Gaurav shows his class in Rally of Turkey before being hit by bad luck

Indian rallyist Gaurav Gill dazzled in the opening four stages before a series of unfortunate incidents cut short his campaign at Rally of Turkey, the first event of the FIA World Rally Championship 2.

Driving for JK Racing, Gaurav (with Glenn Macneall of Australia as co-driver) set the pace from the word go in his brand new untested EcoBoost-powered R5 MkII Ford Fiesta.

He looked good to log his first points in the WRC 2 before a front-left suspension damage, just 4.5 kilometres into SS5, cut short his day.

"It was just bad luck. We had a mechanical failure and our lower arm joint under braking snapped. The car did not face any damage but we were lucky that the malfunction did not happen in the corner as that would have seen us slide down the hill," Gaurav sighed after the fifth stage.

Gaurav, who was recently bestowed with the Arjuna Award, did not have enough time to test his car as the vessel carrying the vehicle docked in late leaving him little time to have a test ride.

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