Dakar SS7 X-Raid : Second place for Nani Roma

Nani Roma, stage 7 © DR

– Przygonski back at the front

– Roma and Przygonski starting at the Super Ica

After yesterday’s problems, the MINI John Cooper Works Rally crews enjoyed better luck on today’s stage around Marcona. Joan Nani Roma and Alex Haro (both ESP) crossed the finishing line in a very good second place. Jakub Kuba Przygonski (POL) and Tom Colsoul (BEL) finished in seventh position to return to the top 10.

The two cars crewed by Yazeed Al-Rajhi (KSA) / Timo Gottschalk (GER) and Boris Garafulic (CHI) / Filipe Palmeiro (POR) completed today’s stage in 13th and 14th positions. Orlando Terranova and Bernardo Ronnie Graue secured first place in the semi-marathon standings.
 
Roma’s run of bad luck appears to have reached an end. After enduring two difficult days, he crossed the finishing line in second place today. « That was another tough stage – with lots of stones hidden in the fesh-fesh. These conditions, a mixture of stones and sand, meant that it was also not easy to choose the right tire pressure, » explains the Catalan. “Tomorrow’s stage will be another difficult one and we are sure to see some changes in the overall standings. We are trying to make as few errors as possible – but you can never be flawless at the Dakar.

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