He is the only registered driver to finish the Malaysian round of the APRC after the day one drama which wiped out the entire APRC field. In...
He is the only registered driver to finish the Malaysian round of the APRC after the day one drama which wiped out the entire APRC field. Indeed it’s a dream result for Micheal Young whom drives a Toyota Vitz RS for Cucso Racing. Knowing that the rally is his to win, he drove the final 89km of competitive stages as steady as he could to go into the APRC history books as the youngest outright winner of an APRC round.
Today’s loop of 7 stages took the competitors through 89Km of competitive stages around Kota Tinggi and the final pass at the Angsana Super Special. Apart from Micheal Young whom ran away with the outright APRC win, there are 3 other survivors whom are registered in the Asia Cup category.
Japanese Shuhei Muta of Cusco Racing, Thailands Chaiyan Longton Suzuki Swift and the EVO X of Japanese Tomohide Hasegawa whom admitted this year’s Rally is the toughest they have ever encountered. Shuhei Muta’s rally nearly ended yesterday when he bent a lower arm at the Angsana Super Special. He inherited the Asia Cup lead today when his Cusco Racing teammate Yuya Sumiyama retired with engine failure. He held on to the lead and scored maximum point in the Asia Cup.
The Malaysia Rally Championship also suffered its most number of retirements. Half of its 28 competitors were side lined due to mechanical and crashes over the two days of rallying.
China’s Fan Fan won the rally in his CRC spec Lancer, followed by Daniel Palau’s Subaru Impreza and a suprising 3 rd place finish for Karamjit Singh in his near standard R3 Proton Satria Neo. His unforgiving driving style was spectacular to watch as he used every ounce of the Neo’s power to blast through the stages.
The Malaysian round of the APRC was organized with faultless precision and ran like clockwork. Though it will be remember as the toughest rally in this year’s championship, this is what makes rallying one of the most interesting form of Motorsport.
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