Championship leader Gaurav Gill commanded first leg of Rally Hokkaido, winning eight out the 11 stages to establish a comfortable lead over Team MRF teammate Fabian Kreim. After trailing Kreim (co-driver Frank Christian) by one tenth of a second in the opening stage on Friday, Gill (co-driver Stephane Prevot) turned the tables by winning six stages in succession on Saturday. The Indian then topped SS9 and SS11, ending the day with a total time of 1hr03m44.5s, which was 1m24.9s clear of Kreim, the German salvaging wins in SS8 and SS10. The German overcame lack of rear grip and puncture in the early stages to close the gap to the 2013 APRC champion, but was unable to go past the Indian in...
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