Aaron Maré was the winner of the second stage of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. The result allowed the South African to take the lead in this second round of the Rally-Raid World Championship (W2RC).
This Tuesday, the drivers faced 239km of timed stages between Aldhannah City and Mezaira’a. Maré was the fastest to complete the course, in 3h15m53s, surpassing Konrad Dabrowski (Duust Rally Team/KTM) by 2m08s. In third place was Jeanloup Lepan (Duust Rally Team/KTM) at 8m47s – he was awarded a bonus of 59 seconds. The top five of the day was completed by Ross Branch (Hero MotoSports) and Oran O’Kelly (Vendetta Racing UAE/KTM).
With three stages left to compete, Maré leads the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge with a margin of 7m28s over Dabrowski, while Lepan is third at 21m13s. Branch and Jan Brabec (Strojrent Racing/KTM) complete the top five.
