Round six of the South African National Rally Championship, the Toyota Cape Dealer Rally marked a high point in the rally career of Dakar legend Giniel de Villiers. With navigator Greg Godrich beside him, the Paarl-based racing driver recorded his maiden victory in the SA National Rally Championship by the smallest of margins (Imperial Team Toyota Yaris S2000).
Toyota also recorded a victory in the Super 1600 class where Guy Botterill and Simon Vacy-Lyle (Yato Toyota Etios R2 S1600).
Here are the top 5 results for the S2000 and S16000 classes respectively:
S2000 | |||
Driver/co-driver | Team | Car | |
1 | Giniel de Villiers / Greg Godrich | Team Castrol Toyota | Toyota Yaris |
2 | Leeroy Poulter / Elvéne Coetzee | Team Castrol Toyota | Toyota Yaris |
3 | Enzo Kuun / Gerhard Snyman | Gerhard Snyman | Ford Fiesta |
4 | Hergen Fekken / Carolyn Swan | Team Castrol Toyota | Toyota Yaris |
5 | Hans Weijs Jnr. / Bjorn Degandt | Volkswagen Sasolracing | Volkswagen Polo |
S1600 | |||
Driver/co-driver | Team | Car | |
1 | Guy Botterill / Simon Vacy-Lyle | Simon Vacy-lyle | Toyota Etios R2 |
2 | Paulus Franken / Henry Kohne | Henry Kohne | VW Polo |
3 | Chris Coertse / Mari van der Walt | Mari van der Walt | Toyota Etios |
4 | Andrew Heine / Robbie Coetzee | Andrew Heine | VW Polo |
5 | Matthew Vacy-Lyle / Schalk Van Heerden | Simon Vacy-Lyle | Toyota Etios R2 |