The Peruvian was the early pacesetter before a broken steering pump in his Ford Fiesta R5 cost two minutes, co-driver Fernando Mussano changing gear as Fuchs wrestled with the steering wheel. He later had to stop and change a puncture, tumbling to fourth.But the rough gravel speed tests also took their toll on his rivals and he battled up the order to regain the lead yesterday when Abdulaziz Al Kuwari rolled. After that it was a matter of avoiding problems for Fuchs rather than showing outright pace and he won by 4min 36.9sec. Pole Hubert Ptaszek also dropped time with punctures but the Peugeot 208 T16 R5 driver maintained a consistent pace to take second and now lies second in the points...
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