Moto GP - 2014 is the year!

Moto GP 2014 season has started. After some trainings in the beginning of the year the engines started to made it's fabulous sound (better than F1 ones this year).

First race was in Qatar. A nice circuit, called Losail, located close to one of the most expensive places over the earth.

This new season included many surprises in the machines and in the teams. The most important teams, the ones that represents the factories (Movistar Yamaha, Repsol Honda, and Ducati) with the best chances to win, taking into account that they have the last improvements in all the facts that concerns the good functions of each motorcycle.

Taken from MotoGP - Official Facebook page

A season full of good races will be an excellent scenario to watch and analyze a battle of real warriors. Marc Marquez in Repsol Honda will try to defend his first championship (2013). Dani Pedrosa, his team partner will do the best. In the other side Jorge Lorenzo in Movistar Yamaha will be the direct rival of Marquez. His team partner Valentino Rossi will be the star in the season. Why him and no the others? Just because he won more than 8 championships in Moto GP.

Taken from Movistar Yamaha GP

The battle started in the first race. Marquez and Rossi showed that the best will win. Just watch the following video to summarize that sentence.

Next race, Red Bull Grand Prix of the americas.

Dakar 2014

Last saturday (january 18th) Rally-Raid Dakar finished it's 2014 edition. In South America as the immediatly past years. During it's 34 years, 6 were developed in South America, in four countries (Argentina, Chile, Peru and Bolivia). This year all countries except Bolivia. And other important fact is that quads start running in South America, not in Africa.

This year's edition was the most difficult since Dakar arrived in South America, according to drivers. Long days (jan 5 - jan 18) marked the routes that cars, bikes, trucks and quads crossed. More than 400 participants and the best machines did a good competence. More than the half of competitors left the race.

In cars, MINI (with Xraidteam) were the leaders during the whole Dakar (the most). Drivers like Peterhansel and Roma (winner) lead all the race. Sometimes Sainz try but MINI were the best. 

In bikes Coma (KTM), Despres (Yamaha) and Barreda Bort (Honda) were the absolutely leaders. Coma won the race with a totally domain.

Finally in Trucks, Karginov (Kamaz) won. Kamaz won the last years, except 2012 (Iveco).

In quads, finally other pilot different of Patronelli Brothers could won. Ignacio Casale from Chile did it.

*Videos by #Dakar @dakar (http://www.youtube.com/dakar)

Taken from www.dakar.com