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Fast, reliable vehicles

‘This is a great result for NWM and X Rally Team, and certainly for Lucas and Kaique who produced a fault-
less performance throughout the race, and were rewarded with a well-deserved victory,” said NWM team
principal, Neil Woolridge.

‘This was our sixth year at Rally dos Sertoes
and was by far the most difficult to date, yet
our vehicles proved exceptionally reliable
and fast, as the results show.’

Three-time winners Cristian Baumgart and
Beco Andreotti (NWM/X Rally Team) had
another strong outing to finish second, just
8 min 44 sec behind the winning Ford.

They led the race until 150km from the end
of stage six when they were caught out in
the dust of another competitor and rolled.
Despite this incident, the damage was re-
paired, and they fought back to secure the
second step on the podium.

‘We were hoping for the win and were on
track to achieve it, but that’s the magic of
Sertoes, going from hero to zero, then back
again,’ Baumgart said.
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‘The team worked very hard and everyone put their hearts and 100 percent effort into it. We tried our best to make up lost time, but I
think we can be satisfied with second place, and seeing Lucas and Kaique taking the win in one of our vehicles.’

Build quality and safety

‘As a team and constructor, it was an amaz- cross country Ranger to ensure that it remains competitive and capable of win-
ing achievement to have six of our seven ning landmark races such as this,’ Woolridge added.
Rangers make the finish, and we hope to
come back stronger next year with even ‘We were also happy to see Sylvio and Josi walk away without a scratch after
more cars as we make the Brazilian cross their crash, which is a testament to the dangers of the sport and the safety with
country scene even better,’ he added. which our cars are built!’

Team-mates and reigning Brazilian cross Neil Woolridge Motorsport is proud to be supported by the following sponsors
country champions Marcos Baumgart and and partners: Ford, X Rally Team, Castrol, Motorcraft, BF Goodrich Tires, Ve-
Kleber Cincea ended fourth, with Mauro dacit, Wurth, Bosch, HiKoki, Mastercraft, Sign Solutions, Tiger Wheel & Tyre,
Guedes and Filipe Bianchini crossing the Ironman 4x4 and Shatterprufe.
line in eighth place.

Rookie Fernando Rosset and Fabricio Bi-
anchini came home in an impressive 12th
place, with Michel Terpins and Maykel Justo
finishing 18th.

Sylvio de Barros and Josi Koerich were the
only Ford Ranger competitors that didn’t
make the finish, having suffered a nasty
roll on the opening stage of the race. The
Ranger’s exceptional build quality saw them
escape unhurt.

‘Claiming a fourth Sertoes win on the trot
is simply amazing, and is a tribute to the
outstanding work of our entire NWM team
in designing and continually developing the

Lucas Moraes and Kaique Bentivoglio

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