The All4"s come with an on board hydraulic jacking system. Those jack stand are used in the service area. X-Raid team and MINI Countryman arrive in Buenos Aires You can see in this link the jack in use. That would be my equipment less the mechanic! LOL
I checked the competitors list and there are now 10 MINIs registered. The two entries not mentioned in post #1 include Nasser Al-Attiya. #301 Nasser Al-Attiya/Baumel Matthieu (QAT/FRA) #332 Zhou Yong/Schulz Andreas (CHI/DEU) Full entry list
Lifting this from the Daily Toggle feed; some good links within: The Daily Toggle | The Daily Toggle Guide to the Dakar Rally 2015
I think MaxRally jumped the gun a bit with that report. Gordon is now listed 4th. Also, I'd love to see some video of this thing on a stage.
They must be gradually applying penalties. De Villiers has moved back to 4th and Gordon back up to 3rd.