Poulter still leads Volkswagen rally in the Team Castrol Toyota Yaris at the end of day one. Poulter’s overeall time is1:06:49.9. He will restart day two of the rally tomorrow with a lead if 35.8 over Mark Cronje in the Ford Performance Ford Fiesta. Cronje lost time on stage 3 today as a result of a puncture.
The rest of the provisional results for the first day is:
De Villiers +42.9
Van Niekerk +1:37.4
Fekken +2:42.8
Lategan + 6:14.3
Franken +7:42.7
Vacy-Lyle +8:51.9
Conradie +15:57.9
Ernie van der Walt in the Toyota Yaris went off the stage in stage 6. Guy Botterill in the Toyota Etios R2 withdrew wit a broken gearbox, while Haigh-Smith also suffered suspension problems.
It is not known what has happened to Gugu Zulu in the other Sasolracing Voljkswagen Polo.
A full wrap of the day’s action will be published here as soon as it becomes available. Tomorrow’s action will comprise another six stages including a long stage of 47 km before trhe event, the4 fifth round of the SA Nartional Rally Championship 3ends in Port Elizabeth tomorrow afternoon.