2009 DAKAR RALLY 17 JANUARY 2009 LEG 14 CORDOBA (Argentina) to BUENOS AIRES (Argentina)

2009 DAKAR RALLY 17 JANUARY 2009 LEG 14

CORDOBA (Argentina) to BUENOS AIRES (Argentina)
Road section: 224km – SS14: 227km – Road section: 341km
Total Distance: 792km
 
MITSUBISHI’S JOAN ROMA REACHES BUENOS AIRES IN 10TH POSITION IN DAKAR RALL

 

 Team Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart’s Joan ’Nani’ Roma and Lucas Cruz Senra (both Spain) completed the final 227km special stage of the 2009 Dakar Rally, between C�rdoba and Buenos Aires, in fourth position on Saturday morning.


But additional time penalties imposed by event officials on crews that had not completed the 12th leg into La Rioja on Thursday evening, ultimately demoted Roma from sixth to 10th overall. The Mitsubishi ’Racing Lancer’ driver duly incurred 10 hours of time penalties.

From the original 530 starters, 129 bikes and quads, 92 cars and 55 trucks were permitted to start the final stage into Buenos Aires, but the ASO had been busy imposing further time penalties on some crews overnight, including Roma.

 


He was the first driver on to the fast, pampas-style special stage on Saturday morning, but it was not an advantage to open the road and he trailed Guerlain Chicherit (France) by 10 seconds at the first passage control point at 88km and held a virtual third on the stage. He slipped to fifth at the 140km point (PC2) and went on to record the fourth fastest time.

Giniel de Villiers (South Africa) set the fastest time on the final stage to confirm his first Dakar win, with an 8m 59s winning margin over Mark Miller (USA).

Team Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart had lost three of its four turbo-diesel ’Racing Lancers’ earlier in the race. Hiroshi Masuoka (Japan) and Pascal Maimon (France) were sidelined with an engine pulley bolt failure, an illness for co-driver Gilles Picard (France) forced Luc Alphand (France) to retire the second car and engine-related problems forced Stéphane Peterhansel and Jean-Paul Cottret (both France) out of the rally on the stage before the crossing into Chile last week.

There will be no competitive action tomorrow (Saturday), but surviving crews will take part in the much-vaunted ceremonial finish at La Rural in downtown Buenos Aires. Over half a million people attended the ceremonial start on Friday, January 2nd and an even greater number are anticipated at the finish, such has been the interest shown by the local Argentinean and Chilean population in this year’s Dakar Rally.

WHAT THEY SAID…

Joan ’Nani’ Roma
“I would like to have finished higher, but the important thing was to finish after the problem we had a few days ago. I have arrived in Buenos Aires and that is because the team behind me worked really, really hard. The car was perfect yesterday and today and is getting better all the time. The handling, the suspension, it is perfect.

“I know how much work goes into making four cars for the Dakar and, when I arrived in Valparaiso, I knew that there was only me running and it was up to me to keep the team going. No-one in the team lost any motivation and they all continued to push. Yesterday, I told myself that I needed to push, push, push to try and win the stage. I took some risks yesterday, but the stage win was for everyone in the team.

“Today was not easy. I exploded (puncture) a tyre on the back after CP1 and finished the stage much more slowly. It was important to reach Buenos Aires today. That was the goal.”

Lucas Cruz Senra
“A good finish for us – top 10! For me, this event has been very hard. The temperatures have been very high and the weather has been very difficult. The car has great potential and will be superb when we have worked more on the development. I think it was too much to ask to come up with an answer after two weeks on the rally.

“Today was a straightforward stage. It was very fast. We had one puncture at about km100, but the rest was okay.”

MIROSLAV ZAPLETAL COMPLETES DAKAR RALLY IN SEVENTH POSITION

Miroslav Zapletal (Czech Republic) produced a sensational performance on the 2009 Dakar Rally and confirmed seventh in the overall rankings with 12th place on the final special stage to Buenos Aires at the wheel of his Mitsubishi L200.

An extra 10 hours’ of time penalties were imposed on numerous teams who missed the final section of the stage into La Rioja. These were added at the bivouac in C�rdoba before the final stage.

One beneficiary of penalties for other drivers was Jean De Azevedo (Brazil), who started the final stage in 20th overall. Toni Van Deijne (Netherlands), on the other hand, slipped to 27th from 21st and Mana Pornsiricherd (Thailand) held 73rd in his Mitsubishi Pajero Sport.

De Azevedo eventually finished in 23rd position, after losing two hours on the final stage into Buenos Aires, while Van Deijne maintained 27th in his Mitsubishi L200. Jerome Hardy (France) finished 34th, Ilya Kuznetsov (Russia) overcame a roll earlier in the rally to take 37th and Christian Barbier (France) was 49th.

Other Mitsubishi finishers included Laszlo Liszi (Hungary) in 52nd, Riccardo Garosci (Italy) in 55th, Henrique Pichini (Brazil) in 65th and Nuno Pedro Inocencio (Portugal), who finished 66th overall. Pornsiricherd eventually finished the final stage in 17th place, but time penalties earlier in the event pushed the Mitsubishi Thailand-backed driver down to 73rd overall.

Stephan Schott (Germany) and Alexey Berkut (Russia) finished 74th and 78th in their Mitsubishis and Jerome Laraignou (France) brought up the rear of the Japanese entries with 85th overall.

 

 SS14 CLASSIFICATION
Pos Driver
Co-Driver		 Nat Vehicle Cat Total
Time		 Diff
Leader
1 Giniel DE VILLIERS
Dirk VON ZITZEWITZ		 AFS
D		 VOLKSWAGEN RACE TOUAREG T1.2 1:35:43 **:**
2 Leonid NOVITSKIY
Oleg TYUPENKIN		 RUS
RUS		 BMW X3 CC T1.2 1:35:45 +0:02
3 Krzysztof HOLOWCZYC
Jean-Marc FORTIN		 POL
B		 NISSAN NAVARA T1.1 1:36:00 +0:17
4 Joan ROMA
Lucas CRUZ		 E
E		 MITSUBISHI RACING LANCER T1.2 1:36:21 +0:38
5 Guerlain CHICHERIT
Matthieu BAUMEL		 F
F		 BMW X3 CC T1.2 1:36:33 +0:50
6 Mark MILLER
Ralph PITCHFORD		 USA
AFS		 VOLKSWAGEN RACE TOUAREG T1.2 1:42:22 +6:39
7 Rene KUIPERS
Filipe PALMEIRO		 NL
P		 BMW X3 CC T1.2 1:44:45 +9:02
8 Matthias KAHLE
Thomas SCHUENEMANN		 D
D		 HONDA BUGGY T1.3 1:44:57 +9:14
9 Bruce GARLAND
Hiroaki SUZUKI		 AUS
AUS		 ISUZU D-MAX T1.2 1:45:14 +9:31
10 Ivar Erik TOLLEFSEN
Quin EVANS		 N
GB		 NISSAN NAVARA T1.1 1:45:16 +9:33
11 Thierry MAGNALDI
Guy LENEVEU		 F
F		 SMG PORSCHE BUGGY T1.3 1:45:23 +9:40
12 Miroslav ZAPLETAL
Tomas OUREDNICEK		 CZ
CZ		 MITSUBISHI L200 T1.1 1:46:25 +10:42
13 Dieter DEPPING
Timo GOTTSCHALK		 D
D		 VOLKSWAGEN RACE TOUAREG T1.2 1:50:17 +14:34
14 Jernis AZIS
Ainas PRINCIS		 LVA
LVA		 OSC OSCAR 03 T1.1 1:50:23 +14:40
15 Pascal THOMASSE
Pascal LARROQUE		 F
F		 BUGGY  T1.3 1:51:00 +15:17
16 Chris LEYDA
Alister MCRAE		 NL
GB		 MCRAE ENDURO T3 1:51:28 +15:45
17 Mana PORNSIRICHERD
Thierry LACAMBRE		 THA
F		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO SPORT T1.2 1:51:29 +15:46
18 Nicolas GIBON
Akira MIURA		 F
J		 TOYOTA VDJ 200 T2.2 1:53:04 +17:21
19 Bernard ERRANDONEA
Jean-Pierre GARCIN		 F
F		 SMG V8 BUGGY T1.3 1:53:59 +18:16
20 Yaroslav SOLOVIEV
Konstantin ZHILTSOV		 RUS
RUS		 SMG V8 BUGGY T1.3 1:54:09 +18:26
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27 Ilya KUZNETSOV
Andrey NESHIN		 RUS
RUS		 MITSUBISHI L200 T1.1 2:00:01 +24:18
28 Isidre ESTEVE PUJOL
Eric AUGE MEDINA		 E
E		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T1.2 2:00:04 +24:21
31 Tonnie VAN DEIJNE
Wouter ROSEGAAR		 NL
NL		 MITSUBISHI L200 T1.1 2:00:15 +24:32
42 Paulo PICHINI
Lourival ROLDAN		 BRA
BRA		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T1.2 2:04:53 +29:10
46 Laszlo LISZI
Jozsef FENESI		 HON
HON		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T1.2 2:06:25 +30:42
55 Jerome HARDY
Frederic BECART		 F
F		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T2.2 2:13:22 +37:39
56 Alexey BERKUT
Anton NIKOLEAV		 RUS
RUS		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO EVOLUTION T1.1 2:13:28 +37:45
58 Christian BARBIER
Jean-Michel RICHAUD		 F
F		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T2.2 2:13:41 +37:58
70 Stephan SCHOTT
Holm SCHMDIT		 D
D		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T1.2 2:16:14 +40:31
73 Nuno Pedro INOCENCIO
Jaime SANTOS		 P
P		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T1.2 2:18:59 +43:16
77 Jerome LARAIGNOU
Stephane GALLO		 F
F		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T2.2 2:19:42 +43:59
79 Riccardo GAROSCI
Rafael CORDOBA		 I
E		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T2.2 2:20:51 +45:08
89 Jean DE AZEVEDO
Youssef HADDAD		 BRA
BRA		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO/MONTERO T1.1 4:48:24 +3:12:41

 OVERALL CLASSIFICATION AFTER SS14
Pos Driver
Co-Driver		 Nat Vehicle Cat Total
Time		 Diff
Leader
1 Giniel DE VILLIERS
Dirk VON ZITZEWITZ		 AFS
D		 VOLKSWAGEN RACE TOUAREG T1.2 48:10:57 **:**
2 Mark MILLER
Ralph PITCHFORD		 USA
AFS		 VOLKSWAGEN RACE TOUAREG T1.2 48:19:56 +8:59
3 Robby GORDON
Andy GRIDER		 USA
USA		 HUMMER H3 OP1 49:57:12 +1:46:15
4 Ivar Erik TOLLEFSEN
Quin EVANS		 N
GB		 NISSAN NAVARA T1.1 54:15:31 +6:04:34
5 Krzysztof HOLOWCZYC
Jean-Marc FORTIN		 POL
B		 NISSAN NAVARA T1.1 54:48:46 +6:37:49
6 Dieter DEPPING
Timo GOTTSCHALK		 D
D		 VOLKSWAGEN RACE TOUAREG T1.2 56:54:26 +8:43:29
7 Miroslav ZAPLETAL
Tomas OUREDNICEK		 CZ
CZ		 MITSUBISHI L200 T1.1 59:14:05 +11:03:08
8 Leonid NOVITSKIY
Oleg TYUPENKIN		 RUS
RUS		 BMW X3 CC T1.2 61:26:10 +13:15:13
9 Guerlain CHICHERIT
Matthieu BAUMEL		 F
F		 BMW X3 CC T1.2 63:00:46 +14:49:49
10 Joan ROMA
Lucas CRUZ		 E
E		 MITSUBISHI RACING LANCER T1.2 65:38:43 +17:27:46
11 Bruce GARLAND
Hiroaki SUZUKI		 AUS
AUS		 ISUZU D-MAX T1.2 66:43:03 +18:32:06
12 Patrick SIREY JOL
Paul VIDAL		 F
F		 BOWLER WILDCAT T1.1 66:49:48 +18:38:51
13 Eric VIGOUROUX
Alexandre WINOCQ		 F
F		 HUMMER H3 OP1 66:56:34 +18:45:37
14 Nicolas GIBON
Akira MIURA		 F
J		 TOYOTA VDJ 200 T2.2 69:09:31 +20:58:34
15 Matthias KAHLE
Thomas SCHUENEMANN		 D
D		 HONDA BUGGY T1.3 69:49:52 +21:38:55
16 Xavier FOJ
Joan PUJOLAR		 E
E		 TOYOTA LAND CRUISER T2.2 70:23:40 +22:12:43
17 Isabelle PATISSIER
Theirry DELLI-ZOTTI		 F
F		 BUGGY  T1.3 72:56:05 +24:45:08
18 Rene KUIPERS
Filipe PALMEIRO		 NL
P		 BMW X3 CC T1.2 73:00:16 +24:49:19
19 Ronan CHABOT
Gilles PILLOT		 F
F		 TOYOTA LAND CRUISER T2.2 73:09:45 +24:58:48
20 Thierry MAGNALDI
Guy LENEVEU		 F
F		 SMG PORSCHE BUGGY T1.3 75:25:24 +27:14:27
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23 Jean DE AZEVEDO
Youssef HADDAD		 BRA
BRA		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO/MONTERO T1.1 78:19:45 +30:08:48
27 Tonnie VAN DEIJNE
Wouter ROSEGAAR		 NL
NL		 MITSUBISHI L200 T1.1 83:27:46 +35:16:49
34 Jerome HARDY
Frederic BECART		 F
F		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T2.2 87:33:15 +39:22:18
37 Ilya KUZNETSOV
Andrey NESHIN		 RUS
RUS		 MITSUBISHI L200 T1.1 94:17:10 +46:06:13
49 Christian BARBIER
Jean-Michel RICHAUD		 F
F		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T2.2 114:51:50 +66:40:53
52 Laszlo LISZI
Jozsef FENESI		 HON
HON		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T1.2 119:38:49 +71:27:52
55 Riccardo GAROSCI
Rafael CORDOBA		 I
E		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T2.2 124:28:11 +76:17:14
65 Paulo PICHINI
Lourival ROLDAN		 BRA
BRA		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T1.2 143:27:20 +95:16:23
66 Nuno Pedro INOCENCIO
Jaime SANTOS		 P
P		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T1.2 143:55:42 +95:44:45
73 Mana PORNSIRICHERD
Thierry LACAMBRE		 THA
F		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO SPORT T1.2 305:34:48 +257:23:51
76 Stephan SCHOTT
Holm SCHMDIT		 D
D		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T1.2 322:35:08 +274:24:11
78 Alexey BERKUT
Anton NIKOLEAV		 RUS
RUS		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO EVOLUTION T1.1 327:08:18 +278:57:21
81 Isidre ESTEVE PUJOL
Eric AUGE MEDINA		 E
E		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T1.2 332:26:36 +284:15:39
86 Jerome LARAIGNOU
Stephane GALLO		 F
F		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T2.2 341:42:21 +293:31:24

 

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