Yazeed Al-Rajhi has achieved the triumph in Baja Italia, eighth and penultimate round of the FIA World Cup in Bajas. The Saudi driver has imposed himself at the controls of his Toyota for an advantage of more than three minutes over Tiago ReisA distance that is understood from the problems experienced by some of the great names in the specialty present at the Italian event. In fact, Krzysztof Holowczyc, Yasir Seaidan or Michal Maluszynski could not be among the best due to incidents of various kinds. As a result of this situation, Benediktas Vanagas has completed the podium.
From the first special, Baja Italia has made it clear that it was going to be a ‘discard’ event. In fact, In the first kilometers of the test Krzysztof Holowczyc had a rollover with his MINI JCW Rally after deviating from the route at a point where the ‘roadbook’ was not very clear. In addition, the winner of the last rounds of the FIA Bajas World Cup had a crash with a ‘Side by Side’ on the second leg. Although the Pole claimed victory in the three stages of the following day, showing his potential for the Dakar, he could not go beyond 14th place. For its part, Michal Maluszynski was prey to mechanical problems.
Among the ‘survivors’, a list that did not include the name of Yasir Seaidan after his retirement in SS3 due to a mechanical problem, Yazeed Al-Rajhi had no problem imposing his pace and win the victory ahead of Tiago Reis. The Lithuanian Benediktas Vanagas completed the podium of the test, also closing the Toyota triplet since the first three classified have competed in Italy with the Hilux of the Japanese firm. For its part, Spaniard Xevi Pons was fourth after finishing ten seconds off the podiumwhile Erik Van Loon finished fifth.