Saturday 14th November 2009, Longyou, China. Alister McRae put in an inspired drive for the Proton R3 Rally Team to finish 4th overall in Leg 1 of the rally today against stiff competition both from the Asia Pacific Rally and China National Rally Championship teams. Cody Crocker, 4 time Asia Pacific Rally Champion is leading with former British Rally Champion David Higgins in 2nd and former Australian Rally Champion Dean Herridge in 3rd.
The Rally of China has again lived up to its reputation as being one of the toughest rallies in the Asia Pacific Rally Championship with the tough conditions taking a large toll as 28 out of 81 competitors failed to finish the day’s stages. The tight and twisty stages in the mountainous region of Longyou County leaves little room for error although fine weather today has greatly improved stage conditions throughout.
Leg2 of the Rally of China will now move to the north of Longyou County with 99km of special stages.
source: Proton Press
