Peterhansel wins as Mutaiwei ends 2nd

Frenchman Stéphane Peterhansel won Baja Spain for third time while Dubai’s Khalifa Al Mutaiwei and German co-driver Andreas Schulz maintained their FIA World Cup challenge by finishing second in the Baja Spain, round four of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, on Sunday. The Dubai-based Fazza Rally Team star started on Sunday’s final 202.35km special stage in third position after setting the fourth quickest time through the second shorter stage on Saturday afternoon in his Mini All4 Racing. He eventually recorded the quickest time to shadow the most successful Dakar racer of all time to the finish podium and close in on Frenchman Jean-Louis Schlesser at the top of the FIA World Cup Drivers’ Championship, which the Emirati is aiming to win for the first time since 2004.  Peterhansel and his co-driver Jean-Paul Cottret moved ahead of Russia’s Vladimir Vasilyev on the second of Saturday’s special stages and stayed out of trouble on Sunday to confirm outright victory.   From : The Gulf Today