Qatar's Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah will take part in the new Qatar International Baja, being run by the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) as a candidate event for inclusion in the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, on November 24th-26th. The...
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...
This fourth edition of the Africa Eco Race promises to be exciting on two or four wheels. A few weeks before the start, trying to imagine the final podium in Dakar, on the 8th of January, seems to be a difficult exercise. Everyone will have a chance to put his name...
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...
Team X-raid will field a record line-up in 2012 Dakar which will lead from Argentina through Chile to Peru. A total of eight vehicles entered by the German squad – five MINIs All4 Racing and three BMWs X3CC – will compete in the legendary event that...
