2 Stages have gone by, day 1 was simply perfect with all our 6 riders riding smoothly and getting to the end with no issues. Last night we also re-mapped the ECU for today’s stage and when the guys got at the refueling they where all pretty satisfied with the bottom power end we managed to increase. Today was an exciting stage because at the refuel our english rider Ben Smith came in right after Joan Barreda keeping a speed that was making him ride in the top 15 overall. Unfortunately almost at the end of the stage we had 1 of our riders run over by a car causing him a bad ankle injury and taking him out of the race. Real bad luck to get hit by a car, the rider is Ian Ganderton and he was at his first rally in his life and was doing great. Now Ian is at the hospital waiting for surgery. For the rest Ben Smith is riding in 16th position overall, Tony Landh in 35th, Jan Zatko in 39th, Kyle Burroughs in 43rd and Kurt Patston in 44th. Here are some photos from these first boiling hot stages:
