Porsche has won the Transsyberia Rally for the third time in succession. After its double victory in 2006 and triple victory in 2007, the Porsche Cayenne S Transsyberia has now secured the first six positions. Of the top ten vehicles, nine were Porsche. A clear overall win went to Team France with Christian Lavieille and Francois Borsotto, who put in constantly fast times and made no mistakes. After clocking up more than 7,000 kilometres the duo held a two hour advantage over the second place-getter.
At the finish in Ulaanbaatar, Christian Lavieille beamed: “We are so happy to have won such an extremely tough rally. Right from the start the Transsyberia ran so well for us that we could ease back the pace over the last three days. We didn’t drive flat-out today as we had built up over an hour’s gap to our closest opponent. I’m amazed what our Cayenne withstood over the last 7,000 kilometres. When you think of it, apart from a few minor modifications, it’s a standard vehicle. Over the entire distance we only had to change the shock absorbers once. When I compare that to other rally vehicles it’s almost unbelievable.” …click here to read more
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