Baja Aragon 2021: Nasser Al-Attiyah wins Baja Aragon

The winners of the Baja Espana Aragon – Trofeo Avatel were eventually decided only in the last special both in cars and bikes categories once again in this year’s 37th edition. The fight for the three podium places was fierce between the top contenders.

Among cars, Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiyah scored his fourth victory in Aragon following a fantastic battle in the last special stage. The Overdrive driver had been the fastest in the Monreal del Campo-Santa Eulalia special stage, building a gap just over a minute to Loeb.

But in the longest special stage of the rally, Banon-Cuevas Labradas (209km), Loeb began to attack, being 2’43” faster than Al-Attiyah at the third intermediate control point. However, in the last part of the special stage, the nine-time world rally champion saw his nightmares coming true: the power steering system on his BRX broke, and later he got a puncture, which deprived him of all chances of a victory or even a podium finish.

Nasser Al-Attiyah, who also got punctures in the special and used all his spares, decided the rally for himself in the last kilometres of the last special stage. The second position finally went to Mattias Ekstrom, while the third step of the podium was taken by Yazeed Al-Rajhi.

“I am really happy to win again. This is the fourth time I have won the Baja Espana. Today our car and the team worked really hard,”

said the four-time winner of the Baja Espana Aragon – Trofeo Avatel.

In the Spanish TT-Trofeo Avatel Championship, Nani Roma took the victory in Teruel, with Isidre Esteve finishing second and Felix Macias third. In the provisional championship standings, Macias remains in the lead. Among SSVs, Victor Verdu and Federico Mogni continued their fight for the title in Teruel and with his victory, JMP Racing’s driver became the new leader.

Source Baja Aragon