzu D-Max, Stock group

Today our day started with a prologue in Badajoz, which went well for us. In the afternoon, we did a 100km sector which wasn't very long but was very tough. We had the second part of this sector within a military zone, which was very difficult for our car, as it's a Stock category car. We had to drive very slowly to ensure things went well, and thankfully, we managed to reach the end. This is how things go in the European championship; these races are slightly different, but our participation makes it so. Thank you, and see you tomorrow.
🇪🇸 Baja Extremadura 2024: Stage 1 (FIA)
04.05.2024

➡️Liason start 44.05 km
📍SS2 169.52 km
⬅️Liason finish 50.88 km
🛠45 min
➡️Liason start 26.81 km
📍SS3 101.26 km
⬅️Liason finish 52.35 km

🕑Parc Ferme out 7:00
🕑8:30 Start
🕑11:00 Finish
🕑12:00 Service park in
🕑Seevice out 14:10
🕑15:30 Start
🕑17:40 Finish
🕑19:00 Parc Ferme in

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Timing:
Cars: https://anubesport.com/timing/ss/3075/?rallyId=149
Bikes: https://anubesport.com/timing/?rallyId=150

Tracking: https://anubesport.com/es/tracking/?rally=rally6047&port=auto

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João Filipe Miranda (PRT) #300, Santag Racing, G Rally OT3, Challenger group, European Baja Cup.

🎤Hello everybody, we finished the second stage on the second day, it's very difficult to open the piste, the track is very narrow, navigation too difficult, how many pistes in the notes is very short, but I think we were okay.
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Filipe Palmeiro (PRT), #200, X-raid MINI JCW Rally Plus, Ultimate Category, European Baja Cup

🎤It was finally a good stage for us. We have some question that beginning of the stage we have a lot of dust from Benelitas Vanagas. It was not his fault because he didn't get our Stella so I don't know why. We have been really close to him but he didn't catch. The first time he got the Stella he let us overtake two times. We have one puncture so that's why we overtake Vanagas for the second time. At the end it was quite good. We finished first so we are first overall. It was a tricky stage. A lot of navigation and some tricky places. We did small things but not really important. It was a good day for us at the end.
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Armindo Araujo (PRT) #303 Santag Racing, G Rally, Challenger group, European Cup

🎤It was a difficult stage for us, we found Dias changing the wheel, we followed him but a lot of dust, so we needed to stop and we lost a lot of time, meanwhile the other drivers came and we started fighting in the middle of the dust, we lost a lot of time, the pity.
Baja Extremadura 2024, Stage 2 (Challenger)

Things are getting more and more interesting in the lightweight prototype category. Santag Racing Team yesterday achieved great success at the start of the race (two first positions in SS1), but today the situation in the fight for the podium has changed.

On the morning Stage 2 (Alconchel special stage 169.52 km long), another Portuguese became the fastest - Rui Carneiro on a GRally OT3, who was more than two and a half minutes ahead of Alexandre Pinto (Can-Am Maverick X3).

João Dias on the GRally OT3 holds the lead in the overall Challenger category and is almost a minute ahead of his nearest rival. The most interesting was the battle for second position - before the final special stage, Rui Carneiro is ahead of Alexandre Pinto by only 0.6 seconds!

Spaniard Pau Navarro got off to a strong start to the final day in the new Demon Car DT3 prototype, finishing fourth in the SS4 and moving up to fifth position in the Challenger overall standings.

Stage 2 (Challenger, T3)*
1. Carneiro/Fløene (GRally)
2. Pinto/Oliveira (Can-Am) +2:40.7
3. Dias/Miranda (GRally) +3:04.1
4. Navarro/Rosa (Demon) +3:31.4
5. Madeira/Morais (GRally) +4:44.3
* - provisional results

After Stage 2 (Challenger, T3)*
1. Dias/Miranda (GRally)
2. Carneiro/Floene (GRally) +54.9
3. Pinto/Oliveira (Can-Am) +55.5
4. Araújo/Ré (GRally) +4:00.5
5. Navarro/Rosa (Demon) +5:28.9
* - provisional results
Baja Extremadura 2024, Stage 2 (Ultimate)

In the Ultimate category, the number of favorites has rapidly decreased. First, the Portuguese João Ramos (Toyota Hilux T1+) refused to further participate in the race - now he will prepare for the next start in the Portuguese Championship in two weeks. Pole Michał Małuszyński (Mini JCW Rally Plus) also finished the race early after yesterday's problems.

At this morning's special stage, Francisco Barreto (Toyota Hilux T1+), the race leader in the Ultimate category, had a good start. But in the last quarter of Stage 2 he lost several minutes and finished second. The winner of the special stage and the new leader of the race (both overall and in the Ultimate category) was João Ferreira on the Mini JCW Rally Plus - his lead was more than two minutes.

Lithuanian Benediktas Vanagas (Toyota Hilux T1+) encountered serious problems and lost more than fourty minutes. As a result, the Portuguese Maria Luis Gameiro on a Mini JCW Rally Plus climbed to third position in the overall Ultimate standings!

Stage 2 (Ultimate, T1)*
1. Ferreira/Palmeiro (Mini)
2. Barreto/Duarte (Toyota) +2:51.2
3. Klaassen P./Spoor (Red Lined) +12:36.4
4. Gameiro/Marques (Mini) +22:22.8
5. Klaassen D./Rooth (Red Lined) +28:40.0
* - provisional results

After Stage 2 (Ultimate, T1)*
1. Ferreira/Palmeiro (Mini)
2. Barreto/Duarte (Toyota) +2:11.7
3. Gameiro/Marques (Mini) +26:02.2
4. Klaassen D./Rooth (Red Lined) +32:54.4
5. Garcia/Navarro M. (Mini) +40:04.3
* - provisional results
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Benediktas Vanagas (LTU) #201 Toyota Gazoo Racing Baltics, Ultimate group.

🎤So, it seems like the second stage of Baja Extremadura was quite challenging for us. The run was more or less okay and the track was really demanding and quite difficult. We had a difficulty passing through one of the river places. Actually, we have a new system for air filter and we don't have a possibility to lock it from the water, so it should go somehow through, but it seems like it didn't work. So, we had an engine lock, so we lost like, I don't know, 40 minutes or something like that, but we managed to start the car. We managed to go to the finish and now through the service we will try to do everything so we can continue the last stage.
Baja Extremadura 2024, Stage 2 (SSV)

In the SSV category, almost all participants faced great problems and suffered large losses of time. The only exception was the Pole Tomasz Białkowski, who passed SS2 without any problems and was 17 minutes ahead of his nearest rival!

Stage 2 (SSV, T4)*
1. Białkowski/Baśkiewicz (BRP Can-Am)
2. Guillermo/Aguado (Polaris) +17:06.2
3. Castillo/Mota (BRP Can-Am) +22:32.9
4. Prat/Olivera (Yamaha) +48:20.2
5. Buller/Jordao (Yamaha) +1:17:30.6
* - provisional results

After Stage 2 (SSV, T4)*
1. Białkowski/Baśkiewicz (BRP Can-Am)
2. Guillermo/Aguado (Polaris) +18:44.2
3. Castillo/Mota (BRP Can-Am) +23:08.2
4. Prat/Olivera (Yamaha) +52:03.7
5. Buller/Jordao (Yamaha) +1:20:55.1
* - provisional results
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Rui Farinha (PRT) #402, Santag Racing, Can-Am Maverick, SSV Category, European Baja Cup.
Time Differences before the final stage: where can we expect the most interesting battles?

In hard conditions like the Baja TT Dehesa Extremadura, the time differences between nearby positions is usually minutes or even tens of minutes. However, there is one spectacular exception before the final special stage.

Battle for victory in Ultimate and Overall:
🔥🔥 P1 - João Ferreira ➡️ P2 - Francisco Barreto +2:11.7

Battle for 6th position in Overall:
🔥🔥P6 - Armindo Araújo ➡️ P7 - Tomasz Białkowski +0:25.0

Battle for 12th position in Overall:
🔥🔥 P12 - Dave Klaassen ➡️ P13 - Fernando Alvarez +0:09.6
🔥🔥 P13 - Fernando Alvarez ➡️ P14 - Federico Guillermo +0:13.0

Battle for Top-3 in Challenger:
🔥🔥P1 - João Dias ➡️ P2 - Rui Carneiro +0:54.9
🔥🔥🔥P2 - Rui Carneiro➡️ P3 - Alexandre Pinto +0:00.6

Battle for 5th position in Challenger:
🔥🔥 P5 - Pau Navarro ➡️ P6 - Nuno Madeira +0:43.4
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William Buller (GBR), #403, Yamaha YXZ1000R, SSV group, registered for European Baja Cup

We've just finished the second stage of the rally, the first stage of day 2, we had some problems, we were leaving with an FSP class and we hit a compression and rolled over and hit a tree, so the guys are working hard to get the car fixed.
Baja Extremadura 2024 (Ultimate)

In the Ultimate category, only five competitors (out of 14 starters) "survived". The winner of the race was João Ferreira on Mini JCW Rally Plus, who won the final special stage and finally almost 4.5 minutes ahead of yesterday's leader Francisco Barreto (Toyota Hilux T1+).

Third was female driver Maria Luis Gameiro in Mini JCW Rally Plus.

After Lithuanian Benediktas Vanagas (Toyota Hilux T1+) was unable to start on the final special stage, only two representatives of the Ultimate category - Ferreira and Barreto - finished in the FIA European Baja Cup standings.

Stage 3 (Ultimate, T1)*
1. Ferreira/Palmeiro (Mini)
2. Barreto/Duarte (Toyota) +2:14.4
3. Klaassen P./Spoor (Red Lined) +3:40.8
4. Klaassen D./Rooth (Red Lined) +7:28.0
5. Gameiro/Marques (Mini) +9:32.9
* - provisional results

Overall (Ultimate, T1)*
1. Ferreira/Palmeiro (Mini)
2. Barreto/Duarte (Toyota) +4:26.1
3. Gameiro/Marques (Mini) +35:35.1
4. Klaassen D./Rooth (Red Lined) +40:22.4
5. Klaassen P./Spoor (Red Lined) +50:32.4
* - provisional results
Baja Extremadura 2024 (Challenger)

In the lightweight prototype category, the Challenger is the final thriller. The main event was the failure of the race leader in this category - João Dias (GRally OT3) drove less than half the distance of the final special stage and stopped.

The winner was Rui Carneiro, another competitor on GRally OT3 - he won both special stages today. At the finish of the race he beat his compatriot Alexandre Pinto (Can-Am Maverick X3) by only 9.3 seconds!

As in the Ultimate category, the whole podium in the Challenger classification was taken by the representatives of Portugal.

Stage 3 (Challenger, T3)*
1. Carneiro/Fløene (GRally)
2. Pinto/Oliveira (Can-Am) +8.7
3. Kuś/Pasek (GRally) +1:23.8
4. Madeira/Morais (GRally) +1:52.5
5. Reyes/Ricci (VM Competición) +1:55.5
* - provisional results

Final standing (Challenger, T3)*
1. Carneiro/Fløene (GRally)
2. Pinto/Oliveira (Can-Am) +9.3
3. Araújo/Ré (GRally) +5:53.5
4. Navarro/Rosa (Demon) +6:43.9
5. Madeira/Morais (GRally) +7:09.9
* - provisional results

📸 Simon Bauchau
Baja Extremadura 2024 (SSV)

In the SSV category there were no final surprises. Polish Tomasz Białkowski (BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR) did not take any risks in the final part of the race and finished sixth on SS3. This result gave him his second win on the Baja TT Dehesa Extremadura - he repeated his 2022 success when he won the race in the T4 group standings.

Stage 3 (SSV, T4)*
1. Vento/García (BRP Can-Am)
2. Guillermo/Aguado (Polaris) +41.0
3. Castillo/Mota (BRP Can-Am) +1:58.7 (pen. 3:00.0)
4. Muñoz/Cámara (BRP Can-Am) +2:19.2
5. Buller/Jordao (Yamaha) +2:19.4
* - provisional results

Final standing (SSV, T4)*
1. Białkowski/Baśkiewicz (BRP Can-Am)
2. Guillermo/Aguado (Polaris) +20:26.9
3. Castillo/Mota (BRP Can-Am) +26:08.6
4. Prat/Olivera (Yamaha) +59:57.1
5. Buller/Jordao (Yamaha) +1:24:17.1
* - provisional results77
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