14.1.2014
NEWSLETTER INSTAFOREX LOPRAIS TEAM
The eighth stage one rank below the podium
The eighth stage of the Dakar test, which led from Salta in Argentina to Calama in Chile, started yesterday for trucks two minutes before 2 pm local time. Crews had to leave in the 302 km long special stage the Ands [...]
Loprais on Stage 8. II
Loprais on Stage 8
Quite bumpy, quite dusty, a lot of fesh-fesh and a lot of stones…
It was quite easy to make a mistake. We were pushing as much as possible but we have engine limitation in altitude and a lot of things were worse than I expected but finally we made it without a puncture. We were not [...]
Stage 8: Loprais climbs to 5th overall
In today’s truck race, Andrey Karginov is also trying to put pressure on the general standings leader. He won his second special stage in 2014 and the seventh of his career on the rally, but only e 5′15 ahead of Gerard De Rooy and 6′55 in front of his countryman Dmitry Sotnikov. Yesterday’s winner and [...]
Ardavichus’ Tatra temporary repaired and ready to go
Video: Eurosport Truck Class video
The truck class until now. An overview by Eurosport
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/video/rest-day-magazine-special-trucks-090229800.html
Ardavichus’ crash in Stage 7
This is how Tatra Jamal from Artur Ardavichus arrived to the bivuac yesterday after the truck turned over on its side 2 kilometres before the finish line. Luckily, no one was hurt during that incident. But it was obvious that mechanics will have a lot of work during the night. At the moment it is [...]
Bonver Dakar Project during Stage 7
Kazakh Ardavičus lost to the finish. He rolled onto his side, he was seventh
13/01/2014 – Salta
It was a long, but rather sprint stage. This is for her quick profile. A Tomáš janitor at her again confirmed the role of one of the surprises of the world’s largest chippy. The Tatra 815 BDP team won the thirteenth, continuously improved by [...]
Dakar Team Holland at stage 7
Kolomy and his three-wheel adventure in Stage 6
Salta – The Tatra Buggyra Racing team has been through one half of this year ´s extremely hard Dakar Rally. That is why the free day in Salta was used by the crew in the bivouac mainly for maximum restoration of forces for the second half of the extreme competition. Overall maintenance of the racing [...]
Loprais at stage 7
13.1.2014
NEWSLETTER INSTAFOREX LOPRAIS TEAM
The seventh stage with a delayed start and loop at height of 3500 meters above sea level
Trucks and cars went to the Sunday’s seventh stage that followed the rest day separately, another route waited for motorcycles and quads. After eight a.m. left trucks the bivouac in Salta and [...]