Broken wire scuppers Gill’s charge

After a daylong drizzle on Friday, it was a clear sky on Saturday at the International Rally of Queensland Asia-Pacific Rally Championship here, but it didn’t turn out good for Team MRF driver Gaurav Gill, who was forced to quit the event due to an electric problem. Sharad Deep reports.

Updated on: May 27, 2012, 24:24:16 IST

Hindustan Times | By Sharad Deep, Queensland

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After a daylong drizzle on Friday, it was a clear sky on Saturday at the International Rally of Queensland Asia-Pacific Rally Championship here, but it didn’t turn out good for Team MRF driver Gaurav Gill, who was forced to quit the event due to an electric problem.

Gill held a slender 0.4 second lead over Australian Christopher Atkinson after the first three stages and that too despite a puncture in the second stage. “Even after that puncture incident at the second round, I was pretty sure of a good finish on Day One as I could beat Atkinson on his home ground,” added Gill, who will now run on Sunday only to garner some bonus points under the super-rally regulations.

Provisional results: Chris Atkinson (MRF)- 01:13:36.3, 2. Alister McRae (Proton)—01:15:20.8, 3. Brian Green (Brian Green Motor Sport Ltd)—01:22:27.6.

THE WRITER’S TRIP HAS BEEN SPONSORED BY MRF

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Sharad Deep
Sharad Deep is a versatile sports journalist, who loves writing on cricket and Olympic sport. He has played cricket at the university level and has been writing for Hindustan Times since 1997.

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