Cross-Country Rally NEWS

2021-05-12 15:51:41 Christina GZ is ready for qualifying stage of the Andalucia Rally 2021 Open / Comment

2021-05-12 11:22:26 Loeb to replace Elena with Lurquin or Soultrait

About two months after the announcement of his separation with Daniel Elena, Sébastien Loeb has tested two possible replacements in recent days in Dubai for the Dakar 2022 with Prodrive: Belgian co-driver Fabian Lurquin and French motorcycle racer Xavier de Soultrait.

Sebastien Loeb:

In the last few weeks, we have analyzed the interesting and available profiles. I did a little test in Dubai with Fabian and Xavier to see how they are doing. The results are positive for both, knowing that one has experience in the car (Lurquin was co-driving with Mathieu Serradori) and the other is a fairly efficient motorcyclist in navigation. I'm going to give myself a few days to think about it, but a priori I should go with one of the two. Open / Comment

2021-05-12 11:15:04 Mitsubishi revives Ralliart project?

In the presentation of the 2020 financial report, Mitsubishi announced that Ralliart comes back to life with a short message on one of the slides of its presentation: "The resurrection of the Ralliart brand." There are not many details to add, although the announcement was accompanied with one of the images of the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV that Hiroshi Masuoka and Pascal Maimon used in the Baja Portalegre in 2015.

But which series will Mitsubishi return to? Given that the company's next major release will be the Outlander PHEV, it makes more sense to return to rally raids than to the WRC. It can also be an electric car ... Open / Comment

2021-05-12 10:05:44 Andalucia Rally. Qualifying Stage

Liaison/Enlace A = 27 Km
SS = 8 Km
Liaison/Enlace B = 25 KM

SCHEDULE
1st Bike/Quad
Roadbook: 12h40
Departure: 13h00
1st Car: CH 15h12

DESCRIPTION
Overall a small narrow track with little visibility, 3 dangerous points to be managed at kilometers 2.56, 4.64 and 6.56 Open / Comment

2021-05-11 23:39:13 Key points of the Dakar 2022:

For its 44th edition, which will run from 2-14 January, the Dakar will pay its third visit to Saudi Arabia. The rally will start in Ha'il and finish in Jeddah, after a rest day in Riyadh. With the route heading in a south-easterly direction, the organisers propose a sandier tone to the challenge. In the Empty Quarter, it's "dunes galore"!

The desire to take the discipline towards a virtuous operation in terms of carbon emissions will take concrete form from 2022 with the launch of a T1-E category reserved for prototypes engaged in this research. The end of the combustion engine era is planned for 2030 for cars.

The popularity of vintage vehicles in the "Dakar Classic" regularity race has encouraged many enthusiasts of 1980' and 90's 4x4s to have a go in the adventure. The field could double in size at the start in Ha'il.

During the Andalusia Rally, featuring some of the Dakar favourites, the contours of the 2022 edition and the debut of the registration period, which will begin on 17 May, were announced. Open / Comment

2021-05-11 21:21:35 Dirk von Zitzewitz about the 2022 Dakar Open / Comment

2021-05-11 21:17:15 Carlos Sainz about the presentation of the 2022 Dakar Open / Comment

2021-05-11 20:38:12 Here it is, the official Dakar 2022 route!
02.01.22 - 14.01.22
Ha'il
Exploring the Empty Quarter with a loop south
Jeddah

#Dakar2022 Open / Comment

2021-05-11 18:56:16 Francois Cazalet told about Andalucia Rally and his expectation about the 2022 Dakar Open / Comment