Some late news about the San Remo Rally, which concluded on Sunday – Proton finished 10th when Giandomenico Basso reversed his misfortunes on the first day and made the most of his home rally advantage and knowledge to secure final championship point in round nine of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC).
Fighting from 13th, after conceding 8th position when an intercom failure forced him off the road and losing more than five minutes, Basso pushed on – not even an alternator problem on the final day could deny the Italian as he powered the Satria Neo S2000 past Swiss Peugeot driver Grégoire Hotz on the very last special stage of the rally.
The result represents a big leap forward in the development of the Satria Neo S2000, which finished 18th in its debut at San Remo last year. Frenchman Thierry Neuville won the 53rd running of the rally in a Peugeot 207 S2000 ahead of Skoda’s Andreas Mikkelsen.
“We had a fantastic drive on the second and final day with a lot of catching up to do. Despite the early and many setbacks faced, overall, it has been a very rewarding rally for both Proton and I personally. The results have certainly proven the car has grown even more competitive over the short span of one year. We believe the Satria Neo S2000 has every bit the potential of fighting for victories in the IRC,” said a delighted Basso, who last won the San Remo Rally in 2008.
Chris Atkinson’s rally, meanwhile, had come to an early end. with an electrical problem putting paid to his rally on the opening special stage. The challenging San Remo asphalt had also taken its toll on Peugeot’s Guy Wilks, who retired on the same stage after hitting a bridge.
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bravo…
could’ve been better if they didn’t encounter any failure… but still, Congratulations!
1st pictures really good like the car stop for pictures taken. Bravo for photographers and of course the team.
Good show. Beautiful car.
10th??? Is that good?
then u asking for first place .. cis proton is new on rally lah dude wake up alan wong still other manufacture scared of proton neo s2000 .. next time tgk aprc rally kalau nak tau
karamjit driving satria neo cusco now kategori 2wd impresive speed haha like it
consider good for non-european rally car in top 10 ranking
must be some faggot mindless zombie that has nothing else to spew around
it’s good result bg yg follow? For U we ……. ? x tahu nk terang byk2 better follow…
almost 24 hours since this news is posted … i wonder what happens to the usual, long thread of basher and fan comments in proton related posts ..
nobody going to bash “intercom fail?! .. proves thats proton is unreliable!” .. ??
muahahaha
You’ve made us proud team Proton Chris Mellors-R3-motorsports…..! also ranked 10th in world rally standing is something to be proud of.!
Good Performance PROTON team….. We hope for looking PROTON in WRC future…..?