Racer Gaurav Gill wins in Rally Hokkaido

Gaurav Gill of Team MRF chalked up his fourth consecutive win in the 2016 Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) as he cruised to victory in the Rally Hokkaido here on Sunday.

Having earlier won in New Zealand, Australia and China, Gill, the 2013 APRC champion, with a new co-driver in Belgian Stephane Prevot won by one minute, 50.6 seconds in his MRF Skoda Fabia R5 car, ahead of his team-mate Germany's Fabian Kreim (co-driver Christian Frank).

Team Cusco Racing's New Zealander Michael Young (co-driver Malcolm Read) was third.

"It's great to win. Four out of four is awesome," said Gill after winning on Sunday, according to a release.

"Everything worked well. The tyres worked well since Saturday when it was wet on the tarmac and I have to thank the team for the good setup."

"It was a very difficult rally because of weather conditions constantly changing. Mornings were all wet, afternoon became all dry, then become pretty rough, so pretty difficult but I'm happy."

--IANS

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