India APRC: Gill clean sweeps season with win in final race
In-form Gaurav Gill clinched victory in the Wurth Asia-Pacific Rally Championship's India Rally, thereby completing a clean sweep in the intercontinental series in 2016.
Photo by: Anand Philar
Gill, who wrapped up the APRC title at the last round in Malaysia , continued his strong run at home turf, winning the first APRC rally in India in over a decade by 11m22.4s.
Such was the Team MRF driver’s dominance that he won 12 stages of the 17, completing the rally with an overall time of 3hr39m37.9s.
Gill’s co-driver Glenn Macneall, who missed a previous round due to clashing commitments, also secured the co-drivers title in the process.
In a fairly incident-free day, Cusco Racing's Mike Young (co-driver Malcolm Read) finished second overall to seal third position in the championship.
Meanwhile, Sanjay Takale made it two Indian drivers on the podium by clinching the third-spot, the veteran rallyist completing the two legs in 4hr03m.51s in the Subaru.
Yuya Sumiyama (co-driver Takahiro Yasui) was next in the classifications in fourth, while Team MRF Skoda’s Fabia Kreim (co-driver Frank Christian) returned from retirement to take fifth, winning four stages.
Final Results:
Pos |
Driver |
Car |
Time |
Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Gaurav Gill Glenn Macneall |
Skoda |
3hr39m37.9s |
|
2 |
Mike Young Malcolm Read |
Subaru |
3hr51m00.3s |
11m22.4s |
3 |
Sanjay Takle Noriko Takeshita |
Subaru |
4hr03m.51.0s |
24m13.1s |
4 |
Yuya Sumiyama Takahiro Yasui |
Subaru |
10hr55m56.6s |
07hr16m18.7s |
5 |
Fabian Kreim Frank Christian |
Skoda |
13:39:22.6 |
09hr59m44.7s |
6 |
Phalguna V Urs Chandramouli |
Volkswagen Polo |
15:48:55.0 |
12hr09m17.1s |
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