Giniel de Villiers and Dirk von Zitzewitz have the second Special of the day the gap to the leading fastest Mitsubishi further reduced: With its VW Race Touareg they are in the standings now 104 seconds behind Stephane Peterhansel and co-driver Jean-Paul Cottret. In the second Speziale they went through the fourth goal two minutes and 14 seconds behind the first Seleh Nasser Al Attiyah and co-driver Tina Thorner BMW. According to Dirk, the navigation on the narrow room was extremely difficult. In his view, there is some risk that someone moves in difficult terrain and one meets on the track. Tomorrow will be driven by some sections of track again today - so there will be no problems, a clear mark of the route is recommended.

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