Gill notches fourth win in APRC

Having earlier won in New Zealand, Australia and China, Gill, the 2013 APRC champion with a new co-driver in Belgian Stephane Prevot, came up with another near-flawless drive in the MRF Skoda Fabia R5 to win in one minute, 50.6 seconds over his team-mate, Germanys Fabian Kreim (Christian Frank) who finished ahead of Cusco Racings Michael Young (Malcolm Read). 

Enjoying an overnight lead of 01:24.9, championship leader Gill maintained a scorching pace to extend his lead by over two minutes, winning the first four of the days eight Special Stages before cruising home for his 13th win in the championship since his debut in 2007. 

"Its great to win. Four out of four is awesome," said Gill. "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 am happy." Kreim, who is placed second in the championship behind Gill, said: "I think we got a lot of experience especially on these very demanding roads with very fast parts and very big ruts. All of the ruts have a lot of loose gravel and compared to the other events, its completely new to us and its very good for us."