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Chapter 150 Rest Days

After the eighth stage, the Dakar Rally will usher in a rest day, and the teams and drivers can make short adjustments.

Ye Ling's performance in this stage was far ahead of the No.2 driver by 15 minutes.

Ye Ling also played 2 minutes ahead of No.18 Peterhansel in total score.

This gap is still a little bit more insurance.

After going through this stage.

The drivers were really exhausted, and at this time, the military commission show had a rest day just before the start of the race.

On January 1 local time, the drivers ushered in the first rest day of the Dakar Rally.

The resting place is in Turkmenistan.

Feeling the rest day, unloading the fatigue of the past few days, it is a rare day of comfort, but the drivers only relax their body and mind.

Car repairs, inspections, and adjustments have all become things for drivers to do.

All subsequent battles will require redeployment.

Make new plans.

None of the drivers thought Ye Ling was an amateur driver.

The drivers of the first eight stages experienced deserts, high temperatures, rivers, and rocky roads. The rush and hard work made all the drivers feel tired, and Ye Ling was no exception.

But his car is doing great.

Precipitation, introspection, discussion, and improvement have all become what he is doing.

For the next game, Ye Ling will definitely go all out, he will do all the details well, he will concentrate, wait and see, and be fully prepared mentally, even if it is a small mistake, Ye Ling will I don't want to do it again.

Ye Ling had a good rest after a day's rest. Ye Ling and his car were fully prepared for the next week's race.

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Time flies, and one day passes quickly. On January 1th, local time, the ninth stage of the race began. The drivers will drive from San Miguel to Cordoba. The driving section is 14 kilometers, and the special section is 259 kilometers , which is the longest stage of the competition.

The drivers are tired.

Just finished a day of racing, and you are about to drive to the starting point of the new stage, and the process of driving to the starting point is longer than your driving distance.

So, the drivers are really tired.

Monday, August 2013, 1.

Stage [-]: SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMáN-CRDOBA
Driving section: 259 kilometers for car and quad bike group; 406 kilometers for truck group.

Stage: 593 kilometers for the car and motorcycle quad bike group; 293 kilometers for the truck group.

The "truck first" truck group will have the rare priority to start, leading the first half of today's two time trial segments. This fast road is quite advantageous for those "experts" who are good at running detours.For the other classes, the schedule will be nearly doubled, with drivers traveling through forests, and some of the added stages will be technically demanding corners.

Competitors have to be careful about those trees, because there is no T4 truck to help in this stage.This is the longest stage of the competition for the car group. Everyone needs to cheer up and maintain a high degree of vigilance throughout the process.

This stage is the longest stage in the Dakar Rally.

And this stage is not too difficult. There is very little sand and the environment is beautiful. Green bushes can be seen everywhere outside the track. The track is also very wide and flat. accident.

But on this stage without too many accidents, some accidents happened to the Chinese drivers.

On January 1 local time in Argentina, the 14th Dakar Rally turned westward in Argentina and moved from Turkmenistan to Cordoba, with a total distance of 35 kilometers, including 852 kilometers of special stages.Zhou Yong, a driver of the Haval Dakar team, once raised his stage score to 593th. Unfortunately, he was forced to make a rollover after rushing too hard, which cost him 11 minutes. In the end, he ranked 17st in the stage and 21st in the total score. 20 finish the race.

After returning to Daying, Zhou Yong was quite satisfied with the day's game, and he felt lucky today: "In the first half, I overtook all the way and won a 5-minute lead, but in the second half, I lost more than 15 minutes after the car overturned. , It’s not worth it. But I think it’s pretty lucky, firstly, it didn’t waste too much time, secondly, the appearance of the car was damaged, and key parts such as power and suspension were not damaged.”

It is generally believed that Zhou Yong, who was born as a rally driver, will have certain advantages on gravel roads, but he believes that today's stage is far from WRC. "The weather is hot, the road is narrow, and there are many sharp turns. The track is full of big ditches and boulders, and we are tossing and turning in the sharp turns endlessly. The track is bumpy and rugged, and the car in front pulls up smoke and dust that blocks the sky. You can see everything. No, many corners are broken, which will test the driver's car control and rhythm. It is said to be a gravel stage, which seems to be very close to WRC, but in fact there are so many big rocks, basically no gravel."

In terms of the wear and tear of accessories, such a stage is also a relatively big test for the team's logistical support. Fortunately, the Haval team is backed by manufacturers, which gives the drivers great confidence in this aspect. "Because the speed is too fast and the track is narrow, it is impossible to turn by deceleration, and we can only use the tail to turn. In this way, the endless drift will cause a lot of damage to the tires. After returning Look, 60% of the newly used tires have worn off this morning. It can be seen that there are many corners on the track. I didn’t know that I was the fastest to reach the 11th place. I just learned that none of the cars behind me caught up with me. Judging, my speed should still be relatively fast. We were still driving very happily, and if we were a little slower, Maimen would urge me to go faster."

Judging from the performance of the first few WP points today, Zhou Yong's state is actively recovering, but unfortunately he failed to maintain a good rhythm and still made mistakes. "Today I actually didn't want to win many places, I just wanted not to make a mistake, but I still made a mistake. The overturn was my problem. At that time, there was an extra piece on the right side of the track, and the track was very narrow, so it overturned. I was forced to choose It turned over, because if it didn’t turn over, it would have to fall to the bottom of the mountain, and it would be a complete stop. Fortunately, the friendly troops behind arrived soon, and it took about 5 minutes to straighten it, but the latch of the car door Something went wrong, we couldn’t install it, and it took 10 minutes to install the door, which is quite unfair.”

As the saying goes, if you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed. Zhou Yong's overall performance today is still good. Not only did he not retreat in his results, but he rose by two places, which also made him full of confidence in the next game.

It can be said that the lucky Zhou Yong made a big joke. Fortunately, this did not affect his performance.

But Ye Ling's luck was mediocre. In this stage, his car did not have the advantage, and accordingly he was pulled away. Fortunately, he was in good condition and was not pulled away too much.

He was only fifth in the stage.

(End of this chapter)