Just before the 2014 Dakar Rally that starts in January, 2014, X-raid succeeded in adding another major asset to its driver line-up: with Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiyah, the Trebur based team successfully signed the experienced and extremely fast 2011 Dakar winner! Together with his long-term co-driver, Spaniard Lucas Cruz, Al-Attiyah will contest the event with a MINI ALL4 Racing.
“We always kept an eye on each other,” revealed X-raid Team Manager Sven Quandt, “And when his project got into problems we decided to offer him the opportunity of racing a MINI ALL4 Racing. The competition in the Dakar gets tougher year by year, with the buggies in particular getting more and more competitive due to the advantages granted them by the regulations. To have the chance of prevailing with a four-wheel driven car we need a powerful team. And with Stéphane, Nani and Nasser as well as Orly, Krzysztof or Vladimir we have a very good line-up.”
