The Rally Dakar 2016 is over. Team HRC is packing up to go home with a score still remaining to be settled at the Dakar; one for which the team will go all out to achieve. Now, the data has to be analysed and a year-long project planned, if the team is to capture rally’s top prize next year. The team’s endeavour to accomplish this mission in 2017 begins right away.
The two weeks of racing have ended in Team HRC’s fourth year back in the event, but the entourage will come home disappointed after a bad run of luck put an end to what had appeared...
quarta-feira, 20 de janeiro de 2016
Piloto da Yamaha vai disputar o Campeonato do Mundo
Hélder Rodrigues regressou a Portugal depois de ter alcançado o 5º lugar na edição de 2016 do Dakar. Está foi a 7ª vez que o piloto oficial da Yamaha terminou a corrida no Top 5. Ao longo destes 10 anos de Dakar Hélder Rodrigues subiu por duas vezes ao pódio e averbou oito vitórias em etapas, uma das quais na penúltima etapa do Dakar 2016. De salientar que o piloto português completou este...
domingo, 17 de janeiro de 2016
· Successful Dakar debut for Mikko Hirvonen and Harry Hunt
· Four MINI ALL4 Racing vehicles secure top-10 positions
Torrential rain, floodings, heat, enormous heights… The 2016 edition off the Dakar rally once again proved to be an event featuring extremes for man and machine. With their MINI ALL4 Racing, Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) and Mathieu Baumel (FRA) finished as best placed all-wheel drive pairing. Only one driver,...
The Rally Dakar 2016 finished today in Rosario with three Honda riders up amidst rally raid’s elite: Kevin Benavides and Ricky Brabec have proved to be two of the sport’s bright lights for the future.
Kevin Benavides of Honda South America Rally Team and Ricky Brabec of Team HRC concluded the adventure in the top ten of the general standings at the close of the Rally Dakar 2016; Adrien Metge was eleventh overall. For all of them, this had been the maiden Dakar outing.
The thirteenth and final stage of the rally consolidated rider’s overall...
João Franciosi e Gustavo Gugelmin superaram todas as dificuldades dos mais de 9.000 km para comemorar na rampa de chegada em Rosario, na Argentina
Depois de 9.583 km entre a Argentina e Bolívia, terminou hoje em Rosario (ARG) o Rally Dakar, a maior e mais difícil prova off-road do mundo. A bordo do ASX Racing da Equipe Mitsubishi Petrobras, a dupla João Franciosi e Gustavo Gugelmin cruzou a linha de chegada e comemorou por ter conseguido...
Sétimo Top 5 em dez participações sem registar qualquer abandono
Depois de uma brilhante vitória na penúltima etapa, Hélder Rodrigues completou hoje a sua décima participação no Dakar. Nestes dez anos, iniciados em 2006 quando a prova saiu pela primeira vez de Portugal, o agora piloto da equipa oficial da Yamaha nunca abandonou e terminou a corrida por sete vezes no Top 5. Subiu por duas vezes ao pódio, tendo ainda averbado oito vitórias...
Consistent South Racing Toyota duo finish 21st and 32nd overall
DMAS South Racing Ford Rangers complete Dakar in 30th and 35th
Bolivian driver Marco Bulacia and Czech-born Australian counterpart Peter Jerie enjoyed a superb Dakar Rally in a pair of South Racing-run Toyota Hiluxes. They reached the Rosario finish in 21st and 32nd overall.
Bulacia and his Argentinean navigator Ruben Garcia gradually climbed the leader board as...
· De Villiers, Poulter and Vasilyev reach Rosario in third, fifth and eighth overall
· Al-Rajhi, Prokop, Chabot and Dabrowski finish race in 11th, 14th, 22nd and 29th
Overdrive Racing and Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa emphasised the strength and reliability of the Toyota Hilux by completing the gruelling Dakar Rally with a podium finish, three cars inside the top 10 and seven of their original eight cars at the...
sábado, 16 de janeiro de 2016
Some 26 years after its previous success on the epic event, PEUGEOT has won the Dakar Rally for the fifth time in the French marque’s history. The two-wheel drive PEUGEOT 2008 DKR has triumphed with its most illustrious crew on the event: Stéphane Peterhansel and Jean-Paul Cottret.
• PEUGEOT has won the Dakar on just its second participation in the South American event.
• The PEUGEOT 2008 DKRs claimed nine stage wins out of...
Ford Ranger pair finish 30th and 35th overall after two weeks of racing
Spaniard Xavier Pons and Chilean Daniel Mas Valdes fulfilled their objective and overcame moments of adversity during two punishing weeks of racing across some of the harshest terrain on the planet to bring their Ford Rangers to the finish of the Dakar Rally in 30th and 35th overall on Saturday.
Pons, partnered by co-driver Ricardo Torlaschi, had been third quickest...
Piloto português venceu a categoria Maratona e foi o 13.º classificado da geral na maior e mais dura prova de Todo-o-Terreno do mundo.
Mário Patrão encerrou hoje em festa a sua quarta participação na maior proa de Todo-o-Terreno do mundo, o Rali Dakar, sagrando-se vencedor da classe Maratona e conquistando um brilhante 13.º lugar final na tabela geral.
O piloto de Seia esteve sempre em crescendo de forma deste o arranque desta edição...
Red Bull KTM factory rider Toby Price on Saturday won the 2016 Dakar Rally to give KTM, the Austrian brand its 15th victory in the world’s toughest annual rally raid. Price’s victory was also the first time an Australian rider has taken the title and the first time in the history of the event that a rider had won it on a second attempt.
Price raced his first Dakar last year and he took a podium third.
Price, who wrapped up the more than 9,000km ride in 48 hours nine minutes 15 seconds, finished an impressive 39 minutes 41 ahead of second placed...
- Three AXION MINI ALL4 Racing vehicles in the top 10
- Successful Dakar debut for Mikko Hirvonen
Torrential rain, floodings, heat, enormous heights… The 2016 edition off the Dakar rally once again proved to be an event featuring extremes for man and machine. With their MINI ALL4 Racing, Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) and Mathieu Baumel (FRA) finished as best placed all-wheel drive pairing. Only one driver, Stéphane Peterhansel,...
No último dia do Dakar, Equipe Mitsubishi Petrobras está de olho na rampa de chegada em Rosario, ARG
A bordo do ASX Racing, João Franciosi e Gustavo Gugelmin enfrentam 699 km para comemorar o término do primeiro Rally Dakar da dupla
Agora falta muito pouco! Depois de passar por todos os extremos de uma prova off-road, como a neve na Bolívia e os 50oC do interior da Argentina, a dupla João Franciosi e Gustavo Gugelmin não vê a hora de terminar só mais um dia e levantar o maior troféu da carreira: concluir o Rally Dakar. Faltam apenas 699...
• Nasser Al-Attiyah comes second
• Tomorrow, the final stage will be finished on the podium in Rosario
Mikko Hirvonen has made it: in the 12th and penultimate stage of his first Dakar Rally, the Finn celebrated his first win – the third for the MINI ALL4 Racing. At the end of the 480 kilometres, he crossed the finish line with a nine-second lead over his team-mates Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) / Mathieu Baumel (FRA) who finished second....
A relatively quiet day for the Team HRC riders as the Dakar 2016 enters the final stretch. Three out of the four factory riders from Team HRC and Honda South America Rally Team are young Dakar rookies chasing down top ten finishes.
Ricky Brabec and Paolo Ceci, the Team HRC riders still in the Dakar, along with the Honda South America Rally Team, Kevin Benavides and Adrien Metge, today fought out an arduous and lengthy 931 kilometre penultimate stage without taking any excessive risks in a stage that finished in Villa Carlos Paz. This should...
Red Bull KTM factory rider Toby Price on Friday wrapped up the penultimate stage of the 2016 Dakar Rally in second place and further extended his overall lead as the competition heads for the finish line in Rosario, Argentina, on Saturday.
On a day that was not only the longest stage but that also threw many challenges at the riders, it was the Australian’s priority to manage his overall lead and get safely to the finish.
Price completed the stage in second place some 7 minutes 32 behind the day’s winner Helder Rodrigues of Portugal. In...
In order to help their team mates in case of any possible problems, Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena as well as Cyril Despres/David Castera placed themselves at the disposal of Stéphane Peterhansel and Jean-Paul Cottret over the 481 kilometres of the penultimate stage. Adopting a conservative pace, the three PEUGEOT 2008 DKRs finished eighth (Loeb/Elena), ninth (Despres/Castera) and 10th (Peterhansel/Cottret). The number 302 car maintains a 40-minute...
Piloto da Yamaha está apenas a 1s do 4º lugar e a 1m19s do pódio
Com um desempenho notável Hélder Rodrigues venceu hoje a 12ª etapa do Dakar a mais longa deste rali e com o segundo maior troço cronometrado da prova. Foi a oitava vitória em etapas do Dakar do agora piloto da equipa oficial da Yamaha que, aos comandos da sua WR450F Rally, foi o quarto a partir para a etapa que ligou San Jose a Villa Carlos Paz. Seria todavia o primeiro a chegar...
Ford Ranger duo firmly on course for superb finish in Rosario on Saturday
Spaniard Xavier Pons and Chilean Daniel Mas Valdes are closing in on excellent finishes in the gruelling Dakar Rally. Both Ford Ranger drivers emerged unscathed from the longest day of the entire event - a 931km passage across northern Argentina between San Juan and Villa Carlos Paz - on Friday.
Classified in 31st and 38th of the surviving 69 cars at the start...
Piloto português fez hoje mais uma etapa surpreendente na edição de 2016 do Rali Dakar, rodando grande parte da tirada no Top 10.
Mário Patrão continua a fazer uma surpreendente fase final no Dakar 2016, conseguindo uma vez mais desafiar hoje os pilotos oficiais ao rodar grande parte da 12.ª etapa, entre La Rioja e Villa Carlos Paz, no Top 10.
O piloto da KTM acabou por terminar o dia com o 12.º melhor tempo, a 22min08s do vencedor...
Dupla João Franciosi e Gustavo Gugelmin passa por dias de muita superação e desafios na maior prova off-road do mundo
Na reta final, o Rally Dakar ficou ainda mais difícil e imprevisível. A dupla da Equipe Mitsubishi Petrobras, João Franciosi e Gustavo Gugelmin, vem se superando a cada dia com o objetivo de levar as cores do Brasil para a rampa de chegada neste sábado (16) em Rosario, na Argentina.
As areias da região de Fiambalá...
quinta-feira, 14 de janeiro de 2016
The crew of Stéphane Peterhansel and Jean-Paul Cottret limited their risks today on a long and complicated stage. They set the fourth-fastest stage time and maintain an overall lead of 51m55s with just two stages of the rally left to go.
• The leading PEUGEOT 2008 DKR crew can count on two guardian angels: Sébastien Loeb and Cyril Despres. Both remained in contact with their team mates throughout the day, ready to assist if necessary....
• Roma now sixth in the overall standings
• Dakar enters its home straight
Three days after their first success, in stage eight, Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) and Mathieu Baumel (FRA) celebrated another stage win. The pairing finished stage 11 nearly six minutes ahead of Peugeot’s Sébastien Loeb. Mikko Hirvonen (FIN) and Michel Périn (FRA) crossed the finish line in third. Nani Roma and Alex Haro (both ESP) came sixth and in the overall...
Piloto português, recordista de títulos de motociclismo Todo-o-Terreno em Portugal, participa pela quarta vez no mítico Rali Dakar.
Mário Patrão fez hoje mais uma etapa "gigante" ao lutar por um lugar no Top 10 na classificativa cronometrada entre La Rioja e San Juan, na Argentina. O piloto da KTM chegou ao penúltimo "Way Point" com o 10.º melhor tempo e em vias de subir novas posições na classificação da tabela geral.
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