After holding third in APRC for most of the event Gaurav Gill had problems in the last stage dropping to 4th. Teammate Taguchi finishes 2nd after Corcker who registered the first win of the season.
It seems the last stage jinx is still hovering over Gill and we hope he overcome this in his next rally.
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Gaurav Gill of Team Sidvin India crashed out of the Wales Rally GB after battling treacherous weather conditions in Wales on Friday.
Gill, who was optimistic of making an impact in his P-WRC debut, was 15th by the second stage — Sweet Lamb 1 — timing a neat 3:17.6secs as he covered 4.28km. But the next stage — Myherin 1 — proved decisive as he rolled the car, unaware of the ice formation and poor road conditions.
Of the six stages scheduled for the day, the first was cancelled due to ice formation while the second and third were cut by half. But that didn’t prevent chaos from reigning in the 18.28km third stage as at least ten cars went off the road. Local hope Mark Higgins bowed out while PWRC leader Juho Hanninen lost his front wheel drive.
Gaurav Gill will replace Naren Kumar as Team Sidvin India’s driver for the Rally of Wales from December 4 to 7.
In a decision that reflected TSI’s definite shift towards youth and raw aggression, Gill, 26, will do one World Rally Championship (Production class) event this year before the team takes a call on who will be its representative in 2009.
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