Mercedes-Benz wins Tunisia Rally 2005
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The M-Class takes the win today of this 2,784 km rally. 29 cars started in
the production class (T2). 15 cars finished after 8 days. The Mercedes-Benz
M-Class places 1, 3, 5, 8 and 14. It was a tough battle with Isabelle
Patissier, Nissan Pathfinder, to the end. It's the first victory in about
a year and counts towards the FIA Cross Country Worldcup.
4/11/2005
1.210 STRUGO -LARROQU MERCEDES ML 22 26h53'05"00 75.0 km/h 0 0 2.245 BARBIER-BARBIER MITSUBISHI 22 27h44'08"00 + 51'03"00 0 0 3.236 THOMASSE-CARPEN MERCEDES ML 22 29h13'42"00 + 2h20'37" 0 0 4.261 CUEREL-KORNSTEI MITSUBISHI 22 29h54'37"00 + 3h01'32" 0 0 5.229 BOURGIN -ANCEME MERCEDES ML 22 30h12'39"00 + 3h19'34" 0 0 6.288 BOURGNON -QUINI TOYOTA LAND 22 31h26'15"00 + 4h33'10" 0 0 7.254 KAMOUN -OLIVAN TOYOTA HDJ8 22 32h22'37"00 + 5h29'32" 0 0 8.231 GALLOIS -BOCH MERCEDES ML 22 32h54'20"00 + 6h01'15" 0 0 9.279 BONFILS -CHANOI TOYOTA HDJ 22 33h10'06"00 + 6h17'01" 0 0 10.238 PARDIGON -GARIN MITSUBISHI 22 35h41'42"00 + 8h48'37" 0 0 11.209 PATISSIER -DELL NISSAN PATH 22 35h45'05"00 + 8h52'00" 0 0 12.265 TRICOIRE -LEFEB MITSUBISHI 22 36h37'37"00 + 9h44'32" 0 0 13.283 OLMI -COLLIGNON NISSAN NAVA 22 36h55'36"00 + 10h02'31 0 0 14.237 PETELET -JANE MERCEDES ML 22 43h33'16"00 + 16h40'11 0 0 15.276 NAGLIS -INNUS MITSUBISHI 22 54h35'23"00 + 27h42'18 0 0 234 Jean-Pascal Besson - Didier Verchere SDO Competition Mercedes ML 235 Antony Georget - Hervé Toscano SDO Competition Mercedes ML
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"The objective was achieved!" Jean Pierre Strugo |