Proton has won the Rally of Thailand, which happened over the weekend. Current British Rally Championship leader Tom Cave drove remarkably in his debut as a factory driver for Proton, setting fastest time in 11 of the rally’s 13 special stages.
Cave finished over 10 minutes ahead of Brian Green and Fleur Pedersen from Brian Green Motorsports and Wittaya Ruegchan/Pramote Somjarassuwan from the Thai Beer/Maxima Rally Team.
It was 21-year old Cave’s first time competing a rally in the Far East, having previously driven a privately-owned and works-supported Satria Neo S2000 on selected FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) and Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) events in 2011. It was also a return to the Rally of Thailand for Proton after many years of absence.
“The Satria Neo S2000 was very well suited to the grueling, tight and twisty terrain. We had an exceptionally good run and were able to stretch our lead from the very start and maintain a competitive pave throughout,” he said.
A candidate round of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC), Rally Thailand (Queen’s Cup) was contested over 13 grueling special stages both on gravel and tarmac, 250 km north of Bangkok in the region of Lop Buri. Totaling 220 km, the three-day rally began on Friday with a short super special stage before moving on to seven and five special stages on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
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congrates proton…..
GO proton go…….make us malaysian proud…..eerrr…what happend to our flying sikh….
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Proven again Malaysian boleh! Malaysian can produce a thing better than Japanese.
the neo platform is indeed awesome..good job proton team!
Yeah , where is our home grown champ !
Congrats Proton.
Even thought the design are look ‘timeless’ design, it’s about time to do some facelift for Neo. 6 years already since first batch.
Just do major facelift and engine upgrade.(hint: vios ). Add CFE version with CVT. Voila… a new neo.
Meh… but that if DRB didn’t intent to sell the company to VW. sigh… It’s about a time to sell or not…
Champion ! Hebat betul…bangga saya driving a champion car ! Neo the best !
Syabas Proton,
Dengan pengetahuan teknoloji injin anda mampu melipat ganda kan kuasa kilas (torque) walaupun dari dari segmen cc injin yang rendah, satu pencapaian teknologi yg harus dibangga kan. sebagai buktinya Proton Preve saya meluncur lebih pantas dari camry 2.2 pada ujian drag hari sabtu lalu dekat mardi serdang.