OVERDRIVE RACING SENDS POWERFUL FLEET OF SIX TOYOTA HILUXES TO ORLEN BAJA POLAND

· Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah looks to close in on FIA World Cup title  · Domzala, Ten Brinke, Van Loon, Munk and Van Merksteijn complete line-up  Overdrive Racing is sending a powerful fleet of six Toyota Hiluxes to this weekend’s ORLEN Baja Poland, round nine of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies. Based at Szczecin and taking place on September 1-3, the three-day event attracts one of the largest entries in the cross-country...

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Benavides retakes the leadership of the Desafío Ruta 40

Kevin Benavides is once again back on top of the overall leader board at the Desafío Ruta 40 after the fourth stage disputed today (Wednesday) between Belén and Tafí del Valle. Another highly-positive day for the squad who are now eying up places on the final podium with just one day still to run.  The penultimate day from Belén to Tafí del Valle brought with it yet another twist at the top of the table, occupied for the third day running by a member of the Monster Energy Honda Team. The 300-kilometre trek turned out to be different from...

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Paulo Gonçalves takes the overall leadership from team-mate Kevin Benavides

Monster Energy Honda Team holds strong at the head of the overall standings as the Desafío Ruta 40 arrives at its halfway point. Today was the turn of Paulo Gonçalves to win the stage, trading places at the top of the leader board with team-mate Kevin Benavides – fifth on the day – who drops to second overall.  Paulo Gonçalves has established himself as the new race leader of the Desafío Ruta 40. The Portuguese rider of the Monster Energy Honda Team performed notably in the Belén desert area, showing deft riding and navigation skills during...

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Ruta 40: Terranova and his MINI ALL4 Racing hold the lead

· Successful start into the Argentinean rally  · Another three stages to go  With three days of the event contested, Orlando ‘Orly’ Terranova and Bernardo ‘Ronnie’ Graue hold the overall lead in Desafío Ruta 40 Norte.  With their MINI ALL4 Racing, the two Argentineans won the prologue and the following two special stages. In the second stage, from San Juan to Villa Unión, Terranova and Graue had to change a...

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Dupla vitória Franco Sport na estreia internacional

Mário Franco venceu derradeira manga  Bruno Martins triunfou na classe não turbo final  Foi a todos os títulos notável a participação dos pilotos portugueses no mundial de Pont-de-Vaux, que se disputou em França. Mário Franco venceu a classe na derradeira manga e conquistou ainda um pódio absoluto ao terminar na 3ª posição. Bruno Martins que tinha sido o vencedor das três mangas anteriores assegurou o título na classe para a equipa...

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Monster Energy Honda Team takes the leadership in the Desafío Ruta 40 with a second stage one-two

A very complicated Desafío Ruta 40 second stage turned out positively for the Monster Energy Honda Team. Kevin Benavides and Paulo Gonçalves finished in the top two positions both on the day and in the overall standings.  It was a gruelling, tough day between Villa Unión in La Rioja and Tinogasta in Catamarca. If the harshness of the track – with some very trial-like zones – was not bad enough, riders also had to deal with some extremely difficult navigation which required a very sharp eye to find some of the hidden waypoints along the route.  Kevin...

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Monster Energy Honda Team complete a tough first stage at the Desafío Ruta 40

Paulo Gonçalves, Kevin Benavides and Michael Metge all finished in the leading four positions as the first Desafío Ruta 40 stage concluded in Villa Unión. Ricky Brabec was eighth.  After the short five-kilometre appetizer disputed yesterday on the outskirts of El Villicum, today it was down to the real deal for the bikes as the first full-stage of the Desafío Ruta 40, the fourth date in the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship.  The Monster Energy Honda Team yesterday scored an excellent team result in the curtain-raiser, placing...

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SOUTH RACING’S VARELA AND ALVAREZ CLAIM STUNNING SECOND AND THIRD PLACES BEHIND BAUMGART IN RALLY DOS SERTÕES

· Double podium for South Racing’s teams in Brazil’s premier off-road event  South Racing claimed a double podium finish in Brazil’s daunting Rally dos Sertões, a gruelling seven-day cross-country rally that started in Goiânia on August 20th and finishes in Bonito on Saturday (August 26th).  The Brazilian crew of Reinaldo Varela and Gustavo Gugelmin delivered a solid performance to bring their Divino Fogäo Rally Team Ford Ranger, managed...

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Dos Sertões: great catch-up in Brazil

· Spinelli and De Barros finish fifth and seventh  · Argentina’s Desfaío Ruta 40 kicked off  Would you ignore the first two special stages of the Rally dos Sertões, the event in Brazil would have been extremely successful. The two X-raid pairings, Guiga Spinelli (BRA) / Youssef Haddad (BRA) und Sylvio de Barros (BRA) / Rafael Capoani (BRA), secured a total of three one-twos in the stages, with their MINI ALL4 Racing...

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Franco Sport continua a brilhar em França

Bruno Martins e Mário Franco lideram Classe não Turbo  Continua brilhante a participação dos pilotos portugueses no mundial de Pont-de-Vaux que se está a disputar em França. Depois de terem subido ao pódio nas duas primeiras corridas voltaram a repetir a dose na terceira manga e reforçaram a liderança que asseguraram desde o primeiro dia.  Bruno Martins, o atual líder do campeonato em Portugal e Mário Franco são os pilotos que a equipa...

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Petrobras Rally Team domina edição de 25 anos do Rally dos Sertões nos carros e sobe ao pódio

Guiga Spinelli e Youssef Haddad venceram cinco Especiais consecutivas e encerraram participação com com triunfos em seis das oito etapas da competição  De cabeça erguida e com sentimento de missão cumprida, a Petrobras Rally Team encerrou neste sábado (26) sua participação no Rally dos Sertões 25 Anos. O piloto Guiga Spinelli e o navegador Youssef Haddad emendaram a quinta vitória consecutiva na prova ao completarem a Especial entre Aquidauana...

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Dobradinha da Franco Sport em França

Bruno Martins e Mário Franco lideram Classe  Com dois pódios nas duas primeiras corridas começou da melhor maneira a participação dos pilotos portugueses no mundial de Pont-de-Vaux que se está a disputar em França. A equipa Franco Sport levou a esta clássica competição de todo-o-terreno dois Yamaha YXZ 1000 que estão a ser pilotados por Bruno Martins o atual líder do campeonato em Portugal e por Mário Franco  Este evento o maior do...

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All set for the Desafío Ruta 40

The riders from the Monster Energy Honda Team are ready to rumble as the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship arrives at round four for a week-long crusade in the north-eastern provinces of Argentina.  Saturday sees the Desafío Ruta 40 get underway for the Monster Energy Honda Team in San Juan, Argentina. The most exciting event in the offroad disciple and the fourth date so far in the world championship calendar will play out over six days, once again on South American soil. The rally kicks off with a short four-kilometre curtain-raising...

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Petrobras Rally Team garante quarta vitória em seis etapas no Rally dos Sertões

Guiga Spinelli e Youssef Haddad triunfam no trecho cronometrado disputado no Mato Grosso do Sul e se preparam para a última etapa da prova, em Bonito, neste sábado   Seis etapas, quatro vitórias. O desempenho da Petrobras Rally Team na edição de 25 anos do Rally dos Sertões, após enfrentar problemas mecânicos logo no primeiro dia, é digno de aplausos. Nesta sexta-feira (25), o piloto Guiga Spinelli e o navegador Youssef Haddad ampliaram...

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Mais entrosada com carro, Petrobras Rally Team supera especial mais longa do Rally dos Sertões

Guiga Spinelli e Youssef Haddad foram os mais rápidos no trecho cronometrado entre Barra do Garças e Coxim e celebram adaptação ao Mini após problema no primeiro dia de prova  O abandono no primeiro dia do Rally dos Sertões ficou para trás, assim como os demais adversários desde então. Focada em obter o melhor resultado possível dia após dia, a Petrobras Rally Team brilhou mais uma vez na principal competição off road do Brasil. O piloto...

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The action continues for the Monster Energy Honda Team on the other side of the Andes

A week after competing in the third round of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship, Monster Energy Honda Team move on to the next date in the race calendar – the Desafio Ruta 40 – held in Argentina over the final days of August.  Monster Energy Honda Team will barely have time to rest in a chock-a-block August which has already seen participations in the Atacama Rally in Chile and the Vegas to Reno in the United States. One week on, it’s time for the Desafío Ruta 40, on the other side of the Andes, which awaits the competitors...

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Petrobras Rally Team vence segunda especial consecutiva e consolida ascensão no Rally dos Sertões

Com média horária de 138 km/h na Especial, Guiga Spinelli e Youssef Haddad são os mais velozes do dia, entre Aruanã e Barra do Garças, e sobem para oitavo lugar no acumulado   A Petrobras Rally Team segue em franca ascensão no Rally dos Sertões 2017. Nesta quarta-feira (23), o piloto Guiga Spinelli e o navegador Youssef Haddad foram os mais rápidos da quarta etapa, entre as cidades de Aruanã (GO) e Barra do Garças (MT), e venceram a...

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HALPERN, GUTIÉRREZ AND ZAPAG TO REPRESENT SOUTH RACING IN ARGENTINA’S SIX-DAY DESAFIO RUTA 40 NORD

Following on from the recent Atacama Rally in Chile and this week’s Rally dos Sertões in Brazil, South Racing is also preparing to run three cars in this coming week’s Desafio Ruta 40 Nord, the second round of this year’s Argentine Cross-Country Rally Championship and a round of the South American Cross-Country Rally Championship (CODASUR).  The event starts in San Juan on Saturday, August 26th and finishes in San Miguel de Tucumán on Thursday,...

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De ponta a ponta, Petrobras Rally Team vence terceira etapa do Rally dos Sertões nos carros

Guiga Spinelli e Youssef Haddad imprimem ritmo forte e dominam a especial desta terça-feira entre Santa Terezinha de Goiás e Aruanã  Não teve para ninguém. A Petrobras Rally Team dominou a terceira etapa do Rally dos Sertões 2017 nos carros, disputada nesta terça-feira (22), entre as cidades de Santa Terezinha de Goiás e Aruanã, em Goiás. O piloto Guiga Spinelli e o navegador Youssef Haddad venceram a Especial do dia de ponta a ponta,...

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Franco Sport compete de SSV em França

Bruno Martins - líder do CNTT – com Franco Sport em França  A equipa Franco Sport prossegue a sua internacionalização, levando até França dois dos seus Yamaha YXZRSS 1000 R com que compete no Campeonato Nacional de Todo-o-Terreno e na Taça Yamaha. O objetivo centra-se na participação da competição destinada aos SSV que decorre em paralelo com o famoso Mundial de Quad de Pont-de-Vaux que este ano vai para a sua 31ª edição e por onde já passaram...

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João Rebelo Martins com Valter Cardoso no Panafrica Rally

Primeiro português de SSV em África  Depois das pistas de alcatrão e das de terra nacionais, João Rebelo Martins vai fazer a sua estreia em pistas africanas disputando pela primeira vez uma competição de todo-o-terreno fora de Portugal. O piloto de Oliveira de Azeméis que será o primeiro português a competir de SSV numa prova africana terá a seu lado, o também estreante em África, Valter Cardoso, um navegador de créditos firmados nos Ralis...

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Petrobras Rally Team consegue recuperação espetacular e termina etapa Maratona em quarto lugar

Após falha mecânica no primeiro dia, carro de Guiga Spinelli e Youssef Haddad mostra seu potencial na etapa Maratona desta segunda-feira. Pneu furado impede ascensão maior  Nada como um dia após o outro. A Petrobras Rally Team se desdobrou para deixar o Mini All4 Racing em plenas condições para continuar no Rally dos Sertões após não conseguir completar o primeiro dia de competição, no último domingo, devido a falhas mecânicas que resultaram...

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Com problemas no carro, Petrobras Rally Team não completa primeira etapa do Rally dos Sertões

Falha mecânica no carro de Guiga Spinelli e Youssef Haddad comprometeu a estreia, e dupla não conseguiu completar o trecho cronometrado deste domingo  “Estamos esperando a equipe encontrar o problema e a solução! Queremos continuar na prova.” A frase de Guiga Spinelli resume o sentimento da Petrobras Rally Team após o primeiro dia de disputas do Rally dos Sertões. A alegria por ter vencido o prólogo, no dia anterior, deu lugar à decepção...

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Barreda and Brabec clinch the 2017 Vegas-Reno

Joan Barreda and Ricky Brabec grabbed top honours in a Monster Energy Honda Team one-two victory in the twenty-first edition of one of the United States’ most prestigious races: the Vegas to Reno.  After triumphing in the 2017 Baja Aragon in July, Joan Barreda once again turned on the winning style, this time at the V2R held this weekend in the Nevada desert. Alongside fellow Monster Energy Honda Team member Ricky Brabec (USA), the Honda CRF450 RALLYs dominated throughout the longest off-road race in the United States.  Barreda and...

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PENULTIMATE STAGE CRASH SIDELINES SOUTH RACING’S GUTIÉRREZ IN CHILE’S ATACAMA CROSS-COUNTRY RALLY

South Racing’s Bolivian driver Rodrigo Gutiérrez and Croatian navigator Tomislav Glavic missed out on a podium finish after crashing heavily on the fourth stage of Chile’s demanding Atacama Cross-Country Rally, a round of the South American Cross-Country Rally Championship.  Gutiérrez was in the top three from the start in Copiapó and held second overall until he broke the rear differential 48km from the finish of the stage between Tocopilla...

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Petrobras Rally Team crava o melhor tempo no prólogo e larga na frente no Rally dos Sertões

Guiga Spinelli e Youssef Haddad garantem o direito de serem os primeiros a largar entre os carros na etapa entre Goiânia e Goianésia  A trajetória da Petrobras Rally Team no Rally dos Sertões 2017 não poderia ter começado de forma melhor. A bordo do Mini All4 Racing, o piloto Guiga Spinelli e o navegador Youssef Haddad dominaram o prólogo entre os carros, neste sábado (19), na Cidade Alpha Goiás, em Senador Canedo, região metropolitana de...

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Double podium for Monster Energy Honda Team in the Atacama Rally

Monster Energy Honda Team succeeded in placing both of their duo of riders onto the podium at the end of the Atacama Rally – the third round of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship. Kevin Benavides took runner-up spot overall and Paulo Gonçalves third.  In spite of a tricky starting position for the final day’s racing, Monster Energy Honda Team nevertheless finished the event with a notable all-round team effort and result. The riders had to head off in front as the race got underway this morning, with the adversaries starting...

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Kevin Benavides wins the fourth special to become overall Atacama Rally leader

Monster Energy Honda Team set out to keep all options open and succeeded in the longest stage of the Atacama Rally. Kevin Benavides took the stage victory and overall leadership while Paulo Gonçalves will go into the final stage well-positioned to fight for a spot on the rostrum.  Monster Energy Honda Team’s Argentinean rider Kevin Benavides took top honours for the second time in the 2017 Atacama Rally. The fastest stage was, once again, a white knuckle, hazard-filled ride at full gas. Kevin was head and shoulders above the rest of the field,...

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SOUTH RACING’S VARELA AND ALVAREZ RELISH CHALLENGE OF BRAZIL’S DAUNTING RALLY DOS SERTÕES

· Alvarez and Monasterolo set to debut new South Racing Volkswagen Amarok  South Racing, the German-based cross-country rally car preparations company, is in the midst of a hectic August rallying programme in South America and is counting down the hours to running two cars in Rally dos Sertões, Brazil’s premier cross-country rally. The event starts in the central-western town of Goiânia on August 20th and finishes at Bonito in southern...

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Paulo Gonçalves, second, refuses to throw the towel in during a treacherous special stage

The halfway point of the Atacama Rally saw Monster Energy Honda Team’s Portuguese rider narrowly miss out on victory in a long, arduous and danger-filled special. Kevin Benavides, with the disadvantage of having to open the track, finished fourth.  The participants of the Atacama Rally now find themselves in the heart of the world’s most arid desert. The third stage of the rally – from Tal Tal to Mejillones – produced fine performances from the two Monster Energy Honda Team riders, who vie for positions that could eventually lead to top overall...

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Monster Energy Honda Team look to retain the Vegas to Reno title

The duo of Monster Energy Honda Team riders Joan Barreda and Ricky Brabec this Friday begin their participation in the Vegas to Reno, where Barreda took overall victory last year on the twentieth anniversary of the legendary American desert race.  While one half of the team is in Chile for the Atacama Rally, this Friday, August 18th, the Monster Energy Honda Team will also be present in the United States with the other half aiming to hold on to the title picked up in the U.S. last year. Joan Barreda alongside Ricky Brabec – aboard the Honda...

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GROUND-BREAKING NEW GULF CHALLENGE POSTPONED UNTIL 2018

The Gulf Challenge, which was announced back in May and was scheduled to start in September 2017, has been postponed until 2018.  The decision was announced by Abdullah Bakhashab, the former FIA Middle East rally champion and promoter of the Gulf Challenge, after consultation with the respective automobile federations and motor sport clubs in the Arabian Gulf region.  Bakhashab cited unfavourable economic conditions, which had prompted many companies interested in supporting the Challenge to change their stances in recent weeks and...

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Atacama Rally: Kevin Benavides wins stage two

The Atacama Rally heads north in Chile with a lightning-paced Kevin Benavides taking the triumph in the second stage. Paulo posted sixth spot.  The Atacama Rally left Copiapó bound for the north in a second stage affected by an accident involving French rider Pela Renet who had to be airlifted to safety by helicopter. For safety reasons the special stage was shortened to the neutralization zone, where the fastest competitor at that point had been Monster Energy Honda Team rider Kevin Benavides. The Argentinean rider thus reduces the gap with...

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Top 10 finish for Ourednicek and Kripal in Hungarian Baja

The crew of South Racing Central Europe, Tomas Ourednicek and David Kripal finished Hungarian Baja, eighth round of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies in an excellent 8th position with the Ford Ranger Dakar. For co-driver David Kripal the weekend in Veszprem marked a milestone: he scored his first World Cup points in his first ever participation in the series. Beside the World Cup, Hungarian Baja was also the fourth round of Hungarian...

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Atacama Rally 2017, Stage 1

Kevin Benavides and Paulo Gonçalves posted second and third place on the looping circuit starting and finishing in Copiapó, as the first full stage of the 2017 Atacama Rally wraps up.  Kevin Benavides pulled off an excellent first stage fight-back after starting out in tenth position this morning, before battling his way through the field. Team-mate Paulo Gonçalves was likewise displaying solid riding skills and deft navigation to finish 25” off his Monster Energy Honda Team partner.  The 226.18 kilometre timed special stage started...

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OVERDRIVE RACING’S AL-ATTIYAH CRUISES TO COMFORTABLE FOURTH VICTORY IN HUNGARIAN BAJA

· Poland’s Domzala finishes sixth in second Overdrive Racing Toyota Hilux  Overdrive Racing’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah moved one step closer to a third successive FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies title with a convincing start-to-finish victory in the Veszprém-based Hungarian Baja, round eight of the series.  The Qatari and French co-driver Matthieu Baumel clinched victory on the Prologue stage on Friday evening and that...

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