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  • 18th December 2011, 13:08 at 1:08 pm #130646
    john
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    Anyone out there watch the Dakar?

    Now that its moved to south america do you think a name change is needed, to open up to more countries to go to.

    29th December 2011, 23:26 at 11:26 pm #187842
    JPQuesado
    Participant

    I’ll be paying close attention to the Dakar, as I always do. Helder Rodrigues has a chance of winning on the moto category but Cyril Després and Marc Coma are always the favourites. On the Autos, Stéphane Peterhansel will almost surely win, but you never know on Dakar.

    Basically, I follow Dakar to keep track of the portuguese adventurers.

    30th December 2011, 10:41 at 10:41 am #187843
    john
    Participant

    @joao-pedro-cq

    Im suporting Geniel de Villiers this year, hope he does well. I have`nt decided on the bikes yet.
    De Rooi for the trucks.

    30th December 2011, 12:32 at 12:32 pm #187844
    Zadak
    Member

    A name change is definately in order for this race.

    They should call it the Inca rally or something like that instead.

    31st December 2011, 2:32 at 2:32 am #187845
    wasiF1
    Participant

    Every year since 2002 I do but as here they only show a 30 minutes highlights,wished they could have shown it somewhere Live!

    31st December 2011, 13:14 at 1:14 pm #187846
    john
    Participant

    @wasif1 I only get 30 minutes aswell it would be great to watch live.

    31st December 2011, 15:48 at 3:48 pm #187847
    Fer no.65
    Participant

    I guess the name now reflects on the kind of race rather than where it finishes or where it takes place. Other than that, I don’t think there’s a particular good reason to keep it… but I guess it’s “tradition”. It’s not a big deal anyway…

    I don’t follow it even though it takes place in my country… It’s a bit boring IMO.

    @thezadak: “Inca Rally” would be apropiate only if they end up in Peru… but they are thinking about streaching the journey all the way to Brazil

    1st January 2012, 1:27 at 1:27 am #187848
    wasiF1
    Participant

    @john which feed do you get, if not the whole race but just 3-4 hours of the race live would have been nice.

    1st January 2012, 12:51 at 12:51 pm #187849
    john
    Participant

    @wasif1 I watch on satalite tv the only website I go to is http://www.dakar.com
    Sorry I cant help more than that.

    1st January 2012, 16:12 at 4:12 pm #187850
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Wow, I’m seeing some really terrible news from the Dakar Rally, although nothing in English yet:

    http://www.telam.com.ar/nota/11766/

    1st January 2012, 16:29 at 4:29 pm #187851
    john
    Participant

    @aka_robyn Thats bad news, I cant read it but it looks like somethings happened to a bike. Alfie Cox and his navigator made it out of their car after it caught fire, hope they arent burnt.

    1st January 2012, 16:37 at 4:37 pm #187852
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    @johnf1fanatic An Argentinian rider was killed; here’s a very short article in English that has appeared now:

    http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/88744/dakar-rally-argentine-jorge-mart%C3%ADnez-boero-dies-in-accident-

    1st January 2012, 17:05 at 5:05 pm #187853
    john
    Participant

    @aka_robyn Sorry to hear that news, thanks for letting me know.

    1st January 2012, 21:23 at 9:23 pm #187854
    Keith Collantine
    Keymaster

    Some more on the fatality in the Dakar today:

    http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/01/rallying-dakar-death-idUKL3E8C104520120101

    2nd January 2012, 0:29 at 12:29 am #187855
    Fer no.65
    Participant

    Sad news. He was the son of a Turismo Carretera champion, a well known family in our country’s motorsport.

    RIP Boero…

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