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Karamjit wrests lead from Team MRF in MRF India Rally
Pune, Dec 07: Karamjit Singh (co-driver Allen Oh) of Malaysia`s Petronas Eon Racing team, driving a Group A (modified) Proton Pert, shifted gears to snatch a 90-second lead over Germany`s Armin Kremer (co-driver Fred Berssen) of Team MRF Tyres, at the end of the second leg at the MRF India Rally, the fifth and concluding round of the 2003 FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship here yesterday.
Pune, Dec 07: Karamjit Singh (co-driver Allen Oh) of Malaysia's Petronas Eon Racing team, driving a Group A (modified) Proton Pert, shifted gears to snatch a 90-second
lead over Germany's Armin Kremer (co-driver Fred Berssen) of Team MRF Tyres, at the end of the second leg at the MRF India Rally, the fifth and concluding round of the 2003 FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship here yesterday.
Karmajit, the 2002 APRC and World Champion (production car class), driving as hard as he could, rapidly made ground on Kremer who had led the Malaysian by a minute at the end of the first leg.
Setting a scorching pace, Karamjit took 14 seconds off Kremer, the 2001 European champion. In the day's first special stage (SS-6), a further 54 seconds in SS-7 to retake the lead he had Friday until a puncture cost him two minutes.
Thereafter, Karamjit consolidated his position by extending the lead by a further 45 seconds in SS-8 and then stretched it to one minute, 29.7 seconds at the end of leg two.
Kremer, who had clinched the Group N (unmodified) title last night after his closest rival Japan's Fumio Nutahara had dropped out following an off-road excursion, had to deal with gear box problems and was forced to drive his Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 7 in third gear through much of SS-7 and SS-8.
Bureau Report
Karmajit, the 2002 APRC and World Champion (production car class), driving as hard as he could, rapidly made ground on Kremer who had led the Malaysian by a minute at the end of the first leg.
Setting a scorching pace, Karamjit took 14 seconds off Kremer, the 2001 European champion. In the day's first special stage (SS-6), a further 54 seconds in SS-7 to retake the lead he had Friday until a puncture cost him two minutes.
Thereafter, Karamjit consolidated his position by extending the lead by a further 45 seconds in SS-8 and then stretched it to one minute, 29.7 seconds at the end of leg two.
Kremer, who had clinched the Group N (unmodified) title last night after his closest rival Japan's Fumio Nutahara had dropped out following an off-road excursion, had to deal with gear box problems and was forced to drive his Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 7 in third gear through much of SS-7 and SS-8.
Bureau Report