Al Attiyah Guides Overdrive Racing Toyota to Victory at Andalucia Rally
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QatarTribune Qatar_Tribune QatarTribuneChannel qatar_tribune Nadal overcomes Djokovic to seal 10th Masters title in Rome MONDAY, MAY 17, 2021 PAGE 11 Al Attiyah guides Overdrive Racing Toyota to victory at Andalucia Rally Al Rajhi and Van Loon finish third and fourth; Gutierrez wins FIA T3 section in OT3 by Overdrive TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK VILLAMARTIN (SPAIN) NASSER Saleh Al Attiyah and Matthieu Baumel guided their Overdrive Racing Toyota Hilux to a second successive victory in the five-dayA nda- lucia Rally in southern Spain and got their 2021 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies campaign off to the perfect start. The Qatari and his French team-mate became embroiled Results in a fierce battle withS pain’s 2021 Andalucia Rally – (unofficial @ 17.23hrs) Carlos Sainz and Overdrive 1. Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah (QAT)/Matthieu Baumel (FRA) Toyota Hilux Overdrive 10hr 20min 49sec Racing team-mate Yazeed Al 2. Carlos Sainz (ESP)/Lucas Cruz (ESP) MINI John Cooper Works Rally 10hr 23min 42sec Rajhi for honours over four 3. Yazeed Al Rajhi (SAU)/Dirk von Zitzewitz (DEU) Toyota Hilux Overdrive 10hr 34min 15sec demanding legs through An- 4. Erik van Loon (NLD)/Sebastien Delaunay (FRA) Toyota Hilux Overdrive 10hr 45min 26sec dalucia and the neighbouring 5. Mattias Ekström (SWE)/Emil Bergkvist (SWE) MINI John Cooper Works Buggy 10hr 54min 03sec province of Cordoba. Attiyah led from the open- 6. Cristina Gutierrez (ESP)/François Cazalet (FRA) OT3 by Overdrive (FIA T3) 11hr 07min 59sec ing qualifying stage, but Sainz 7. Laia Sanz (ESP)/Daniel Oliveras (ESP) MINI All4 Racing 11hr 12min 32sec maintained the pressure right 8. Joao Ferreira (PRT)/David Monteiro (PRT) Toyota Hilux 11hr 24min 04sec to the final kilometres, as the 9. Gregoire de Mevius (BEL)/Andre Leyh (BEL) Henrard Dunbee 11hr 27min 54sec Qatari crossed the finish line 10. Denis Krotov (RUS)/K Zhiltsov (RUS) MINI John Cooper Works Rally 11hr 29min 44sec. with a slender winning mar- gin of 2min 43sec. Nasser Al Attiyah and his co-driver Matthieu Baumel in their Overdrive Racing Toyota Hilux at the Andalucia Rally in southern Spain on Sunday. Attiyah said: “The last stage was not easy. We had technique, fast and in the Michael Orr still recuperat- bastien Delaunay delivered they recovered to finish much Overdrive Racing also ran at the top of the rankings. to keep the position, the first mountains and in the valleys ing from a back injury sus- an impressive performance higher up the rankings. a quartet of OT3s in the FIA Gearbox issues thwarted place, but I am quite happy and between the vegetation tained in Saudi Arabia in in the third of five Overdrive Poland’s Martin Kaczmar- T3 category. De Mevius’s push for the win to win here again. Every race and the olive trees. The fight early March, Al-Rajhi was Racing cars to finish fourth. ski returned to the Overdrive The lightweight off- on the finalleg and Gutierrez we are fighting with Carlos with Carlos and Yazeed was partnered by German naviga- Portugal’s Victor Concei- Racing line-up to drive a road vehicles dominated the was able to cruise to the cat- (Sainz). He is one of the best very high. We pushed a lot to tor Dirk von Zitzewitz, round- cao teamed up with Brazilian Toyota Hilux alongside Finn- category from the start. A egory win and snatch a fine drivers in the world. I am win again this year. It is only ed off the podium places and Valeria Nacarato in the fifth ish co-driver Tapio Suominen. transmission issue cost Seth sixth overall. quite happy.” piste, so navigation is not so secured third place for a sec- of the Toyotas. They had a They were running outside the Quintero an early lead, but Action in the 2021 FIA Baumel added: “Andalu- difficult here. It is more about ond year. strong start to the event but a top 10 before transmission is- Guillaume de Mevius, Cris- World Cup for Cross-Country cia, like last year, was fantas- speed than navigation here.” Dutchman Erik van Loon time loss on day two pushed sues intervened after 142km tina Gutierrez and Mitchell Rallies resumes with Rally Ka- tic. Nice places, nice roads, With regular co-driver and his French co-driver Se- them down to 57th overall and of stage three. Guthrie took up the challenge zakhstan on June 7th-13th. Jones tops, Khalifa Al Attiyah second as South Quick read Racing-buit Can-Ams dominate T4 category TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK stage for security reasons after VILLAMARTIN (SPAIN) 177km, but it failed to prevent Attiyah claiming the fastest SOUTH Racing-built Can- time in T4 and an outright Ams filledthe top five places lead of 40 seconds. in the Andalucia Rally, round On a stage where Domzala one of the 2021 FIA World crashed out in his Monster En- Cup for Cross-Country Ral- ergy Can-Am after 20km, Jones lies. Outright victory fell to finished third and Zille, Garc- the American racer Austin es, Koolen and Del Rio were Jones and his Brazilian navi- fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh. Tottenham Hotspur’s Danish midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (left) gator Gustavo Gugelmin in The second leg included celebrates with Spanish defender Sergio Reguilon after scoring in the their Monster Energy Can-Am two more technical selective Premier League in London on Sunday. Tottenham kept their faint hopes Maverick XRS. sections of 150km and 130km of Champions League qualification alive with a routine 2-0 win. (AFP) Jones became embroiled and headed into the Province in a gripping tussle over the of Cordoba. Attiyah again North Korea withdraws from World Cup varied southern Spanish ter- prevailed in the South Racing qualification rain with Qatar’s Khalifa Saleh Can-Am to win the stage and Al Attiyah and his experi- extend his category advantage. KUALA LUMPUR: The Asian Football Confederation has an- enced French co-driver Xavier With his Maverick repaired nounced that North Korea has pulled out of qualification for the Panseri. Attiyah led midway after the crash on day one, 2022 World Cup. “The (AFC) has today confirmed the withdrawal through the rally, but Jones hit Domzala came home in second of the DPR Korea Football Association from the Asian Qualifiers,” back over the last two days to Khalifa Al Attiyah (also inset) and his co-driver Xavier Panseri at the Andalucia Rally on Sunday. place with Jones in third. In the AFC said in a statement on Sunday. Pyongyang has not yet secure the win and Attiyah fin- the overall standings, Koolen given an official reason for pulling out of next months qualifiers ished second in his South Rac- completed the event in 13th. A moved up to third and Garces for the tournament, to be held in Qatar in November and De- ing Can-Am Team Maverick. first day crash wreckedA ron Results and Zille were fifth and sixth. cember 2022, but South Korean media has reported that it is The Dutch duo of Kees Domzala’s chances of win- FIA T4 (Unofficial): Del Rio, Thewessen and Domza- because of concerns over COVID-19. Due to the spread of the Koolen and Mirjam Pol crewed ning the event, but the Pole 1. Austin Jones (USA)/Gustavo Gugelmin (BRA) Monster Energy Can-Am Maverick XRS 11hr 31min 08sec la were 10th, 18th and 19th. virus, there have been no qualifiers in Asia since November 2019 2. Khalifa Saleh Al Attiyah (QAT)/Xavier Panseri (FRA) South Racing Can-Am Maverick XRS 11hr 44min 32sec their South Racing Can-Am to recovered strongly to set three 3. Kees Koolen (NLD)/Mirjam Pol (NLD) South Racing Can-Am Maverick XRS 12hr 01min 57sec The final leg offered two and in order to reduce travel as the games resume, the AFC has the final place on the podium. impressive stage times on his 4. Hernan Garces (CHL)/Juan Pablo Latrach (CHL) South Racing Can-Am Maverick XRS 12hr 11min 36sec stages of 103km and 73km and ruled that all group matches in the second round of qualification Chile’s Hernan Garces way to 14th. 5. David Zille (ARG)/Bruno Jacomy (ARG) South Racing Can-Am Maverick XRS 12hr 13min 27sec Jones attacked the tricky wa- will be played in hubs. South Korea is scheduled to host North and Juan Pablo Latrach were The Spanish pairing of 6. Romain Locmaine (FRA)/Maxime Fourmaux (FRA) Can-Am Maverick XRS 12hr 15min 41sec ter crossings and demanding Korea, Turkmenistan, Lebanon and Sri Lanka in Group H qualify- 7. Florant Vayssade (FRA)/Nicolas Rey (FRA) Can-Am 12hr 19min 01sec fourth in their Maverick and Fernando Alvarez and Anto- 8. Benjamin Lattard (FRA)/Patrick Jimbert (FRA) Can-Am Maverick X3 12hr 36min 24sec terrain to set the fastest time, ing matches from June 3-15 in the city of Goyang, just north of Argentina’s David Zille and nio Garcia crewed the only 9. Lucas Del Rio (CHL)/Marcello Scola (CHL) South Racing Can-Am Maverick XRS 12hr 47min 33sec the American beating Domza- Seoul. With three games remaining, North Korea was in fourth in Bruno Jacomy rounded off the South Racing Can-Am XRS 13. Andre Thewessen (NLD)/Stijn Bastings (NLD) South Racing Can-Am Maverick XRS 34hr 51min 00sec la by 32 seconds to claim the Group H of qualification, level on eight points with Lebanon and 14. Aron Domzala (POL)/Maciej Marton (POL) Monster Energy Can-Am Maverick XRS 36hr 31min 46sec South Korea and one behind leader Turkmenistan. Only the group top five for theS outh Racing entered in the FIA T3 catego- T3 (Unofficial): stage win and outright victory Can-Am Team.