Silk Way Rally 2017 – Leg 9 – Urumqi - Hami

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Yazeed Al Rajhi (KSA) and co-driver Tom Colsoul (BEL) were the first of the MINI crews to head out on Leg 9 with the desert-type special stage in view. Dunes, dust and heat were the toughest competition today for this MINI Family crew and it affected their Leg 9 result. The #101 MINI John Cooper Works Rally crossed the special stage finish line in ninth. So we drive but don’t push too hard, just a little bit.” It was the same dust and heat story for the #105 MINI John Cooper Works Rally as they entered the first big dunes in Chinese territory. These areas and tough navigation played their part in holding back Menzies but not nearly as much as the two punctures that lost them positions and time.

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