GR Yaris Rally2 wins its first stage at Shaoguan

Team Pegasus gave the Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 its Chinese competition debut at the Huajia Ban Rally in Shaoguan. On 6 December, Lin Dewei and co-driver Liu Tianyang set the fastest opening super special stage time at the Huajia Ban Racing Park, stopping the clock at 1:35.2.

A landslip on SS2 ended the No. 60 crew’s run in the overall classification. Lin and Liu returned the next day and set the fastest time on all three stages that went ahead, SS3 to SS5.

Fu Junfei and Zhou Yong joined Lin and Liu under the Team Pegasus entry in a Hyundai i20 N Rally2 step2. The sister Pegasus Racing entry fielded Li Guoyang and Zhu Shengping in a Hyundai R5 and Dong Liang and Le Kepeng in a Subaru STI R4. The event ran from 6 to 8 December on the short course and surrounding gravel roads.