The "Australasian Safari" lived up to its reputation as the Asia Pacific’s toughest motorsport event today for its 50 remaining competitors. Maybe too tough for the French Dakar-winner Cyril Despres. After he had problems with the english language in one day,...
V8 Supercar legend Craig Lowndes has lost his four-leg lead in the Australasian Safari yesterday in Western Australia, after tipping the Holden Colorado on its side during a manoeuvre around a tree on the course on the first stage of the day, one of many...
The fourth stage on Tuesday was the longest distance travelled for Australasian Safari competitors as they raced in three stages totalling 662 competitive kilometers overall and 459 kms in a looped course around Laverton in Western Australia’s northern...
After planning out the route, preparation for Dakar 2012 is continuing with the compilation of the road-book, the competitors’ bible that they have to follow to the letter. The work is complete for two thirds of the stages, with the one at Fiambala...
Stage 2 of the Australasian Safari Rally brought the competitors from Mount Magnet to Sandstone - normally only 150 kilometers on the road, but for the participants the day was again tough - they had to drive 326 kilometers in racing. The terrain was easier...
"Welcome in the Outback" showed a sign some kilometers before the "Village" of Yalgoo, where the Servicepoint after the first stage of 183 kilometers in racing was settled. And yes, we are in the Outback. Not the real desert like in Africa, but hot,...
As in the previous year, the "Safari Headquarters" are beautifully situated directly on the beach of the Perth-suburb "Joondalup". In the most parts of Europe nearly impossible, here the paddock is based right on a green lawn in a park - but inside the dunes...
Triple Dakar Rally winner Marc Coma of Spain has renewed his contract as a factory rider with KTM, the Sportsmotorcycle specialist brand from Austria. Coma will continue to compete for KTM in top international rallies and has expressed his desire to stay...
