Raid Dakar, more than a Rally

Dakar Official logo. http://www.dakar.com

Since 2009 the Dakar was transferred from Europe and Africa to South America. The landscapes changed (not radically) but Sahara dessert is kind of diferent of  different of Atacama dessert and Andes Mountains.


Raid Dakar was born in 1979, 33 years ago. Cars (Mitsubishi, Volkswagen, Hummer, MINI, BMW, Renault, Mercedes Benz, Porsche, Peugeot, Citroên, Toyota), motorcycles (KTM, Yamaha, BMW, Jincheng, Cagiva, Aprilia, Honda), trucks (Iveco, Kamaz, MAN, Tatra, Hino, DAF, Merecdez Benz) and quads (Yamaha) compete around 15 days each begin of the year across 8000 kilometers.

Dakar is a Off road endurance race and most of the vehicles are modified. During the history of the race there are lots of incidents and some drivers died. Its important to remark that the organization prepare a good test each year taking into account the geography.

This is the most difficult car race in the whole world. Only professional drivers can do the most important goal: arrive to the end.

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Dakar 2012 final results