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FIA INTERNATIONAL CUP FOR CROSS COUNTRY BAJAS
BAJA PORTALEGRE 500
01 NOVEMBER 2008
LEG 2

NERPOR - NERPOR (Portugal):
Road section: 0.10km - Service (10 minutes) - Road section: 7.17km
SS2: 140.00km
Road section: 5.86km - Service (40 minutes) - Road section: 7.30km
SS3: 258.98km
Road section: 5.86km - Service (3 hours)
Total distance: 425.37km
TEAM REPSOL MITSUBISHI RALLIART'S NEW RACING LANCER TAKES CONTROL TO MARK ITS DEBUT IN PORTUGAL STAGE & OVERALL CLASSIFICATIONS

MITSUBISHI RALCING LANCER
 

MITSUBISHI RALCING LANCER
 

MITSUBISHI RALCING LANCER
 
The first full day of competition has seen Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul Cottret (France) power the Team Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart Racing Lancer to the top of the Baja Portalegre 500's provisional leaderboard. The Mitsubishi pair lost a little ground on Friday's short super-special but profited from this morning's 140km stage to the southwest of Portalegre to take control of the fifth and final round of the 2008 FIA Cup for Cross-Country Bajas.

The new Racing Lancer, which is making its competition debut this weekend in Portugal, continued to revel in the cold, damp conditions on the day's second test (258.98km) to pull even further clear and take the French crew 4 minutes 10 seconds clear of their closest chasers with just 110km of competitive action remaining on Sunday morning.

"I pushed quite hard on the first stage, although I tried to keep my driving as smooth and tidy as possible, because the conditions were extremely treacherous and I didn't want to take any risks," reported Stéphane Peterhansel at service this evening. "We dropped a little ground after stopping to change a punctured tyre after 25km but we managed to recover that time to claim SS2 by 32 seconds. The Racing Lancer feels really competitive. You can sense all the torque pulling you out of the tighter corners and up the steeper climbs. I was very pleased with the front suspension, too; I found it to be very precise and efficient on this type of terrain. We kept to the same sort of rhythm on this afternoon's longer test because that was equally as tricky, with lots of water on the ground. The problem was that the conditions weren't predictable, so you had to be on the alert all the time just in case you came across a big puddle under braking, for instance…"

"There was effectively plenty of standing water about," confirms Stéphane Peterhansel's co-driver Jean-Paul Cottret. "The conditions were very slippery and it could have been so easy to get caught out in certain places. But like Stéphane, I thoroughly enjoy the relatively fast stages in this region which is basically the same part of Portugal which hosted the Rali Transiberico and the PAX Rally earlier in the year. On top of that, the fact that we lost time on Friday afternoon meant that we had a low start order, and that actually turned out to be a good thing: there was absolutely no dust, of course, and the first cars through tended to cut through the slippery top film to expose a firmer base underneath, which meant we benefited from good grip."

Team Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart Director Dominique Serieys praised his crew for their brighten performance over today's challenging terrain, but repeated that the team is here in Portugal with a view to adding kilometres on the new Racing Lancer's clock: "The weather conditions really weren't nice, especially early on, but Stéphane and Jean-Paul did a fine job to come through the day unscathed. They are professionals and know what is expected of them this weekend, which is essentially to fine-tune the final details of the new Racing Lancer's development before January's Dakar."

The programme of the last day of the 2008 Baja Portalegre 500 features a single 110km stage before the finish ceremony in Nerpor/Portalegre later in the morning. Following the poor weather that has marked the event so far, crews could well be greeted by a little sunshine as they set off for the final leg early on Sunday morning.
 SS2 CLASSIFICATION (143.67km)
Pos Driver
Co-Driver		 Nat Vehicle Cat Total
Time		 Diff
Leader
1
 Stephane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret		 F
F		 MITSUBISHI RACING LANCER T1.2 1:42:52 **:**:**.*
2
 Filipe Campos
Jaime Baptista		 P
P		 BMW X3 T1.2 1:43:24 0:32
3
 Ricardo Leal dos Santos
Joao Luz		 P
P		 BMW X5 T1.2 1:45:30 2:38
4
 Miguel Barbosa
Luis Ramalho		 P
P		 BMW X3 T1.2 1:45:46 2:54
5
 Pedro Grancha
Paulo Primaz		 P
P		 NISSAN NAVARA OFF ROAD T1.1 1:45:47 2:55
6
 Tonnie Van Deijne
Wouter Van Deijne		 NL
NL		 MITSUBISHI L200 EVO T1.1 1:47:31 4:39
7
 Boris Gadasin
Vladimir Demyanenko		 RUS
RUS		 NISSAN FRONTIER T1.1 1:48:08 5:16
8
 Miroslav Zapletal
Tomas Ourednicek		 CZ
NL		 MITSUBISHI L200 T1.1 1:51:15 8:23
9
 Aleksandr Mironenko
Sergey Lebedev		 RUS
RUS		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T1.1 1:51:40 8:48
10
 Luis Climent
Ricardo Ranero		 E
E		 TOYOTA PROTO T1.2 1:52:11 9:19
11
 Joao Ramos
Jesus Vitor		 P
P		 TOYOTA RAV 4 T1.2 1:52:59 10:07
12
 Andre Amaral
Antonio Albano		 P
P		 DEPIERES PROTO T1.1 1:53:20 10:28
13
 Majed Al-Ghamdi
Nicola Arena		 KSA
I		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T2.2 1:54:55 12:03
14
 Santiago Anglada
Enric Oller		 E
E		 MITSUBISHI L200 T1.2 1:55:07 12:15
15
 Pedro Gameiro
Manuel Dominguez		 P
P		 NISSAN NAVARA T2.2 1:55:53 13:01
16
 Karoly Fazekas
Albert Horn		 HON
HON		 BMW X5 T1.1 1:55:58 13:06
17
 Mario Raposo
Alvaro Pereira		 P
P		 NISSAN NAVARA T1.1 1:56:20 13:28
18
 Riccardo Colombo
Stefano Fabiano		 I
I		 MITSUBISHI L200 T1.1 1:56:30 13:38
19
 Manuel Plaza
Marcos De Quinto		 E
E		 MITSUBISHI L200 T1.2 1:56:38 13:46
20
 Lino Carapeta
Rui Antonio		 P
P		 WILDCAT 200 T1.2 1:56:39 13:47
../
23
 Francesc Termens
Alberto Pascual		 E
E		 MITSUBISHI MONTERO T2.2 1:59:08 16:16
28
 Ilya Kuznetsov
Andrey Neshin		 RUS
RUS		 MITSUBISHI L201 T1.1 2:04:15 21:23
32
 Mario Lucas
Paulo Caiado		 P
P		 MITSUBISHI MONTERO T2.2 2:05:06 22:14
33
 Josep Vendrell
Joan Soler		 E
E		 MITSUBISHI MONTERO EVO CUP T2.2 2:05:10 22:18
34
 Julian Vera
Marcos Martinez		 E
E		 MITSUBISHI MONTERO EVO CUP T2.2 2:05:52 23:00
35
 Carlos Oliveira
Rita Oliveira		 P
P		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T1.2 2:06:07 23:15
49
 Pedro Nunes
Paulo Torres		 P
P		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T2.2 2:08:36 25:44
44
 Jose Lucas
Luis Tirano		 P
P		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO DID T1.2 2:13:00 30:08
45
 Vincent Thijs
Ruth Brands		 B
B		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO MIVEX T1.1 2:13:25 30:33
48
 Alain Meyleu
Olivier Roche		 F
F		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T2.1 2:17:05 34:13
49
 Javier Grasa
Miguel Grasa		 E
E		 MITSUBISHI MONTERO T1.2 2:19:15 36:23


 SS3 CLASSIFICATION (253.29km)
Pos Driver
Co-Driver		 Nat Vehicle Cat Total
Time		 Diff
Leader
1
 Stephane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret		 F
F		 MITSUBISHI RACING LANCER T1.2 3:04:41 **:**:**.*
2
 Filipe Campos
Jaime Baptista		 P
P		 BMW X3 T1.2 3:08:21 3:40
3
 Miguel Barbosa
Luis Ramalho		 P
P		 BMW X3 T1.2 3:11:47 7:06
4
 Pedro Grancha
Paulo Primaz		 P
P		 NISSAN NAVARA OFF ROAD T1.1 3:13:57 9:16
5
 Tonnie Van Deijne
Wouter Van Deijne		 NL
NL		 MITSUBISHI L200 EVO T1.1 3:16:32 11:51
6
 Miroslav Zapletal
Tomas Ourednicek		 CZ
NL		 MITSUBISHI L200 T1.1 3:21:10 16:29
7
 Joao Ramos
Jesus Vitor		 P
P		 TOYOTA RAV 4 T1.2 3:23:31 18:50
8
 Ricardo Leal dos Santos
Joao Luz		 P
P		 BMW X5 T1.2 3:24:38 19:57
9
 Bernando Moniz da Maia
Joana Sotto-Mayor		 P
P		 BMW X3 T1.2 3:27:35 22:54
10
 Rui Sousa
Carlos Silva		 P
P		 ISUZU D-MAX T2.2 3:27:55 23:14
11
 Pedro Gameiro
Manuel Dominguez		 P
P		 NISSAN NAVARA T2.2 3:28:11 23:30
12
 Majed Al-Ghamdi
Nicola Arena		 KSA
I		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T2.2 3:32:01 27:20
13
 Jose Gameiro
Antonio Saraiva		 P
P		 NISSAN NAVARA T1.1 3:32:53 28:12
14
 Duarte Rocha
Pedro Rocha		 P
P		 BMW PROTO XD T1.2 3:35:15 30:34
15
 Francisco Esperto
Filipe Palmeiro		 P
P		 NISSAN NAVARA T2.2 3:36:10 31:29
15
 Pedro Nunes
Paulo Torres		 P
P		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T2.2 3:37:04 32:23
17
 Francesc Termens
Alberto Pascual		 E
E		 MITSUBISHI MONTERO T2.2 3:39:38 34:57
18
 Ilya Kuznetsov
Andrey Neshin		 RUS
RUS		 MITSUBISHI L201 T1.1 3:39:55 35:14
19
 Bruno Oliveira
Bruno Fernandes		 P
P		 MAZDA BT-50 T1.2 3:42:16 37:35
20
 Edgar Condenso
Nuno Silva		 P
P		 ISUZU D-MAX T2.2 3:43:29 38:48
../
30
 Manuel Plaza
Marcos De Quinto		 E
E		 MITSUBISHI L200 T1.2 3:51:41 47:00
31
 Santiago Anglada
Enric Oller		 E
E		 MITSUBISHI L200 T1.2 3:52:01 47:20
33
 Josep Vendrell
Joan Soler		 E
E		 MITSUBISHI MONTERO EVO CUP T2.2 3:52:26 47:45
34
 Julian Vera
Marcos Martinez		 E
E		 MITSUBISHI MONTERO EVO CUP T2.2 3:53:35 48:54
39
 Alain Meyleu
Olivier Roche		 F
F		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T2.1 4:21:19 1:16:38


 OVERALL CLASSIFICATION AFTER LEG 2
Pos Driver
Co-Driver		 Nat Vehicle Cat Total
Time		 Diff
Leader
1
 Stephane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret		 F
F		 MITSUBISHI RACING LANCER T1.2 4:47:33 **:**:**.*
2
 Filipe Campos
Jaime Baptista		 P
P		 BMW X3 T1.2 4:51:45 4:12
3
 Miguel Barbosa
Luis Ramalho		 P
P		 BMW X3 T1.2 4:57:33 10:00
4
 Pedro Grancha
Paulo Primaz		 P
P		 NISSAN NAVARA OFF ROAD T1.1 4:59:44 12:11
5
 Tonnie Van Deijne
Wouter Van Deijne		 CZ
CZ		 MITSUBISHI L200 EVO T1.1 5:04:03 16:30
6
 Ricardo Leal dos Santos
Joao Luz		 P
P		 BMW X5 T1.2 5:10:08 22:35
7
 Miroslav Zapletal
Tomas Ourednicek		 CZ
NL		 MITSUBISHI L200 T1.1 5:12:25 24:52
8
 Joao Ramos
Jesus Vitor		 P
P		 TOYOTA RAV 4 T1.2 5:16:30 28:57
9
 Pedro Gameiro
Manuel Dominguez		 P
P		 NISSAN NAVARA T2.2 5:24:04 36:31
10
 Rui Sousa
Carlos Silva		 P
P		 ISUZU D-MAX T2.2 5:24:58 37:25
11
 Majed Al-Ghamdi
Nicola Arena		 KSA
I		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T2.2 5:26:56 39:23
12
 Bernando Moniz da Maia
Joana Sotto-Mayor		 P
P		 BMW X3 T1.2 5:28:48 41:15
13
 Jose Gameiro
Antonio Saraiva		 P
P		 NISSAN NAVARA T1.1 5:30:22 42:49
14
 Francesc Termens
Alberto Pascual		 E
E		 MITSUBISHI MONTERO T2.2 5:38:46 51:13
15
 Karoly Fazekas
Albert Horn		 HON
HON		 BMW X5 T1.1 5:41:28 53:55
16
 Lino Carapeta
Rui Antonio		 P
P		 WILDCAT 200 T1.2 5:43:59 56:26
17
 Edgar Condenso
Nuno Silva		 P
P		 ISUZU D-MAX T2.2 5:44:01 56:28
18
 Ilya Kuznetsov
Andrey Neshin		 RUS
RUS		 MITSUBISHI L201 T1.1 5:44:10 56:37
19
 Bruno Oliveira
Bruno Fernandes		 P
P		 MAZDA BT-50 T1.2 5:45:35 58:02
20
 Pedro Nunes
Paulo Torres		 P
P		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T2.2 5:45:40 58:07
../
22
 Manuel Plaza
Marcos De Quinto		 E
E		 MITSUBISHI L200 T1.2 5:48:19 1:00:46
23
 Mario Lucas
Paulo Caiado		 P
P		 MITSUBISHI MONTERO T2.2 5:49:11 1:01:38
29
 Josep Vendrell
Joan Soler		 E
E		 MITSUBISHI MONTERO EVO CUP T2.2 5:57:36 1:10:03
32
 Julian Vera
Marcos Martinez		 E
E		 MITSUBISHI MONTERO EVO CUP T2.2 5:59:27 1:11:54
38
 Alain Meyleu
Olivier Roche		 F
F		 MITSUBISHI PAJERO T2.1 6:38:24 1:50:51


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