Rautenbach retires from rallying for now
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Conrad Rautenbach
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Conrad Rautenbach, the 2011 South African and FIA African Rally Champion is hanging up his rally gloves – at least for the next season or two.
“I’ve won two FIA African Championships and the SA series as well as competed in the World Rally Championship. The South African championship is one of the most competitive there is but it is fundamentally flawed in that it doesn’t follow the FIA rules regarding pre-event recces which is dangerous considering the pace the leaders run at”, said the 27-year-old Zimbabwean.
“The route note system used in South Africa requires a week of watching a DVD over and over on a TV set so that by the time the rally starts, I’ve lost a lot of my motivation for the event. With growing work commitments, I simply cannot afford to take a week off for every rally.
The other issue is the inconsistency over the application of the rules, which changes by event”, Rautenbach added.
“I would like to thank everyone involved in rallying at every level, as well as our loyal supporters and of course our sponsors”.
“Competing in the Dakar Rally has been a life-long dream and we will use the year to build towards an entry in the 2013 Dakar, which may include participating in some the SA Off Road series. If things change in the SA Rally Championship we could return ” he concluded.
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