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Dakar Rally 2019 – Stage 07, San Juan de Marcona - San Juan de Marcona

• MINI crews make it a one-two-three at end of Stage 7. • Stéphane Peterhansel takes his second stage win in a MINI John Cooper Works Buggy. • Joan ‘Nani’ Roma places MINI John Cooper Works Rally in second. • Carlos Sainz takes third place in Stage 7.

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Dakar Rally 2019

14 January 2019

 

Dakar Rally 2019 Stage 07, San Juan de Marcona - San Juan de Marcona

 

  • MINI crews make it a one-two-three at end of Stage 7.
  • Stéphane Peterhansel takes his second stage win in a MINI John Cooper Works Buggy.
  • Joan ‘Nani’ Roma places MINI John Cooper Works Rally in second.
  • Carlos Sainz takes third place in Stage 7.

 

 

Munich. MINI crews at Dakar 2019 achieved a stunning victory in today’s Stage 7 by taking all three top spots after a close race that ended with just 9min 28sec separating the winner and third place.

 

Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA) and co-driver David Castera (FRA) in a MINI John Cooper Works Buggy grabbed the lead early in the race and held their nerve and position until the finish point. This is the second stage win for the French duo and, with today’s win, places them second in the overall ranking, just 29min 16sec off the leading car.

 

Joan ‘Nani’ Roma (ESP) and co-driver Alex Haro (ESP) in their MINI John Cooper Works Rally was the only real threat to Peterhansel from the start and throughout the race. Roma even managed to take the leading spot at Waypoint 3 but eventually took second place just 4min 33sec behind Peterhansel.

 

Third MINI crew home and third in stage was that of Carlos Sainz (ESP) and co-driver Lucas Cruz (ESP) in a MINI John Cooper Works Buggy. With this result Sainz has managed to pull back time on his rivals and re-entered the leading top ten in tenth position.

 

Cyril Despres (FRA) and co-driver Jean Paul Cottret (FRA) completed Stage 7 in fifth. Of the four MINI crews in the top five at stage end, theirs was the third MINI John Cooper Works Buggy at Dakar 2019 to finish amongst those top five.

 

Jakub ‘Kuba’ Przygonski (POL) and co-driver Tom Colsoul (BEL) maintained their usual consistent pace to cross the stage finish point in seventh place. Fellow MINI John Cooper Works Rally crew Yazeed Al-Rajhi (KSA) / Timo Gottschalk (GER) arrived at stage end in 13th. They were followed home by Boris Garafulic (CHI) and co-driver Filipe Palmeiro (POR) in 14th.

 

Stéphane Peterhansel

“Not a perfect stage, again. We did a big jump at the beginning in the dunes. It was a big one and we landed at the front on the bonnet and I saw some stars in my eyes after this big impact. After this I started to concentrate and overtook Nani. It was a good result but still not a perfect day.”

 

Nani Roma

“Tough, tough stage. In the beginning there was a lot fesh-fesh from the same lines as the day before. It was not an easy decision to make on the pressures of the tyres because you have a lot of rocks in the first 150 km and a lot of sand in 100km. But we are here and happy. I had plan in my mind that we try to continue without mistake; at the moment that plan is working.”

 

Carlos Sainz

“Quite a difficult day. We stopped at the beginning straight away to wait for Stephane for a few minutes. We more or less, except for a couple of punctures, nearly had a good day.”

 

Cyril Despres

“For sure it was demanding today between the sand dunes and sand valleys. The car is reacting very well to the different situations. We were doing ok until the tyre came off the rim going downhill – it is not easy to change the wheel in such soft conditions. We had to finish the last 40 km in a sandstorm and this broke my rhythm towards the end.”

 

Jakub Przygonski

“We started further back with a lot trucks in front and this is not so good for us when they destroy the tracks. On the dunes it was really soft sand so we had to stop to deflate the tyres for more traction. This was a good decision because from then we didn’t have to stop and we pushed hard to the end.”

 

Next race is Stage 8, San Juan de Marcona - Pisco. For more information about Dakar 2019, please visit the host’s event home page here.

 

Dakar Rally 2019 : MINI standings after Stage 7

 

Pos

Driver

Co-driver

#

MINI

Team

Time

2nd

 

 

Stéphane Peterhansel
(FRA)

David Castera
(FRA)

304

MINI John Cooper Works Buggy

X-raid MINI John Cooper Works Team

025:42:46

+00:29:16

3rd

 

 

 

Joan Roma
(ESP)

Alex Haro
(ESP)

307

MINI John Cooper Works Rally

X-raid MINI John Cooper Works Rally Team

023:51:29

+00:37:59

5th

 

Cyril Despres
(FRA)

Jean Paul Cottret
(FRA)

308

MINI John Cooper Works Buggy

X-raid MINI John Cooper Works Team

026:33:31

+01:20:01

6th

 

 

Jakub Przygonski
(POL)

Tom Colsoul
(BEL)

303

MINI John Cooper Works Rally

Orlen X-raid Team

 

027:25:32

+02:12:02

8th

 

 

Yazeed Al-Rajhi
(KSA)

Timo Gottschalk
(GER)

314

MINI John Cooper Works Rally

X-raid MINI John Cooper Works Rally Team

028:53:03

+03:39:33

10th

 

Carlos Sainz
(ESP)

Lucas Cruz
(ESP)

300

MINI John Cooper Works Buggy

X-raid MINI John Cooper Works Team

030:29:01

+05:15:31

15th

 

Boris Garafulic
(CHI)

Filipe Palmeiro
(POR)

321

MINI John Cooper Works Rally

X-raid MINI John Cooper Works Rally Team

035:03:43

+09:50:13

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