In his 16th participation in the Rally dos Sertões, the World Rally Cross Country champion Reinaldo Varela showed a strong pace this Saturday during the prologue in Goiânia (Goias State). With his co-driver Gustavo Gugelmin, he did the fastest time in the 10-Km dispute, which set the starting order for the 1st stage of the 22nd edition of the Rally, which leaves Goiânia on Sunday (24) towards Caldas Novas.
Aboard a prototype of 340 HP, Varela and Gugelmin (Divino Fogão Rally Team / Overdrive) recorded the time of 5min59s1. Cristian Baumgart and Kleber Cincea (X Rally Team / NWM) also did a good start and ended the prologue with a time of 6min12s1. The four-time Rally dos Sertões champion, Guilherme Spinelli and Youssef Haddad (Mitsubishi Petrobras) were the third duo (6min13s0).
Forty-five cars participated in the prologue. Besides the four entered duos in the FIA T1 category, there are 10 competitors in the T1 Prototypes, nine in the Pro Brazil, seven in the Super Production, four in the Production, four in the T2 category and 11 in the T2 Production / TR4.
Edu Piano: the best truck
Six-time Rally dos Sertões champion, Edu Piano and the co-drivers Solon Mendes and Antonio Carlos de Sales (Ford Racing Trucks / Territory Motorsport) were the fastest on the trucks, with the time of 7min44s3. The trio Felicio Tadeu Bragante / Ricardo de Paula Costa / Paco Corder (Aluminum Wing Rally Team) was the first runner-up (8min20s0), followed by duo Kenner Garcia / Rafael Dal Bello (Competikar), with the time f 8min37s8.
First Stage: Goiania / Catalão
This Sunday (24th), the competitors depart towards Caldas Novas in the dispute of the 1st stage of the Rally dos Sertões 2014. It will be 216.21 km in total on the first day (40.50 km of initial liaison, 155.65 km of special and 20.06 km of final liaison).
Between Goiânia and Belo Horizonte, Sertões will go through five more cities. Three will host the rally for the first time: Catalão, Paracatu and São Francisco. Caldas Novas and Diamantina complete the route.
Besides cars and trucks, the Sertões also has disputes in the categories of bikes, quads and UTVs. There are seven stages, more than 2600 km (1572 km of special). The dispute has 197 competitors in total from seven countries: Brazil, Chile, Spain, France, Poland, Portugal and the UK. In bikes and quads category, the Sertões will also be valid for the FIM World Cross Country Rally.
Prologue Result:
Cars – General
1. #308 Reinaldo Varela/Gustavo Gugemin 05min59s1
2. #316 Cristian Baumgart/Beco Andreotti 06min12s1
3. #302 Guiga Spinelli/Youssef Haddad 06min13s0
4. #303 Marcos Baumgart/Kleber Cincea 06min14s6
5. #364 Romeu Franciosi/Rogerinho Almeida 06min39s7
6. #305 Roberto Reijers/Fausto Dallape 06min49s9
7. #320 Sylvio Barros Netto/EduardoBampi 06min54s3
8. #314 Mauro Guedes/Neurivan Calado 07min00s9
9. #348 Jorge Wagenruhr Jr./Joel Kravtchenco 07min01s6
10. #368 Davison Rabecchi/Elson Oliveira 07min03s4
Cars – T1FIA
1. #308 Reinaldo Varela/Gustavo Gugemin 05min59s1
2. #316 Cristian Baumgart/Beco Andreotti 06min12s1
3. #302 Guiga Spinelli/Youssef Haddad 06min13s0
Cars – Protótipo T1
1. #364 Romeu Franciosi/Rogerinho Almeida 06min39s7
2. #305 Roberto Reijers/Fausto Dallape 06min49s9
3. #320 Sylvio Barros Netto/EduardoBampi 06min54s3
Cars – Pró Brasil
1. #314 Mauro Guedes/Neurivan Calado 7min00s9
2. #348 Jorge Wagenruhr Jr./Joel Kravtchenco 7min01s6
3. #309 Jose Sawaya/Marcelo Haseyama 7min04s5
Cars – Super Production
1. #331 Glauber Fontoura/Minae Miyauti 7min12s4
2. #332 Marcelo Tomasoni/João Franco 7min16s3
3. #312 Regis Braga/Kika Braga 7min20s6
Cars – Protótipo T2
1. #318 Wagner Roncon/Joselito Melo Jr 7min40s2
2. #317 Thiago Silva/Tony Faria 7min40s2
3. #340 Pietro Branchina Neto/Henry Kirst 7min49s3
Trucks
1. #401 Edu Piano/Solon Mendes/Antonio Sales 7min44s3
2. #403 Felicio Bragante/ Evandro Bautz/Paco Corder 8min20s0
3. #404 Kenner Garcia/Rafael Dal Bello 8min37s8