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2 0 1 2 D A K A R Chinas class-leading SUV brand
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Haval SUV,Surpassing Itself Again!
Creating a New Record of Chinese Racing
Teams with Its Total Score Ranking the 7th!
From the very beginning, Haval SUV Loong
Racing Team undertakes the mission of
creating a new record, which they fulfilled as
we expected in Lima, Peru with the total
score ranking the 7th. They created an epical
record again, and returned with triumph and
honor!
On January 15 (local time), with the Haval
Loong Racing Car (No. 307)driven by Carlos
Sousa leaped over the last checkpoint of the
34th Dakar Rally ranking the 5th of the last
stage, Carlos Sousa created a new record
with the total score ranking the 7th. Zhou
Yong, another racer of Haval SUV Racing
Team of Great Wall Motors, completed the
whole race with the total score ranking the
20th, and he led the Chinese racers in 7 of all
13 stages.
Compared to the global leading automobile
manufacturers, Haval SUV Loong Racing
Team, ranking top ten in the toughest rally in
the world, proved the excellent quality of
Haval SUV to the world again!
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Total Ranking:
Stage Ranking:
Total Ranking:
Stage Ranking:Zhou
Sousa
Date(January):
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Zhou Yong
Stage Ranking:
Total Ranking:1828
Carlos Sousa
Stage Ranking:
Total Ranking:
78
On the early morning of January 10 (Beijing
Time), 2012 Dakar Rally headed into the
eighth stage rally. Haval racing team for
Dakar Rally moved forward steadily, Sousa,
Haval racing driver, continued to perform
excellently, completing the competition by
ranking seventh at the stage and e ighth in
total score, lagging only 90 minutes behind
the top racing driver. Zhou Yong, his
teammate, has taken a lead among Chinese
racing drivers for five successive stages.
The eighth stage is the first one arranged
after the rest day, meaning that racing drivers
officially enter into the second half of the
Rally. The special stage, with a length of 477
kilometers, is also the longest one since the
Rally kicked off. Roads surface with sand
and stones and nearly 2000 meters of
elevation drop increased driving difficulty for
racing drivers. 58 racing drivers of auto
teams withdrew from the Rally before the
start of the stage, hence only a little more
than 60% of them completed the Rally.
Sousas score for the stage is 4 hours 42
minutes and 1 second, lagging only 16
minutes behind the champion of the stage.
Today Sousa drove comparatively stably and
no big problems cropped up in the racing car,
thus he successfully arrived at the finish line.
Zhou Yong has made great progress in this
stage, and navigator Mcmon felt more
satisfied with Zhou Yongs performance. As
Mcmon once served in a champion racing
team, he has always been strict with racing
drivers. In the first few stages, Mcmon
demanded Zhou Yong to make the best use
of the time to drive and even forbid him not to
drink water sometimes. Today Zhou Yong
performed excellently and made no major
mistakes. Zhou Yong himself also thinks that
Mcmons urge makes him more focused in
the Rally.
8th
CopiapHaval Dakar Racing Team Firedthe First Shot in the Second Halfof the Rally
Antofagasta
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In the early morning of January 11 (Beijing
time), the ninth-stage of 2012 Dakar Rally
came to its end, in which the Spain racer
Gordon recorded a win in four hours 35
minutes and 21 seconds, while Sousa, a
racer of Haval Dakar Racing Team,
advanced into the seventh in this stage rally
with a score of 22 minutes and 36 seconds
slower than Gordon, striving to moving to
Top 5.
The ninth-stage rally, covering 565 kilome-
ters in total, was designed with a
556-kilometer special stage that hit the
longest among the fourteen stages and was
featured by extremely difficult fesh-fesh
roads and well-known steep downhill.
The Haval racer Sousa, through his
well-balanced performance, ranked the
seventh at average at the eleven timing
points of this stage rally. In spite of suffering
a downslide at the steep downhill racing, he
maintained the seventh place in this stage
rally with his excellent performance on the
fesh-fesh road.
Compared with the teammate Sousa
enjoying a well-balanced performance, Zhou
Yong didnt act well today and only took the
38th place in this stage rally. Todays racing
designed with many gravel roads was a big
challenge to Zhou Yong who was expert in
desert track. But the good news to Zhou
Yong is that the tenth-stage rally is designed
with a nearly 400km desert track, thus he
may increase his score in this stage rally by
giving a full play to his advantages.
Zhou Yong
Stage Ranking:
Total Ranking:
38
27
Carlos Sousa
Stage Ranking:
Total Ranking:
77
9th
Haval Racer Follows up the FistFive at Diabolic Stage ofDakar Rally
Antofagasta Iquique
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Zhou Yong
Stage Ranking:
Total Ranking:
2218
Carlos Sousa
Stage Ranking:
Total Ranking:
86
In the early hours of the morning of January
12 (Beijing time), the tenth stage of 2012
Dakar Rally came to an end. Zhou Yong
advanced into the 18th place in the total
score based on his stage-rally ranking of the
22nd, ruling the roost among China racers,
while Sousa enjoyed the 6th in the total score
by moving up one place.
This stage rally, the last one in Chile,
covered 694 kilometers in total and was
designed with a 317km special stage. The
whole stage, featured by a height above
sea-level of around 1,000 meters, mainly had
gravel roads mixed up with capping mass
and dust & sand as well as a nearly 50km
fesh-fesh road that posed a challenge to the
racers skills.
After the auto group set off for the competi-
tion of the tenth-stage racing, Zhou Yong just
had modest performance at the first several
timing points and even suffered a downslide
in ranking after the first timing point. The
defending champion Attiyah's withdrawal due
to malfunction of his racing car was an alarm
to all the racers. Zhou Yong mainly focused
on preparing the racing car at the first half
racing for a jump at the second half one. He
started from the 38th and finally advanced
into the 18th place by surpassing 20 racers in
the single stage.
The teammate Sousa also adopted the
strategy of first guard and then onset in
the tenth-stage rally and finally rose to the
8th place in this stage rally although he was
surpassed at the first several timing points.
He maintained Top10 in all the ten stage
rallies in total score through his balanced and
good performance. When being asked about
the reason, Sousa owed his achievement to
Haval Dakar Racing Team. After 10 days of
racing, Sousa realized the excellent d ynamic
property and stability of the Haval racing cars
and great expertise of team workers whose
quick repairing of the racing cars ensured the
continuity of the Rally.
10th
Haval Leads China RacingTeam, Zhou Yong Rises tothe Eighteenth Place
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Zhou Yong
Stage Ranking:
Total Ranking:3322
Carlos Sousa
Stage Ranking:
Total Ranking:
227
On the morning of January 13, Beijing time,
2012 Dakar Rally launched the 11th stage
competition. Peterhansel, a 9-time champion
claimed the championship on this stage at
3:56:53. The performance of Chinese teams
was not satisfactory. However, Haval driver
Sousa is still ranked 7th position for overall
scores.
The 11th stage is the first stage in Peru. In
this route, there is a special stage of 478 km
split over two sections and the liaison section
is 120 km. Service crew are not allowed to
enter this liaison section. If racing car
encounters a severe malfunction, drivers
have to quit the Rally. Most drivers slowed
down to keep the car in stable. When
Peterhansel heard that Gordon, the Ameri-
can driver broke down his Cardan suspen-
sion, he slowed down and adjusted the pace.
This stage is full of rocks, deserts and the
most difficult fesh-fesh roads. The road
condition is hard. The windshield is full of
dust. Many drivers cannot see the road
clearly and are easily stuck into the sands.
When Sousa drove at 102-120 km of the
stage, he was stuck into the sands because
he cannot see the road clearly. But, fast
digging is a compulsory skill for driver and
co-driver. Sousa returned to race in a short
time. His final result is ranked 22nd position.
The overall score is still ranked 7th position,
not influenced too much due to excellent
results on the previous stages. After Sousa,
Zhou Yong finished at 33rd position on this
stage. It is heard that Zhou Yong decided to
slow down at 120 km special route to keep
stable. This decision was jointly made by
Zhou Yong and Maimon. On the following
three stages, it is still possible for Zhou Yong
to break his best record at the 19th position if
he can perform well in the desert route.
11th
Chinese Teams in Troublewhile Haval Racing TeamStaying in Top 10
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Half Competitors Retreatedfrom Dakar Rally 2012; HavalTeam Likely to be Top 10
Arequipa Nasca
Zhou Yong
Stage Ranking:
Total Ranking:
2323
Carlos Sousa
Stage Ranking:
Total Ranking:
108
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In the morning on Jan.14, 2012 (Beijing
Time), Dakar Rally 2012 entered its stage 12
racing. In terms of cars team, Haval (Dakar)
racing team continued to march forward in
triumph with Haval diver Sousa ranking
eighth, nearly two hours ahead of the driver
in the tenth place. Only two stages upon
completing the match, Haval racing team
basically took a grip of the top 10 places.
Stage 12 racing was also very tough with
total length of 657 kilometers and special
stage of 245 kilometers, and the route mainly
covered with eluvial soil and sand dust.
Competitor Stephane Peterhansel delayed
nearly half an hour in the race due to sand
troubles.
Sousa was the 22nd driver and won the
stage 10th place with two hours, fifty four
minutes and thirty seven seconds through
combating the sand difficulties by his skillful
driving and good maneuver of racing car,
lagging behind only less than forty minutes
than Stage champion Robby Gordon.
Zhou Yong was the 33rd competitor and won
the 23rd place, overtook 10 racing cars on
the single stage. Striving to chase in the first
half of the race where route covered with
sand dust, his performance began to improve
gradually. However, late start got him stuck
behind slower racing cars. It was not easy for
him to move up 10 places. The next stage
also focused on sand dust route, there was
still chance for Zhou Yong to improve his
overall scores for he was good at desert
racing.
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Haval Motor Team Marching
into Top 5 Creating a NewRecord for China Motor Team
Nasca Pisco
On the morning of 15th Jan., 2012 Dakar
Rally entered the 13th stage of motor team.
Racer Sousa of Haval Dakar motor team
finished the race with a 4th rank, creating the
best result in Dakar for China motor team.
The 13th stage is the second one countdown
of this session of race, which is also the last
long-distance stage, the total mileage of the
stage is 375km, among which theres a
275km special stage. Only 81 motors
appeared at the starting point of this stage
before the race, compared with 171 motors
of the first stage, the race completion ratio of
motor team is only 47%.
The competition of Sousa required both
power and experience. Taking the composi-
tion of the road which includes dessert track
intersected with hard gravel ground, Sousa
decided to decrease the tyre pressure to a
proper extent, so as to prevent any potential
sand sinking event. Under the assistance of
new Haval racing motor, Sousa completed
this stage with a score of 3 hours 23 minutes
26 seconds, promoting the total score from
the 7th position to 8th position.
Zhou Yong, a teammate of Sousa also
completed his stage very well, he became
the leading racer of China motor team with a
rank of 18. Although theres only a 29km
special stage on the last competition day,
dessert road is still the main part. For a racer
like Zhou Yong who is familiar with dessert
track skill, theres still a chance for him to
overtake this score and to refresh his 19th
Dakar race record.Zhou Yong
Stage Ranking:
Total Ranking:1819
Carlos Sousa
Stage Ranking:
Total Ranking:
47
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On January 16, Beijing Time, 2012 Dakar
Rally lasting for two weeks came to an end in
Lima, Capital of Peru. In the vehicle gro up,
all Chinese racing teams completed the r ace;
among them, Haval Racing Team for Dakar
Rally not only ranked in top ten of the race
for the first time together with famous racing
teams including BMW and Hummer, but also
created the best record of Chinese racing
teams participating in the rally.
Compared with the 13 tough stages before,
the last stage only had a special stage of 29
km, which meant that the ranking of racers
would not change dramatically. Though the
famous US racer Gordon became the
champion of the stage, the legendary r acer,
Peterhansel, cannot be stopped to win 10th
champion in Dakar Rally. After the race, he
said excitedly: How hard it is to win in Dakar
Rally! I have waited for five years for another
champion.
Just like the 10-time champion, Sousa and
Zhou Yong, the Haval racers, also felt
excited. Sousa, with his total score ranking
7th, took 3 places ahead of the famous BMW
racer Holowczyc. Though Zhou Yong did not
break his best record of 19th but ranked
20th, his performance was also worthy of
compliment.
With the two Haval Racing Cars arriving
Lima, the capital of Peru, the third Dakar
Rally of Haval came to a perfect end . Haval
made three leaps in its three times of
participation in Dakar Rally, and its total
score rose to 7th this year from 33rd and
22nd of the last two years. Haval not on ly
becomes the first Chinese racing team
ranking in top ten of Dakar Rally, but also
proves that the Haval SUV can endure the
tough environment of Dakar Rally, and its
international brand influence will surely be
further enhanced.
Zhou Yong
Stage Ranking:
Total Ranking:2720
Carlos Sousa
Stage Ranking:
Total Ranking:
5
7
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Haval Ranks 7th in DakarRally, Initiating New Era ofChinese Racing Teams
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The Great Wall Haval SUV motor team has
attracted lots of focus from the beginning: In
the first stage, the 307 motor of Sousa
passed the finishing point at a sixth rank,
creating a new record for China motor team;
while the previous Dakar record keeper,
Zhou Yong in China motor team encountered
a Waterloo, ranking only No. 149 in this
stage. Whether Sousa now at sixth rank
could create another new history for China
motor team, or Zhou Yong could catch up
with this new record under a reverse starting
situation become the focus of this e vent.
After the smooth end of the stage in
Argentina, the one in Chile began. Sousaranked high in Top 10 then and Zhou Yong
also soared up to Top 30. What was
corresponding to this was Great Wall Motors
Teams outstanding performance outside the
court. On 9th Jan., local time, G reat Wall
Motors dealers in Chile held a listing
ceremony for Wingle 5 series.
Excellent performance of Haval Dakar Motor
Team has made Great Wall Motors attract
more attention from people in Chile. On
January 9, local time, A Great Wall Motors
dealer in Chile DERCO Company decided
to hold a listing ceremony for Wingle 5 series
during the game. At 10:00 a.m., January 9,
10 Wingles were stopped beside the road of
Antofagasta Avenue, bringing an extremely
cheerful atmosphere there. Hundreds of
people including dealers, car owners and
journalists were all present at the listingceremony where Thibaud, the general agent
of Great Wall Motors in DERCO, said: The
overall sales amount of Great Wall Motors in
Chile reaches nearly 7000 in the past year,
ranking No. 15 in the nations market, which
is the No. 1 brand from China. Take San
Diego, the capital of Chile, for example, the
sales amount in 2011 there has surpassed
2700, accounting for 40% the total amount of
2011, which has greatly enhanced our
confidence in acting for Great Wall Motors.
Besides, their pickups have styles suitable to
road conditions and motor demand here.
In order to test the performance of Wingle
pickup, Thibaud drove a Wingle 5 in front of
the motor team, driving directly from the
ceremony to the starting point of the eighth
racing stage. As the driving route happened
to pass the desert section, sand dust wasrolled up by 10 pickups with a scene similar
to Dakar rally. It seemed that desert section
in Dakar could not block a motor team
composed by 10 Wingle pickups.
Walkers on both sides of the road also
stopped to watch and gave high praise to the
motor team. Great Wall Motors dealers in
Chile dedicated a lot in this event, not only
watched the Haval motor setting out at the
starting point, but visited Haval Motor Team
headquarter on their holidays.
At the game spot, we also saw this team
made of Great Wall Dealers, representatives
of car owners and journalists, driving 11
Great Wall Wingle pickups, led by a
imitational version Loong Racing Car
painted by themselves, which entered the
track from the ending point of Antofagasta.
They found a perfect watching position,
upper wind entry, facing the race, from which
a large S-shape racing road could be seen.
After setting up a camp, they fetched out
food and beer, they even took a small-sized
generator, supplying two raining fans for the
whole watching area. What a joyful life they
led! On that evening, the Great Wall fans
team set up by dealers in Chile also came to
the repair zone to watch the race and
interviewed Su Pengcheng, manager of the
motor team about some issues concerned.
Chile was one of the major sponsor countries
in Dakar. It was known that, Wingle pickup
entered Chile as early as in 2008, exploring
the market of Americas. That the dealers in
Chile use Dakar rally for promulgating Wingle
pickup was a successful practice of combin-
ing Great Wall Motors brand communication
with product promotion, which also indicated
the high attention on Wingle pickup.
South AmericanDealers Dakar ComplexDealers Advertise via Dakar Rally,
SUV Attracts Worlds Attention
Busy Chile Dealers in Dakar Race
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Dakar rally was a race of the transient. In this
year, the race met with its 27th country
Peru.
As it happened, Wingle pickup service
motors were also provided by Peru dealers.
Applying regular limited-produced style of
Wingle pickup for Dakar logistics guarantee
also indicated recognition of dealers on
Wingle pickup performance, while an
excellent strength had always been the
guarantee for logistics provision.
As we all know, it was absolutely an
extremely challenge that limited-produced
cars without modification drove on the way toDakar. In this year, the difficulty level in
Dakar was much higher than that of former
ones, not only bringing along difficulty for
race but challenge for service cars. Except
the difficulty for driving route decreased
compared with the track, Haval SUV and
Wingle pickup service cars also were
required to deal with poor weather and
complicated road situations etc. Sound
chassis, suspension and motor were
undoubtedly strong weapons to conquer
these difficulties. Meanwhile, as a service
car, Shingle pickup also undertook the
transportation task, which required a strong
loading capacity of Wingle. Compared with
three Dakars from 2009 to 2011, a great
modification had been carried out in 2012.
The overall race was divided into 14 stations,
with 5 stations in Argentina and Chile
respectively and 4 in Peru. Racers should
cross the spacious Pampas, lofty Andes and
continuous sand hills in Atacama Desert. The
newly added complicated landform in Peru
this year would bring along more mystery
and difficulty to racers.
Nothing was better than the tough Dakarracing to be used as a trial field for mass-
produced motors. Haval H3 and Wingle 5
acting as Haval SUV motor team service cars
were not only used as race service cars but
responsible for their research and test. The
test was launched by Great Wall Motor
Research Institute, carrying out a compre-
hensive test on such aspects as suspension,
chassis and turning system and
air-conditioning cooling and extreme
condition adaptation of Wingle 5 and Haval
H3 service cars via complicated Dakar
tracks. After nearly a decade technology
innovation and integration, Haval SUV
performed an extremely strong adapting
capacity in complicated and arduous Dakar
race situation, achieving test results all above
good, which fully indicated that mass-
produced car styles could also undertake
tough situation in Dakar.
Haval H3 and Wingle 5 race service cars all
received maintenance given by qualified
technicians in Chile section. At that time, two
service cars had covered a distance more
than 5000 km with Dakar headquarter. In
order to carry out a sound logistic promulga-tion, the two service cars went to the side of
complicated tracks to take photos for Haval
SUV Loong Racing Car from multiple angles
for many times. During the maintenance,
technicians from Chile spoke highly of the
racing service cars, it seemed that compli-
cated Dakar road conditions did not bring
along any damage to Haval H3 and Wingle 5,
so only simple routine maintenance was
required.
Peru Dealers andRacing Service Motors
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Witnessing such a close combination
between race and market carried out by
Great Wall Motors, manager of Market
Department of Dakar Race Organization
Committee also came to visit Haval Motor
Team camp, communicated with teammembers about the race, collected sugges-
tions for promotion. This was the first for the
Department to enquire opinions from China
motor. As an experienced racer in motor
team, Zhou Yong hoped that the organization
committee could enhance Dakars promotion
in China, calling on a more extensive
knowledge of and participation in this racing
among China. Sousa, the Portuguese
teammate, also indicated that the world
should know more about China motor team;
they are of much potential and also the
Chinese motor enterprises.
It was reported that Haval Dakar teams
excellent performance this year had achievedextensive attention. Not only the title sponsor
of the racing Total Company provided a
special support, but French TV 2 carried out
exclusive interviews on Haval racers in China
motor team for the first time. Dakar Rally
made Chinese more frequently focused,
while the dazzling light of Haval SUV there
also made the international image of Great
Wall Motors more outstanding.
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Propagandizing their products by virtue of
global famous competitions is deemed the
most effective publicity approaches by main
auto manufacturers around the world. As
Dakar Rally is the most watched auto rally in
the world, investments in Dakar Rally will
never be too much. Making propaganda by
the rally is also the most direct propaganda
approaches. The rally will not only test the
performance of the autos, but the compre-
hensive strength of auto manufacturers.
Great Wall Motors ranked 22nd in 2011
Dakar Rally and the first among Chinese
racing teams and immediately caused a
great sensation among the distributors in the
world. Many distributors did their utmost to
advertise Haval SUVs topnotch quality by
Dakar Rally and they conducted a series of
activities to continuously expand the brand
influence of Great Wall motors, consequently
the sales of Haval SUV saw drastic increase
in local markets.
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