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29.7.07

Peking to Paris Motor Challenge 2007

Peking-Paris
2007

Driving the Impossible

Vamos lá: você deve pegar o seu carro clássico, levá-lo a Pequim e se preparar para percorrer: toda Pequim - a Grande Muralha da China - interior da Mongólia - Deserto de Gobi - mais um pouco da Mongolia - Ulaan Baatar - Estepes da Ásia - Sibéria - Rússia - Moscou - São Petersburgo - Estônia - Latvia - Lituânia - Polônia - República Checa - Alemanha - Paris e finalmente a Place Vendome! Ufa. Agora precisa ver se o carro chega. Este é um rallye exclusivo com rota trans-continental, comemorando, neste ano o centésimo aniversário do famoso Peking to Paris, percorrendo a rota original feito em 1907, percorrida pelo Príncipe Borghese (as primeiras 5.000 milhas o carro não rodou). Neste ano o rallye durou efetivamente de maio a julho - vide fantástica cobertura em diário, com ricas fotos em www.pekingparis.com. Foram 135 entradas (uma "pouco" mais do que os 5 carros de 1907), com a grande maioria oriundos da Gran Bretanha, que rodaram mais ou menos algo em torno de 15.000 quilômetros (Ave Santa!).



Para se ter uma idéia da logistica (tabela oficial):

Day & date Route Kms Local Time






Day 1 May 27 Sun Beijing to Datong 363 GMT+8 (UK+7)
Day 2 May 28 Mon Datong to Siziwangqi 368 GMT+8 (UK+7)
Day 3 May 29 Tue Siziwangqi to Erenhot 248 GMT+8 (UK+7)
Day 4 May 30 Wed Erenhot to Sainshand (+Border) 223 GMT+8 (UK+7)
Day 5 May 31 Thur Sainshand to Ulaan Bataar 436 GMT+8 (UK+7)
Day 6 Jun 1 Fri Rest Day Ulaan Bataar
GMT+8 (UK+7)
Day 7 Jun 2 Sat Ulaan Bataar to Khakorin 365 GMT+8 (UK+7)
Day 8 Jun 3 Sun Khakorin to Bayankhongor 428 GMT+8 (UK+7)
Day 9 Jun 4 Mon Bayankhongor to Altay 388 GMT+8 (UK+7)
Day 10 Jun 5 Tue Altay to Khovd 433 GMT+8 (UK+7)
Day 11 Jun 6 Wed Khovd to Border Camp 295 GMT+7 (UK+6)
Day 12 Jun 7 Thur Border to Bijsk (+Border) 635 GMT+7 (UK+6)
Day 13 Jun 8 Fri Bijsk to Novosibirsk 437 GMT+7 (UK+6)
Day 14 Jun 9 Sat Rest Day Novosibirsk
GMT+7 (UK+6)
Day 15 Jun 10 Sun Novosibirsk to Omsk 668 GMT+7 (UK+6)
Day 16 Jun 11 Mon Omsk to Tyumen 632 GMT+7 (UK+6)
Day 17 Jun 12 Tue Tyumen to Yekaterinburg 315 GMT+6 (UK+5)
Day 18 Jun 13 Wed Rest Day Yekaterinburg
GMT+6 (UK+5)
Day 19 Jun 14 Thur Yekaterinburg to Perm 379 GMT+6 (UK+5)
Day 20 Jun 15 Fri Perm to Kazan 688 GMT+6 (UK+5)
Day 21 Jun 16 Sat Kazan to Niz. Novgorod 392 GMT+4 (UK+3)
Day 22 Jun 17 Sun Niz. Novgorod to Moscow 439 GMT+4 (UK+3)
Day 23 Jun 18 Mon Rest Day Moscow
GMT+4 (UK+3)
Day 24 Jun 19 Tue Moscow to St Petersburg 730 GMT+4 (UK+3)
Day 25 Jun 20 Wed Rest Day St Petersburg
GMT+3 (UK+2)
Day 26 Jun 21 Thur St Petersburg to Tallinn (+Border) 450 GMT+3 (UK+2)
Day 27 Jun 22 Fri Tallinn to Riga (+Border) 406 GMT+3 (UK+2)
Day 28 Jun 23 Sat Riga to Vilnius (+Border) 394 GMT+3 (UK+2)
Day 29 Jun 24 Sun Vilnius to Mikolajki (+Border) 403 GMT+3 (UK+2)
Day 30 Jun 25 Mon Mikolajki to Gdansk 351 GMT+2 (UK+1)
Day 31 Jun 26 Tue Rest Day Gdansk
GMT+2 (UK+1)
Day 32 Jun 27 Wed Gdansk to Potsdam (+Border) 598 GMT+2 (UK+1)
Day 33 Jun 28 Thur Potsdam to Koblenz 556 GMT+2 (UK+1)
Day 34 Jun 29 Fri Koblenz to Reims (+Border) 461 GMT+2 (UK+1)
Day 35 Jun 30 Sat Reims to Paris 161 GMT+2 (UK+1)



A premiação ficou assim disposta (classificação oficial):

Pioneer Category Overall Awards
1st Frederick Brown / Thomas Stevenson 1923 - Rolls Royce Silver Ghost - 7500cc
2nd Neville Jordan / Bruce McIlroy 1922 - Rolls Royce Silver Ghost - 7500cc
3rd Theodore Voukidis / Fabio Longo 1924 - Itala 51B - 2813cc



Vintageant Category Overall Awards
1st David Williams / Sadie Williams 1938 - Chevrolet Fangio Coupe - 3500cc
2nd Xavier del Marmol / Catherine Janssens 1937 - Chevrolet Convertible - 4000cc
3rd Paul Carter / Vincent Fairclough 1936 - Bentley Derby 4.25 - 4250cc



Classic Category Overall Awards
1st Hans Peter Lindner / Frank Wiest 1966 - Mercedes 200 Saloon - 1988cc
2nd Richard Worts / Nicola Shackleton 1961 - Jaguar MkII - 3794cc
3rd Garrick Staples / Jon Kennedy 1959 - Volkswagen Cabriolet - 1500cc



Class Awards

Veteran Car Club Awards for pre 1920 cars
1st Ralf Weiss / Kurt Schneiders 1918 - La France Roadster - 14500cc
2nd Paul Bessade / Michel Magnin / Marie-Emmanuelle Laurent 1911 - Brasier 22/30 Torpedo - 3700cc
3rd Oliver Holmes / Malcolm Corrie 1919 - La France - 14500cc




Vintage Sports Car Club Awards for pre 1931 cars
1st Gerold Leumann / Hans-Rudolf Portmann 1926 - Bentley 6.5 Litre Tourer - 6500cc
2nd Michael Thompson / Josephine Thompson 1929 - Chrysler 75 Roadster - 4078cc
3rd Gordon Phillips / Mark Phillips 1929 - Bentley 4.5 Le Mans - 4398cc




Class 3 Vintageant cars of 1931 to 1940 model type
1st Paul Merryweather / Sandra Merryweather 1938 - Chevrolet Fangio Coupe - 3540cc
2nd Horst Friedrichs / Gerhard Lux 1933 - Alvis Speed 20 - 2655cc
3rd Gordon Ketelbey / Kim Ketelbey 1936 - Cadillac 70 Fleetwood - 5700cc




Class 4 Classic cars of 1941 to 1955 model type
1st Michael Wilkinson / Anne Wilkinson 1951 - Riley RMB - 2443cc
2nd Tom Hayes / Andy Vann 1951 - Studebaker Starlite Coupe - 3785cc
3rd Phillip Haslam / Yvonne Haslam 1950 - Chevrolet Bel Air - 3550cc




Class 5 Classic cars of 1955 to 1961 model type
1st John Fallows / Joan Fallows 1960 - Rover P4 80 - 2286cc
2nd Simon Chance / Elizabeth Chance 1965 - Citroen 2CV6 - 602cc
3rd Jon Goodwin / David Goodwin 1969 - Aston Martin DB6 - 3995cc




Class 6 Special vehicles
1st Stephen Moore / Alan Smith 1953 - Bentley Special - 5675cc



Team Awards

Pioneer Category Team Prize - "Ghost Riders" team

Neville Jordan / Bruce McIlroy 1922 - Rolls Royce Silver Ghost - 7500cc

Frederick Brown / Thomas Stevenson 1923 - Rolls Royce Silver Ghost - 7500cc

Albert Eberhard / Monique Eberhard 1926 - Rolls Royce Silver Ghost - 7428cc




Vintageant Category Team Prize - "Chevrolet" team

Xavier del Marmol / Catherine Janssens 1937 - Chevrolet Convertible - 4000cc

Paul Merryweather / Sandra Merryweather 1938 - Chevrolet Fangio Coupe - 3540cc

David Williams / Sadie Williams 1938 - Chevrolet Fangio Coupe - 3500cc




Classic Category Team Prize - "Dry Martinis" team

Richard Worts / Nicola Shackleton 1961 - Jaguar MkII - 3794cc

Phillip Haslam / Yvonne Haslam 1950 - Chevrolet Bel Air - 3550cc

Jose Romao de Sousa / Maria Romao De Sousa 1956 - MG Magnette ZA - 1798cc



Special Awards
Against All Odds Trophy

Jan Voboril 1916 - Lancia Theta - 4700cc

Michel Laarman / Antonius Poelsma 1911 - Knox Type R - 7166cc
Spirit of the Rally Trophy

Peter Livanos 1929 - Bentley 6.5 Tourer - 6493cc

Timothy Scott 1903 - Mercedes 60HP - 9236cc
True Grit Trophy

David Spurling / Jonathan Spurling 1953 - Morgan plus 4 - 1991cc

David Roberts / Joanna Roberts 1954 - Sunbeam Alpine - 2267cc

Digby Leighton-Squires / Neville Burrell 1939 - Bentley Derby 4.25 - 4259cc

Christopher Claridge-Ware / Anita Claridge-Ware 1933 - Lagonda M45 Tourer - 4453cc

Wilhelmus Van Gemert / Johan De Swart 1934 - Singer Le Mans - 933cc

David Ayre / Karen Ayre 1907 - Itala 40 - 7500cc
Concours d'Elegance

Pioneer Category Concours d'Elegance

Daniel Ward / David Ingleby 1908 - Talbot 35 HP - 5300cc

Vinatgeant Category Concours d'Elegance

Leigh Pullen / Judy Pullen 1938 - Rover 12 Six Light Saloon - 1496cc

Classic Category Concours d'Elegance

Nicholas Marks / Annabella Marks 1954 - Lancia Aurelia B20S - 2400cc

Para desmistificar - a FIVA "deixa" utilizar instrumentos de rallye clássico e até mesmo GPS:


O único representante da América Latina foi uma carretera:




Teresita e Haile Aguilar, com seu Chevrolet Coupte TC, de 1939 (sul americanos num mundo cheio de ingleses...).

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