Baja Greece 2024: Ladies on the start line
By Rita Konya
The 2024 edition of Baja Greece Offroad is just about to start, with three female competitors on the start line. Meet Magdalena, Lucie and Erika!
https://medium.com/@crosscountryrally/baja-greece-2024-ladies-on-the-start-line-4f0913d0948c
By Rita Konya
The 2024 edition of Baja Greece Offroad is just about to start, with three female competitors on the start line. Meet Magdalena, Lucie and Erika!
https://medium.com/@crosscountryrally/baja-greece-2024-ladies-on-the-start-line-4f0913d0948c
Follow the Baja Greece
Timing
http://results.bg/greece/
Tracking
https://geotraq.live/Baja-Greece-2024/
Timing
http://results.bg/greece/
Tracking
https://geotraq.live/Baja-Greece-2024/
Baja Greece 2024, prologue (Ultimate)
The prologue track turned out to be quite fast - the average speed of the fastest crews exceeded 90 km/h.
The winner of the prologue in the Ultimate category was predictably Yazeed Al-Rajhi (Toyota Hulux Overdrive T1+), who was 14 seconds ahead of his nearest rival at 6.08km. Second time was achieved by Akira Miura, for whom this start was his debut in the Ultimate category.
Prologue (Ultimate, T1/T1+)*
1. Al-Rajhi/Gottschalk (Toyota)
2. Miura/Polato (Toyota) +14.0
3. Zapletal/Sýkora (Ford) +15.7
4. Zając/Pasek (Toyota) +49.6
* - provisional results
The prologue track turned out to be quite fast - the average speed of the fastest crews exceeded 90 km/h.
The winner of the prologue in the Ultimate category was predictably Yazeed Al-Rajhi (Toyota Hulux Overdrive T1+), who was 14 seconds ahead of his nearest rival at 6.08km. Second time was achieved by Akira Miura, for whom this start was his debut in the Ultimate category.
Prologue (Ultimate, T1/T1+)*
1. Al-Rajhi/Gottschalk (Toyota)
2. Miura/Polato (Toyota) +14.0
3. Zapletal/Sýkora (Ford) +15.7
4. Zając/Pasek (Toyota) +49.6
* - provisional results
Baja Greece 2024, prologue (Challenger)
In the Challenger Lightweight Prototype category, the prologue brought a hard-fought battle with four crews. João Ferreira (Can-Am Factory Team) had a small advantage, being 3.1 seconds ahead of Ghislain de Mévius (G Rally Team).
However, the gap between the second and fourth positions was only 1.6 seconds. Ghislain de Mévius, Lionel Baud (both on GRally OT3) and Eduardo Pons (Taurus T3 Max) finished within this small gap.
In addition, this quartet of Challenger leaders finished in the Top 5 of the overall standings - only Yazeed Al-Rajhi in the Toyota Hilux Overdrive T1+ was in front of them.
Prologue (Challenger, T3)*
1. Ferreira/Palmeiro (Can-Am)
2. De Mévius Gh./Jalet (GRally) +3.1
3. Baud/Baud (GRally) +4.0
4. Pons/Betriu (Taurus) +4.7
5. Martinez/Laguente (Can-Am) +18.6
* - provisional results
In the Challenger Lightweight Prototype category, the prologue brought a hard-fought battle with four crews. João Ferreira (Can-Am Factory Team) had a small advantage, being 3.1 seconds ahead of Ghislain de Mévius (G Rally Team).
However, the gap between the second and fourth positions was only 1.6 seconds. Ghislain de Mévius, Lionel Baud (both on GRally OT3) and Eduardo Pons (Taurus T3 Max) finished within this small gap.
In addition, this quartet of Challenger leaders finished in the Top 5 of the overall standings - only Yazeed Al-Rajhi in the Toyota Hilux Overdrive T1+ was in front of them.
Prologue (Challenger, T3)*
1. Ferreira/Palmeiro (Can-Am)
2. De Mévius Gh./Jalet (GRally) +3.1
3. Baud/Baud (GRally) +4.0
4. Pons/Betriu (Taurus) +4.7
5. Martinez/Laguente (Can-Am) +18.6
* - provisional results
Media is too big
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Akira Miura (JPN) #203 Toyota Hilux Overdrive, Ultimate group.
🎤I just finished the prologue stage and arrived here. My first race in the T1 category has started, and everything about the engine's feeling, the suspension's feeling, and the shifting's feeling is very new to me. Despite the stage being extremely short, it was very exciting. However, I need to learn more and more about the car and think about how to maximize the performance of this Hilux T1+. I want to value each and every corner and make sure not to waste a single second of this race as I continue to learn.
🎤I just finished the prologue stage and arrived here. My first race in the T1 category has started, and everything about the engine's feeling, the suspension's feeling, and the shifting's feeling is very new to me. Despite the stage being extremely short, it was very exciting. However, I need to learn more and more about the car and think about how to maximize the performance of this Hilux T1+. I want to value each and every corner and make sure not to waste a single second of this race as I continue to learn.
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
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
Media is too big
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
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.
🎤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.