Brazilian driver Lucas Moraes, accompanied by his navigator Armand Monleon, took the lead yesterday, at the conclusion of the second day’s competitions of the eighth edition of the Dubai International Rally, which was held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Chairman of the Executive Council of the Emirate. Dubai, which brings the curtain down on its events today at the end of the rounds of the Baha World Desert Rally Championship for cars and motorcycles.
Lucas succeeded in continuing his brilliance, which he began the day before yesterday in the exhibition stage in Hatta, after covering the course of the (Al-Futtaim Toyota) stage with a total time of three hours, three minutes, 20 seconds and five hundredths of a second, ahead of the holder of the title of last year’s edition by six minutes and five seconds. Qatari driver Nasser Al-Attiyah, accompanied by his Spanish navigator, Pablo Moreno, on board their Taurus T3 Max.
For his part, the leader of the World Championship for the current season, Portuguese Joao Ferreira, accompanied by his navigator Felipe Palmeiro, adopted a plan to avoid excessive pressure and preserve the capabilities of his “X-Ride Mini” car, to finish the stage in third place, eight minutes and 31 seconds and six hundredths of a second behind the leader Lucas.
The drivers of the X-Red Mini team continued their brilliance, with Kyrgyzstani driver Deniz Krotov occupying fourth place, 10 minutes and 13 seconds behind the first-place finisher.
The second day’s stage (Al-Futtaim Toyota), which extended for a total length of 359 km, including 164 km of special stages, witnessed the continued brilliance of Polish cyclist Konrad Dabrowski on his KTM bike by finishing the stage at the top of the motorcycle category.
The best Emirati results came on the second day of the rally through racer Abdulaziz Ahli, who took first place on his Yamaha Raptor bike in the “quad” category.
Al-Balushi is close to the third title
Emirati Mohammed Al Balushi, the “defending champion” in the motorcycle category, strengthened his chances of winning the World Championship title for the third time in his career and the second in a row, after Al Balushi, riding his Yamaha 450 YZF bike, was able to finish the second day of the Dubai International Rally in runner-up. year, trailing by four minutes, 46 seconds and seven hundredths of a second, behind Polish Konrad Dabrowski, who took the lead with a total time of three hours, 13 minutes, 18 seconds and five hundredths of a second. Second.
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