11.   Driving a Mitsubishi Pajero, Fontenay survived a flat tyre to hold off Garland whose Isuzu Bighorn lost time with a broken exhaust.

12.   Several of the vehicles had flat tyres, an AFP correspondent noted.

13.   Spaniard Abraham Olano -- spurred on by perfect teammate Miguel Indurain -- defied a flat tyre to take the world championship road race title here on Sunday.

14.   The England team were delayed on their trip from their Johannesburg hotel when the team bus developed a flat tyre.