Dakar 2006: Team Galp Energia
Carlos Sousa and Jean Marie Lurquin have had a relatively difficult day. After two punctures in the first 70 km, the Team GALP ENERGIA crew had to hold back for the rest of the 386

Dakar : Team Dakar USA - Leg 4
Stage four of the Dakar Rally from Er Rachidia to Quarzazate, in the North African desert kingdom of Morocco, should have been Robby Gordon`s day to move his “Dakar” Hummer H3 from

Dakar : Team Gauloises Racing - Leg 4
In the bikes victory today went to the Spaniard Isidre Esteve (Gauloises KTM) 28 seconds ahead Marc Coma and 5`15 in front of De Gavardo, with Cyril Despres fourth (at 6`50)

From the Volkswagen bivouac
After the Volkswagen works team had spent the nights in hotels on the European stages, the first bivouac was set up after the third stage in Er Rachidia, Morocco. The majority of the

Dakar : Volkswagen Motorsport - Leg 4
Wolfsburg (3 January 2006). Volkswagen has retaken the Dakar Rally lead after recording its third victory on the fourth stage. Works driver Carlos Sainz won the 639 kilometre

Dakar : Leg 4 - 639 km
Areal classic on the Dakar today for all the competitors with a stage including a 386km special full of navigation, sand stretches and rocky tracks. In the bike race, Isidre Esteve made the

The twice former winner rolled his car
The Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart Team driver Hiroshi Masuoka and co-driver Pascal Maimon were forced out of the 28th Dakar Rally at the overnight bivouac in Ouarzazate on Monday

Dakar : Mitsubishi Motors - Leg 4
The Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart team endured mixed fortunes on the 386 kms special stage between Er Rachidia and Ouarzazate in Morocco today (Tuesday). Team drivers Luc Alphand,

Dakar : KTM - Leg 4
This fourth stage between Er Rachidia and Ouarzazate was reported have the most terrain changes of any during the 2006 Rally. The context was as expected. Due to their position of the previous

Dakar : Leg 4 - First news
At the second check point of the day (km 221), Isidre Esteve still appears to be the fastest riders. He now has a 1`16" advantage on Marc Coma, 5`56" on Carlo De Gavardo, 7` on overall

Dakar : Kwik Power - Leg 3
The next step to Dakar has been successfully mastered. In the evening of 2 nd January, Ellen Lohr and her co-pilot, Detlef Ruf, reached the finish of the third stage of the Dakar Rally

Dakar : Team Dakar USA - Leg 3
After two days of running on very tight, rain soaked roads in Portugal and Spain Robby Gordon and his “Dakar” H3 Hummer crossed over into North Africa and finally had a chance to show

Dakar : Team Nissan Aventure - Leg 3
The real race started today for Benoît Rousselot and Sylvain Poncet, with the first ‘African` special stage of the Dakar. With their Nissan Pathfinder T2, they set the second-fastest

Dakar : Team Gauloises Racing - Leg 3
Victory in the bike class went to Andy Caldecott ahead of new boy Andy Grider, with Cyril Despres (Gauloises KTM) third. The Australian`s exploit however was largely overshadowed

Dakar : Team Nissan Dessoude
The Lisboa-Dakar competitors got down to the serious business this morning, arriving at the Moroccan coast after a night onboard the ship that took them to Nador. They were faced with

Volkswagen Logistic Manager
Three questions to Volkswagen Logistic Manager Paco Crous
You organise the Volkswagen rally armada which includes 78 people and 27 vehicles. Were you concerned at any point?
"The

Volkswagen holds third, fourth and fifth positions overall less than a minute behind the leader with its works drivers Bruno Saby, Carlos Sainz and Jutta Kleinschmidt after the third Dakar Rally stage. On the first African

Er Rachidia (Morocco), Monday, 02 January 2006 - The Gauloises Team Raphael Sperrer boarded the "Mistral" boat late yesterday evening and spent the night catching what sleep they could in a narrow cabin shared with two other

Did You remember the scenery we was speaking about in our first contact? We are there now. Europeis now a souvenir, Mediterranean sea also. From now the main scene will be filled of the colours of the desert. Deep, dazzling

The first day of competition on Moroccan soil – and an opportunity to get used to the trails and its potential traps. Carlos Sousa used the day to adapt to the ‘African` pace again, after a year away. A 14th fastest time