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Just watched the 40-minute report on the event on Grandstand (narrated by Richard Hammond). In all honesty, 40 minutes was enough for me. It strikes me that luck plays a very large part in this form of motorsport.
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I have also justed watched the highlights on Grandstand and I have to agree with Ian a 40 minute didn't do the event justice. But its a great event and well done to all those that made it Daker.
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Well, it is a test of endurance of both man and machinery, so preparation and yes, luck, will play a part.
But to finish first first you have to finish. I'm not a huge fan of the Dakar, I prefer racing to rallying, but it has its place. |
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But, this is the case in all motorsports, and like all - the cream will always rise to the top. To win the Dakar, there is much more than just driving fast. You have to conserve your car for all 16 days; conserve yourself (the stages are so long); and be able to deal with so many different possibilities, terain, events... Rally Raid is very different to most other forms of motorsport - it's more about stamina than raw pace. Indeed, I'd take your comment kb and make it to the ultimatetest of man and machinery in motorsport instead. I too prefer racing to rallying. However, I prefer rally raid to stage rallying - I feel it's more of a test, and more of an achievent to get the end. Personal preferences I guess |
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- The front bumper was made from plastic instead of steel. - The springs were to width. - The diameter of intercooler input was to width. I find this a very strange decision of the ASO. The truck is inspected before the rally and at the scrutiny in Spain. There was a news article on the official Dakar website on Thursday morning. According this article the Kamaz truck of Kabirov had left the parc ferme on Wednesday evening to do some repairs. But the stage of Wednesday and Thursday were marathon stages so it wasn't allowed to work on the car. Why didn't get Kabirov a time penalty or even get disqalified? This $^&* ASO organisation is corrupt and very amateuristic. |
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I'll be honest, I'm not 100% sure about the rules for he marathon stage, and perhaps Kabirov found a loop hole in the rules, which would obviously explain no penalty! If he did though, we might see a rule clarification for next year... On the subject of Bekx - certainly a strange incident, but it has happened before. Is it possible they changed parts out on the rally and that's why it wasn't spotted in Spain? |
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