Ugandan veteran rally ace Charles Muhangi dropped out of the Rally Bamdama in Cote d’Ivoire after blowing his engine on day two on Saturday.
The 1999 Africa Rally championship (ARC) winner who had finished day one in 17th position after clocking 3.10 in the Super Special Stage joined fellow ARC contender Jaspreet Singh Chatthe and Gugu Panesar who damaged their suspension.
Morifere Soumaoro took the lead of the rally by27.5 seconds at the end of Leg 1B from Gary Chaynes both from Ivory Coast.
The duo however is not in the running for the ARC title since they are not registered according to ARC.
However, in another application to Stewards FISA submitted evidence to the Stewards that their two drivers Morifere Soumaoro and Gary Chaynes’ ARC registration was submitted to the FIA on 27th February 2014 which the ARC Secretariat was not aware of. Thus Stewards ruled they are ARC registered.
Results after Leg 1B on Saturday:
1. Soumaoro / Garcia – CIV – Mitsubishi Evo10 – 1:23:38.8
2. Chaynes / Comas – CIV – Mitsubishi Evo9 – + 27.5 seconds
3. Molinie / Tribout – CIV – Mitsubishi Evo7 – +3:08.8
4. Sans / Joher – CIV – Mitsubishi Evo6 – +7:07.2
5. Brossier / Roinet – CIV – Mitsubishi Evo9 – +7:44.9
6. Malherbe / Brion – CIV – Subaru Impreza – +8:20.1
BELOW IS THE UPDATED LIST OF DRIVERS REGISTERED FOR THE 2014 ARC:
Drivers
1. Mohamed ESSA (Zambia)
2. Abdu SEMPEBWA (Uganda)
3. Jaspreet Singh CHATTHE (Kenya)
4. Giancarlo DAVITE (Rwanda)
5. Shafik SSEMUJU (Uganda)
6. Manvir Singh BARYAN (Kenya)
7. Asad ANWAR (Kenya)
8. Charles MUHANGI (Uganda)
9. Gary CHAYNES (Ivory Coast) Sent to FIA
10. Morifere SOUMAORO (Ivory Coast) Sent to FIA
Navigators
1. Francis WAMALA (Uganda)
2. Gurdeep Singh PANESAR (Kenya)
3. Sylvia VINDEVOGEL (Rwanda)
4. Hussein MUKUYE (Uganda)
5. Drew STURROCK (England)
6. Romain COMAS (Ivory Coast) Sent to FIA
7. Philippe GARCIA (Ivory Coast) Sent to FIA
