Info: Automatic translation of the Brazilian Portuguese version
Together with navigator Kaíque Bentivoglio, the driver is in second place in the competition in the Cars category
The third stage of the 32nd Sertões Rally, held on Monday (26), brought a new perspective to the overall standings, as the times were finally added up. Competing in the backlands of Bahia, the duo Lucas Moraes and Kaíque Bentivoglio managed to maintain their high level of competition and move into second place overall after the 336 km special. They are on board the Toyota GR DKR Hilux #323.
Starting in first position after yesterday's victory, Moraes and Kaíque, who are two-time winners of the race, left the city of Santa Maria da Vitória to face a 386 km total route and 336 km timed to the city of Luís Eduardo Magalhães, still in Bahia. During the first few hours of the session, the riders had to stop after two motorcycles crashed. In the interests of safety until the rescuers could be found, the cars were restarted after the first part.
More difficult route - Monday's route began with a very bumpy section, which gave the drivers a hard time. Narrow roads and sand also made the course more challenging and slowed the competitors down a little. On the final stretch, the speed increased with the arrival of wider roads. Lucas and Kaíque, who still had to deal with two flat tires, finished the day with 5h58min30s26 on the clock, taking second place. Adroaldo Weisheimer and Beco Andreotti won, with a time of 5h55min57s86.
With the result, Lucas and Kaíque also take the overall vice-leadership, establishing themselves in the top-three for the second consecutive day. Weishemeir/Andreotti are at the top with a time of 9h06min38s740. The drivers of the Toyota #323 have a time of 9:07:58870. Third place goes to Marcelo Gastaldi/Cadu Sachs, with a gap of 7min59s48 to the leaders.
The Sertões Rally continues on Tuesday with the first leg of the marathon stage. The cars will cover a total of 293 km, of which 263 km will be timed. Both tomorrow's route and Wednesday's will be inside Luís Eduardo Magalhães.
Lucas Moraes, who is a Toyota Gazoo Racing driver in the World Raid Championship, and Kaíque Moraes are running the Sertões Rally with the support of Red Bull, Strava, Repsol, Oakley, Zapalla, Reserva and SpeedMax (PneuStore). More photos of the Lucas Moraes/Kaíque Bentivoglio duo can be found at this link. For journalistic use only.
Top-5 of the 3rd special stage, of a total of 8, Santa Maria da Vitória (BA) to Luís Eduardo Magalhães (BA), 336 km
1st Adroaldo Weisheimer / Beco Andreotti - X-Rally, 5h55min57s86
2nd Lucas Moraes / Kaíque Bentivoglio - Toyota Gazoo Racing MEM Motorsport, + 2min48s50
3rd Marcelo Gastaldi / Cadu Sachs - Baja Tek, + 5min25s35
4th Marcos Moraes / Fabio Pedroso - MEM Motorsport, + 6min01s45
5th Carlos Ambrosio / Luiz Afonso Poli - Baja Tek, + 9min11s82
Top-5 in the Cars category of the 32nd edition of the Rally dos Sertões after the 3rd stage
1st Adroaldo Weisheimer / Beco Andreotti - X-Rally, 9h06min38s740
2nd Lucas Moraes / Kaíque Bentivoglio - Toyota Gazoo Racing MEM Motorsport, +1min36s13
3rd Marcelo Gastaldi / Cadu Sachs - Baja Tek, + 8min45s48
4th Marcos Moraes / Fabio Pedroso - MEM Motorsport, + 9min54s88
5th Carlos Ambrosio / Luiz Afonso Poli - Baja Tek, + 20min47s64
Info: Automatic translation of the Brazilian Portuguese version
Source: BestPR
Photo: Red Bull Content Pool
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