Motorsports Mondial

Maindru /ASO Dakar Rally, Pisco Hélder Rodrigues may have taken his first stage victory in the 2012 Dakar, but Cyril Despres was the real winner of the 13th special. Despres took advantage of Marc Coma’s gearbox problems, with the Catalan leading the field and under pressure, to claw back 12’38”. Just 24 hours away from […]

Motorsports Mondial

FREDERIC LE FLOCH / DPPI Dakar Rally, Nasca Taking advantage of the starting order today, the third man out, Marc Coma, achieved a not inconsiderably splendid performance in the dunes at the end of the special stage to pick up his 5th stage victory of 2012. More importantly, the Catalan beat his main rival Cyril […]

Motorsports Mondial

  Viral video by ebuzzing     Red Bull So far this Rally is proving to be once again a fantastic and colossal motor sports event! From Robby Gordon’s Hummer to Cyril Despres’s KTM motorcycle the intensity never drops. Having started in 1978 and originally a simple endurance race or as they said back in […]

F1Weekly podcast # 545

FRANÇOIS FLAMAND / DPPI Dakar Rally, Arequipa For its arrival in Peru, the Dakar 2012 saw Cyril Despres win his 4th stage of this year’s rally and gain extra time over Marc Coma, with a lead of now 2’22” in the general standings. More significantly, this 11th stage has genuinely proven that the confrontation between […]

Motorsports Mondial

FREDERIC LE FLOCH / DPPI Dakar Rally, The legend of Iquique Built on the dizzying height of a steep descent with an average gradient of 32% over 2 kilometres of sand. On arriving at the summit of this gigantic dune, the riders and drivers discover a breath-taking view over the Pacific Ocean. They then hurtle […]

F1Weekly podcast # 544

Photo: Francois Flamand   Dakar Rally Stage six Fiambala-Copiapo has been cancelled Due to the bad weather continuing over the Andes Mountain Range (rain and snow), the Chilean authorities were forced to close, for the night, the border at the Paso de San Francisco pass, situated at 4700 m. For the 7th time, the Dakar […]