From ASO Press release
Krzysztof Holowczyc (MINI) took victory in Day 5 of the famous Dakar Rally, but his teammate Stephane Peterhansel stays in first place in the overall classification.
A stage victory, a first step to joining the club of competitors to take note of, was probably one of the intermediate goals of Krzysztof Holowczyc. The Polish driver, who just missed out twice already this year, deprived of a triumph in Santa Rosa by Novitskiy and in San Juan by Roma, was rewarded for his consistency by a prestigious stage victory on exiting the dunes around Fiambala.
In the X-Raid team, four of the five MINIs taking part have won a stage.
Today's triumph could have gone to a Hummer, however. Robby Gordon and Nasser Al Attiyah continue to blow hot and cold over the race. Gordon finished the stage only 1m01s behind Holowczyc and is the leading pursuer of the MINIs, with his 4th place in the general standings, 13m32s behind Peterhansel.
As for Nasser Al Attiyah, he achieved the best intermediate times on the stage, only to be stopped by a broken coolant inlet pipe on his radiator. He is now eighth in the general standings, but this does not mean that the Qatari driver has finished putting on amazing displays.
Orlando Terranova is also capable of putting on a show and proved this fact yesterday with the second best time. However, his performance behind the scenes was much less glorious. After a long argument with his co-driver in the evening, the Argentinean proved to be intransigent and inflexible, making any reconciliation impossible.
“Andy Grider wasn't treated with any respect at all and he left. I've never seen anything like it; it's just crazy,” explains Jean-Marc Fortin, the Team Overdrive boss. As a result, Toyota Hilux No. 308 did not take starter's orders this morning.
These types of trials and tribulations are unlikely to happen with Giniel De Villiers, who lost a good quarter of an hour in the dunes, but who hung on to fourth place in the general standings, 21m01s behind Peterhansel.
Day 5 classification (Chilecito-Fiambala :
1. Krzysztof Holowczyc (MINI) in 2h10’51’’
2. Robby Gordon (Hummer) +1’01’’
3. Stéphane Peterhansel (MINI) +3’52’’
4. Juan Roma (MINI) +7’47’’
5. Leonid Novitskiy (MINI) +8’18’’
Etc.
Overall classification:
1. Stéphane Peterhansel (MINI) en 11h58’03’’
2. Krzysztof Holowczyc (MINI) +4’18
3. Juan Roma (MINI) +10’39’’
4. Robby Gordon (Hummer) +13’32’’
5. Giniel de Villiers (Toyota) +21’01’’
Etc.
Krzysztof Holowczyc (MINI) took victory in Day 5 of the famous Dakar Rally, but his teammate Stephane Peterhansel stays in first place in the overall classification.
A stage victory, a first step to joining the club of competitors to take note of, was probably one of the intermediate goals of Krzysztof Holowczyc. The Polish driver, who just missed out twice already this year, deprived of a triumph in Santa Rosa by Novitskiy and in San Juan by Roma, was rewarded for his consistency by a prestigious stage victory on exiting the dunes around Fiambala.
In the X-Raid team, four of the five MINIs taking part have won a stage.
Today's triumph could have gone to a Hummer, however. Robby Gordon and Nasser Al Attiyah continue to blow hot and cold over the race. Gordon finished the stage only 1m01s behind Holowczyc and is the leading pursuer of the MINIs, with his 4th place in the general standings, 13m32s behind Peterhansel.
As for Nasser Al Attiyah, he achieved the best intermediate times on the stage, only to be stopped by a broken coolant inlet pipe on his radiator. He is now eighth in the general standings, but this does not mean that the Qatari driver has finished putting on amazing displays.
Orlando Terranova is also capable of putting on a show and proved this fact yesterday with the second best time. However, his performance behind the scenes was much less glorious. After a long argument with his co-driver in the evening, the Argentinean proved to be intransigent and inflexible, making any reconciliation impossible.
“Andy Grider wasn't treated with any respect at all and he left. I've never seen anything like it; it's just crazy,” explains Jean-Marc Fortin, the Team Overdrive boss. As a result, Toyota Hilux No. 308 did not take starter's orders this morning.
These types of trials and tribulations are unlikely to happen with Giniel De Villiers, who lost a good quarter of an hour in the dunes, but who hung on to fourth place in the general standings, 21m01s behind Peterhansel.
Day 5 classification (Chilecito-Fiambala :
1. Krzysztof Holowczyc (MINI) in 2h10’51’’
2. Robby Gordon (Hummer) +1’01’’
3. Stéphane Peterhansel (MINI) +3’52’’
4. Juan Roma (MINI) +7’47’’
5. Leonid Novitskiy (MINI) +8’18’’
Etc.
Overall classification:
1. Stéphane Peterhansel (MINI) en 11h58’03’’
2. Krzysztof Holowczyc (MINI) +4’18
3. Juan Roma (MINI) +10’39’’
4. Robby Gordon (Hummer) +13’32’’
5. Giniel de Villiers (Toyota) +21’01’’
Etc.