Dakar and Rally-Raid discussion...

[justracing]

As far as I'm aware Spain along with most European countries only has a 1 hour tv coverage daily so one could apply the same question of their sponsors? I have never delved into the entry fees but I've no doubt they are pretty astronomical which makes it even more impressive for privateers to participate.

[NaBUru38]

Tuesday's highlights show on Teledeporte averaged 180k viewers and a 1.2 share.

[FIRE]

On Dutch tv every evening 1 hour coverage. To get more exposure entries can buy airtime.

[E.B]

Here in Aus we get one hour highlights every night on our SBS (FTA) TV channel.

[S griffin]

I’ve been following short video clips online at best. Seems a rally full of incident and controversy. Both Sainz and Al-Attiyah need to keep their nose clean for the rest of the rally

[justracing]

Originally Posted by S griffin

I’ve been following short video clips online at best. Seems a rally full of incident and controversy. Both Sainz and Al-Attiyah need to keep their nose clean for the rest of the rally

Hot news - the Dakar finished yesterday

[NaBUru38]

FIA World Rally Raid Championship - T1

• 1. QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah (Toyota), 169
• 2. FRA Sébastien Loeb (BRX), 149
• 3. SAU Yazeed Al-Rajhi (Toyota), 121
• 4. POL Jakub Przygo?ski (Mini), 77
• 5. CHI Francisco López (Can-Am), 57
• 6. FRA Guerlain Chicherit (BRX), 48

FIA World Rally Raid Championship - T3

• 1. CHI Francisco López (Can-Am), 199
• 2. USA Seth Quintero (OT3), 169
• 3. ESP Cristina Gutiérrez (OT3), 167
• 4. BEL Guillaume de Mévius (OT3), 59
• 5. GBR Thomas Bell (Can-Am), 47

FIA World Rally Raid Championship - T4

• 1. LIT Rokas Baciuska (Can-Am), 176
• 2. POL Marek Gocza? (Can-Am), 170
• 3. USA Austin Jones (Can-Am), 167
• 4. ESP Pau Navarro (Can-Am), 66
• 5. CHI Lucas del Rio (Can-Am), 63

FIM World Rally Raid Championship - RallyGP

• 1. GBR Sam Sunderland (Gas Gas), 85
• 2. USA Ricky Brabec (Honda), 59
• 3. FRA Adrien Van Beveren (Honda), 58
• 4. ARG Luciano Benavides (Husqvarna), 53
• 5. CHI Pablo Quintanilla (Honda), 52
• 6. CHI José Ignacio Cornejo (Honda), 39
• 7. ARG Kevin Benavides (KTM), 36
• 8. AUT Matthias Walkner (KTM), 35

FIM World Rally Raid Championship - Quads

• 1. FRA Alexandre Giroud (Yamaha), 88
• 2. SVK Juraj Varga (Yamaha), 60
• 3. POL Kamil Wi?niewski (Yamaha), 40

[NaBUru38]

Dubai International Baja - T1

1. Yazeed Al-Rajhi / Dirk von Zitzewitz (Toyota)
2. Lucas Moraes / Timo Gottschalk (Toyota)
3. Miroslav Zapletal / Marek Sykora (Ford)

Dubai International Baja - T4

1. Eryk Goczal / Oriol Mena (Can-Am )
2. Michal Goczal / François Cazalet - (Can-Am)
3. Marek Goczal / Maciej Marton (Can-Am)

Dubai International Baja - T3

1. Fernando Álvarez / Xavier Panseri (Can-Am)
2. Dania Akeel / Sergio Lafuente (Can-Am)

Dubai International Baja - Bikes

1. Tobias Ebster (Husqvarna)
2. Konrad Dabrowski (Husqvarna)
3. Maki Rees-Stavros (KTM)

[justracing]

No entry for Danilo Petrucci this year in the Dakar! or at least I can't see him listed although Carlos Checa returns on 4 wheels. James Hillier from the British bike scene is making his debut in the formidable 'original by Motul' class better known as the 'mal moto' whereby the riders have no external support, the bravest of the brave.

[FIRE]

No Petrucci this edition.

[NaBUru38]

Toyota Gazoo Racing will have three entries at the Dakar Rally:


* Nasser Al-Attiyah / Mathieu Baumel
* Giniel de Villiers / Dennis Murphy
* Henk Lategan / Brett Cummings

[NaBUru38]

The 2023 Dakar Rally will be held at Saudi Arabia for the fourth time.

It starts on December 31 (that's strange) and ends on January 15.

The 632 racers will do 15 stages with 4,706 km timed and 8,549 km total.

However, the 188 entries at the Dakar Classic will do "only" 3,350 km timed and 6,542 km total.

[NaBUru38]

T1 entries include:

• Toyota Gazoo: Nasser Al-Attiyah, Giniel De Villiers, Henk Lategan.
• Toyota Overdrive: Yazeed Al-Rajhi, Erik Van Loon, Lucas Moraes.
• Toyota Rebellion: Romain Dumas, Alexandre Pesci.
• Audi: Stéphane Peterhansel, Carlos Sainz, Mattias Ekström.
• Mini: Khalid Al Qassimi, Jakub Przygo?ski, Denis Krotov, Sebastian Halpern.
• BRX by Prodrive: Sébastien Loeb, Guerlain Chicherit, Orlando Terranova, Vaidotas Žala.
• Ford: Martin Prokop.
• Astara: Carlos Checa, Laia Sanz, Óscar Fuertes.
• BAIC: Guoyu Zhang, Zi Yunliang.
• Century: Brian Baragwanath, Mathieu Serradori, Tim Coronel, Sergio Vallejo.?

[NaBUru38]

T3 (Light Prototypes) entries include:

• Can-Am: Francisco López Contardo, Austin Jones, Santiago Navarro, Fernando Álvarez, Saleh Alsaif, Dania Akeel.
• Yamaha: Ignacio Casale, Annett Fischer, Camelia Liparoti, Ahmed Alkuwari Fahad.
• PH-Sport: Antoine Méo, Jean-Luc Ceccaldi-****on.
• OT3: Guillaume De Mévius, Ebenhaezer Basson.

T4 (SSV) entries include:

• Can-Am: Rokas Baciuška, Gerard Farrés, Marek Gocza?, Micha? Gocza?, Rodrigo Luppi De Oliveira, Pau Navarro, Molly Taylor, Nicolás Cavigliasso, Jeremias González, Juan Manuel Silva.
• Polaris: Xavier de Soultrait, Florent Vayssade, Pietro Cinotto.?

[NaBUru38]

Hmm, it seems that one of the PH Sports driver's surname is censored here.

[NaBUru38]

Kamaz is missing from the T5 trucks entries. Instead we will have:

• Iveco: Martin Van Den Brink, Mitchel van den Brink, Kees Koolen, Martin Macikk, Janus van Kasteren, Victor Versteijnen, Richard de Groot.
• Tatra: Martin Soltys, Jaroslav Valtr, Tomáš Vrátný, Vaidotas Paškevi?ius.
• Renault: Pascal de Baar, Gert Huzink.
• Praga: Aleš Loprais
• MAN: Mathias Behringer, Gerrit Zuurmond, Jordi Juvanteny.
• Ford: Albert Llovera.
• Hino: Teruhito Sugawara.
• Scania: Rafael Tibau Maynou, Alberto Herrero, Miklós Kovács.?

[NaBUru38]

Motorcycles include:

• Gas Gas: Sam Sunderland, Daniel Sanders.
• Honda: Ricky Brabec, Joan Barreda, Adrien Van Beveren, Pablo Quintanilla, José Ignacio Cornejo.
• KTM: Toby Price, Mason Klein, Kevin Benavides, Matthias Walkner, Stefan Svitko.
• Husqvarna: Skyler Howes, Luciano Benavides.
• Sherco: Lorenzo Santolino, Rui Gonçalves.
• Yamaha: Antonio Maio?.

[justracing]

Thanks NaBUru38, very comprehensive.

[NaBUru38]

You're welcome

[E.B]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

Hmm, it seems that one of the PH Sports driver's surname is censored here.

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

T3 (Light Prototypes) entries include:

• PH-Sport: Antoine Méo, Jean-Luc Ceccaldi-****on.
  

A bit fishy.... in a Gallic way

The name being similar to Poisson.... but without the letter 'O'.

Thanks for all the detailed info.

[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by E.B

The name being similar to Poisson....

Yes, thanks for the useful and detailed info Naburu 38.
As to the name of this driver I guess its because one part for the name starts like "peesed of" which is not allowed here. No big deal.

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

T1 entries include:

• Astara: Carlos Checa, Laia Sanz, Óscar Fuertes.

Is this a newly developed car? Astara doesn't ring a bell but the car looks familiar.

[Gerard C]

Century racing from 2019 may be? Will be interesting to see what the e-fuel can do for this Astara. This buggy seems very light even when fully loaded.

[Gerard C]

Sorry for the word buggy, Century and Astara have been developed with a lot of aviation technology. The inflate/deflate system of the tires is a master piece and the cockpit is pressurised and cooled, while all the body has been studied in a wind tunnel. Long gone are the buggies moved by a VW flat four!

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

Century racing from 2019 may be? Will be interesting to see what the e-fuel can do for this Astara. This buggy seems very light even when fully loaded.

It looks indeed the same as the Century CR6, although Astara calls it the 01 Concept.