Following his accident last August at the Rally dos Sertões (Brazil), David Frétigné confirmed earlier today that he has been greenlighted to return to the Dakar following a series of medical tests. Although his season has been marred by these injuries,...
André Dessoude made his Dakar debut on January 1, 1982. He has participated in each and every edition of the rally since and, more importantly, has set up, developed and maintained the team which is most attached to the race. He is full of ambition for this...
The Dutch team Riwald Dakar might be a newcomer to the event but everyone knows that they will have to keep a watchful eye on the three cars enrolled. Lofty ambitions are held by the team, which presented its group on Monday in Hengelo (in the Netherlands)...
Last weekend was a studious one for some of the South American competitors, who came to Buenos Aires to take advantage of the all the advice given for the rally which will start on 1st January in Mar del Plata. The South American competitors were invited...
The start of the Dakar Rally on January 1st, 2012 is fast approaching and the organising team at the ASO in France this week released more details about the route for the fourth edition of the Dakar in South America. Some changes have been made. In the past...
Last week Pewano had their new topcrew – driver Alfie Cox and co-driver Jürgen Schröder – visiting Sweden with more testing and preparations for the 2012 Dakar Rally on the agenda. The fine-tuning is now all set and with a very good feedback after...
The details of the Dakar 2012, which will take place between 1st and 15th January in Argentina, Chile and Peru, were unveiled this morning in Paris. The route’s characteristics, just like the game of musical chairs evident amongst the pretenders to the crown,...
Alongside Stéphane Peterhansel, Giniel De Villiers has been the most consistently high-performing driver over the last ten years. After driving for the Nissan and Volkswagen teams, this year he joined forces with Toyota. Behind the scenes of the major...
