Dakar 2016

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    Only 15 days until Dakar 2016!

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    Watch this space for more, but here's a start.

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    12 "MINIs" That is quite the contingent this year.
     
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    Robby Gordon is doubling down with two cars this year.

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    Gordon Goes for Youth (dakar.com)
     
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    The Peugeots look good this year.

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    Dakar rookie Sebastian Loeb will be driving one of them, along with some guy named Sainz.

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    Those who've followed WRC over the last decade will recognize the name next to Loeb's in the pic above as belonging to Loeb's long time WRC do-driver, Daniel Elena. Loeb's comments re Elena and his lack of cross country rally experience aren't exactly encouraging...

    Lots more info about Peugeot's entry here.
     
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    354 competitor vehicles this year: 143 bikes, 110 cars, 55 trucks and 46 quads.

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    The route.

    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPEBJG6FG6Q"]The route / El recorrido / Le parcours – Dakar 2016 - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    I look forward to this every year in spite of Gordon:biggrin5:
     
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    What the heck is that thing? Never mind, D-10!

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    Day 1 is a short one. Results are rolling in. Meanwhile, here is the MINI ALL4 Racing line-up.

    Dakar is go: 12 MINI ALL4 Racing line up for the start of the 2016 Dakar Rally.

    01 January 2016

    MINI prepares to achieve fifth consecutive Dakar Rally win with strongest line up yet of MINI ALL4 Racing and crews.

    Munich. New Year, new challenges: 2 January 2016 will see the start of the 2016 Dakar Rally, the traditional season opener of long-distance cross-country rallies. Once again MINI takes on this exciting and exacting 9,500km, 15 day racing event but this year with a record entry of 12 MINI ALL4 Racing cars.

    Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) and long-term co-pilot Mathieu Baumel (FRA) of AXION X-raid Team (#300) are the defending Dakar champions and more than ready to take up the challenge of motorsport’s toughest endurance race. “Preparation is complete,†said Al-Attiyah in Buenos Aires, starting point of the 2016 Dakar Rally.

    “We are ready to take on the greatest endurance race in the hope we can achieve MINI the same success of 2015,†said Joan ‘Nani’ Roma (ESP), fellow AXION X-raid Team member in MINI ALL4 Racing #304 along with co-driver Alex Haro (ESP).

    The Argentinean duo of Orlando Terranova and Bernardo ‘Ronnie’ Graue are also prepared for the challenge of Dakar in their AXION X-raid Team MINI ALL4 Racing (#310). “With more time spent at altitude and a long, tough second week, the 2016 Dakar is guaranteed to throw up some surprises – but that is what makes the Dakar so special,†said Terranova during the prerace Shakedown test.

    The fourth MINI ALL4 Racing (#315) of Axion X-raid Team sees the pairing of Mikko Hirvonen (FIN) and Michel Périn (FRA). While Périn is a very experienced Dakar co-pilot, this year’s Dakar Rally is the first for former WRC competitor Hirvonen. “I’m very excited about taking part in the Dakar Rally. It’s been a long time coming and I hope to achieve a result that will reflect the team’s professionalism.â€

    Competition for the Dakar title will, of course, come from every angle but especially the privateer MINI ALL4 Racing crews competing at the 2016 Dakar Rally. The continual success of MINI ALL4 Racing (e.g. Dakar Rally winner four years in succession 2012-2015) in long distance cross-country rally has led to an unprecedented eight privateer crews also lining up on the Dakar start line.

    The eight crews are made up of experienced cross-country rally drivers and co-drivers from around the globe. For example, the MINI ALL4 Racing crew of Van Loon Racing (#306) consists of Dutch pairing Erik van Loon and Wouter Rosegaar.

    The ORLEN Team consists of two MINI ALL4 Racing with the crews of Adam Malysz (POL) and Xavier Panseri (FRA) in #325, and Jakub ‘Kuba’ Przygonski (POL) with co-pilot Andrei Rudnitski (BLR) in #327.

    Four further crews will drive under the banner of X-raid Team, one of which (#323) will feature the youngest MINI ALL4 Racing driver at this year’s Dakar Rally, Harry Hunt from Great Britain. Further extending the global appeal of the MINI ALL4 Racing is the Perfect China Health 100 Yong Team (#360) consisting of female driver Guo Meiling and co-driver Min Liao.

    The 2016 edition of Dakar Rally starts 2nd January with a timed Prologue. The outcome of this 346km event decides the starting order for Stage 1 of the Dakar Rally, Rosario (“light bivouacâ€) to Carloz Paz, Sunday 3rd January.

    2016 Dakar Rally MINI ALL4 Racing crew line-up:

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    Driver Co-driver Car # Team
    Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) Mathieu Baumel (FRA) 300 AXION X-raid Team
    Joan ‘Nani’ Roma (ESP) Alex Haro (ESP) 304 AXION X-raid Team
    Orlando Terranova (ARG) Bernardo “Ronnie†Graue (ARG) 310 AXION X-raid Team
    Mikko Hirvonen (FIN) Michel Périn (FRA) 315 AXION X-raid Team
    Erik van Loon (NDL) Wouter Rosegaar (NDL) 306 Van Loon Racing
    Boris Garafulic (CHL) Filipe Palmeiro (POR) 313 X-raid Team
    Harry Hunt (GB) Andreas Schulz (GER) 323 X-raid Team
    Adam Malysz (POL) Xavier Panseri (FRA) 325 ORLEN Team
    Jakub ‘Kuba’ Przygonski (POL) Andrei Rudnitski (BLR) 327 ORLEN Team
    Stephan Schott (GER) Holm Schmidt (GER) 331 X-raid Team
    Nazareno Lopez (ARG) Sergio Lafuente (URU) 351 X-raid Team
    Guo Meiling (CHN) Min Liao (CHN) 360 Perfect China Health 100 Yong Team
     
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    After all the bikes and quads and nearly 60 of the cars completed the prologue, calamity...very bad news.
    You'll find #360 on the list in the post above...
     
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    Secretary of health says no deaths but 10 injured.
     
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    The 2016 Dakar is not off to a good start.

    There was a nasty accident that stopped the running yesterday and today this.

    Stage Cancelled
     
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    First full Dakar Rally stage canceled (racer.com)
     
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    11 spectators injured in Dakar prologue accident (motorsport.com)
     
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    First full stage of 2016. Loeb's first full stage on his first Dakar, ever. Loeb wins the stage! What can't this guy drive the wheels off?

    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTMPFCXDpRU"]Stage 2 Summary - Car/Bike - (Villa Carlos Paz / Termas de Rio Hondo) - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    Loeb's on a roll with another stage win, though some are predicting coming stages will be less forgiving of an inexperienced driver and navigator. "Inexperienced" being used here relative to this specific type of rallying, clearly. It's also a 1-2 for Peugeot with Sainz 2nd on the stage.

    Hirvonen, the other rookie and former WRC driver, moves up to 4th overall for the MINI camp, Al-Atiyah up to 5th.

    Top of the overall standings chart for cars:

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