Dakar 2018 Stage 3: Villagra wins; disastrous day for Tatra

In today’s stageSoltys (Buggyra Tatra) was the best Tatra, nearly 53 minutes adrift from the victor. Loprais was even 1 h 26 min. down, finishing 17th. Ko;omy has not finished yet.

POS.	N°	DRIVE-TEAM	MARK-MODEL	TIME	VARIATION
1	501	FEDERICO VILLAGRA RICARDO ADRIAN TORLASCHI ADRIAN ARTURO YACOPINI	YPF INFINIA DIESEL TEAM DE ROOY	03H 56′ 37”
2	500	EDUARD NIKOLAEV EVGENY YAKOVLEV VLADIMIR RYBAKOV	KAMAZ – MASTER	03H 57′ 12”	+ 00H 00′ 35”
3	507	AIRAT MARDEEV AYDAR BELYAEV DMITRIY SVISTUNOV	KAMAZ – MASTER	04H 00′ 46”	+ 00H 04′ 09”
4	510	MARTIN MACIK FRANTISEK TOMASEK MICHAL MRKVA	BIG SHOCK RACING	04H 09′ 55”	+ 00H 13′ 18”
5	518	ALIAKSEI VISHNEUSKI MAKSIM NOVIKAU ANDREI NEVIAROVICH	MAZ-SPORTAUTO	04H 21′ 04”	+ 00H 24′ 27”
6	512	SIARHEI VIAZOVICH PAVEL HARANIN ANDREI ZHYHULIN	MAZ-SPORTAUTO	04H 21′ 42”	+ 00H 25′ 05”
7	517	GERT HUZINK ROB BUURSEN MARTIN ROESINK	RIWALD DAKAR TEAM	04H 37′ 40”	+ 00H 41′ 03”
8	506	MARTIN VAN DEN BRINK WOUTER ROSEGAAR DANIEL KOZLOVSKY	MAMMOET RALLYSPORT	04H 43′ 14”	+ 00H 46′ 37”
9	511	TERUHITO SUGAWARA MITSUGU TAKAHASHI	HINO TEAM SUGAWARA	04H 47′ 57”	+ 00H 51′ 20”
10	503	ALEKSANDR VASILEVSKI DZMITRY VIKHRENKA ANTON ZAPAROSHCHANKA	MAZ-SPORTAUTO	04H 47′ 59”	+ 00H 51′ 22”
11	508	ARTUR ARDAVICHUS SERGE BRUYNKENS MICHEL HUISMAN	ASTANA MOTORSPORT TEAM DE ROOY IVECO	04H 48′ 43”	+ 00H 52′ 06”
12	532	MARTIN SOLTYS JOSEF KALINA TOMAS SIKOLA	TATRA BUGGYRA RACING	04H 49′ 45”	+ 00H 53′ 08”
13	531	JANUS VAN KASTEREN WOUTER DE GRAAFF RIJK MOUW	MAMMOET RALLYSPORT	04H 54′ 52”	+ 00H 58′ 15”
14	515	ANTON SHIBALOV DMITRII NIKITIN IVAN ROMANOV	KAMAZ – MASTER	04H 59′ 29”	+ 01H 02′ 52”
15	502	DMITRY SOTNIKOV RUSLAN AKHMADEEV ILNUR MUSTAFIN	KAMAZ – MASTER	05H 02′ 55”	+ 01H 06′ 18”
16	509	TON VAN GENUGTEN BERNARD DER KINDEREN PETER WILLEMSEN	PETRONAS TEAM DE ROOY IVECO	05H 19′ 11”	+ 01H 22′ 34”
17	504	ALES LOPRAIS LUKAS JANDA FERRAN MARCO ALCAYNA	INSTAFOREX LOPRAIS TEAM	05H 22′ 52”	+ 01H 26′ 15”
18	516	MAURIK VAN DEN HEUVEL WILKO VAN OORT MARTIJN VAN ROOIJ	DAKARSPEED	05H 27′ 18”	+ 01H 30′ 41”
19	514	STEVEN ROTSAERT CHARLY GOTLIB JAN VAN DER VAET	RTS RACING	37H 31′ 50”	+ 33H 35′ 13”

Categorie: Events & Meetings, Racing & Rallying

January 9th, 2018

Video January 8: T 607s, Brno 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmKJF3zmzgA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa8VZ3sYrnM

Categorie: Racing & Rallying, Video

January 8th, 2018

Dakar 2018: Video Kolomy Stage 1

http://www.rallyraidnetwork.com/rrn/index.php/latest-news-top/racing-news/dakar-rally/1482-dakar-2018-video-tatra-buggyra-racing-on-1st-stage.html

Categorie: Events & Meetings, Racing & Rallying, Video

January 7th, 2018

Dakar 2018: Stage 2: Nikolaev (KAMAZ) storms to victory, Loprais 3rd (on 6 min), Kolomy 4th (on 11 min)

Eduard Nikolaev, the 2017 champion landed a critical blow and won in style in Pisco in the first real stage of the 2018 Dakar. Eduard Nikolaev beat Federico Villagra by over three minutes and Aleš Loprais by six. The rest of the field was so far behind that the Russian is already padding his overall lead.

POS.	N°	DRIVE-TEAM	MARK-MODEL	TIME	VARIATION
1	500	EDUARD NIKOLAEV EVGENY YAKOVLEV VLADIMIR RYBAKOV	KAMAZ – MASTER	03H 24′ 23”
2	501	FEDERICO VILLAGRA RICARDO ADRIAN TORLASCHI ADRIAN ARTURO YACOPINI	YPF INFINIA DIESEL TEAM DE ROOY	03H 27′ 48”	+ 00H 03′ 25”
3	504	ALES LOPRAIS LUKAS JANDA FERRAN MARCO ALCAYNA	INSTAFOREX LOPRAIS TEAM	03H 30′ 30”	+ 00H 06′ 07”
4	505	MARTIN KOLOMY JIRI STROSS ROSTISLAV PLNY	TATRA BUGGYRA RACING	03H 35′ 34”	+ 00H 11′ 11”
5	509	TON VAN GENUGTEN BERNARD DER KINDEREN PETER WILLEMSEN	PETRONAS TEAM DE ROOY IVECO	03H 44′ 31”	+ 00H 20′ 08”

OVERALL RESULTS:

POS.	N°	DRIVE-TEAM	MARK-MODEL	TIME	VARIATION
1	500	EDUARD NIKOLAEV EVGENY YAKOVLEV VLADIMIR RYBAKOV	KAMAZ – MASTER	03H 50′ 07”
2	504	ALES LOPRAIS LUKAS JANDA FERRAN MARCO ALCAYNA	INSTAFOREX LOPRAIS TEAM	03H 55′ 45”	+ 00H 05′ 38”
3	501	FEDERICO VILLAGRA RICARDO ADRIAN TORLASCHI ADRIAN ARTURO YACOPINI	YPF INFINIA DIESEL TEAM DE ROOY	03H 59′ 40”	+ 00H 09′ 33”
4	505	MARTIN KOLOMY JIRI STROSS ROSTISLAV PLNY	TATRA BUGGYRA RACING	04H 03′ 14”	+ 00H 13′ 07”
5	509	TON VAN GENUGTEN BERNARD DER KINDEREN PETER WILLEMSEN	PETRONAS TEAM DE ROOY IVECO	04H 10′ 57”	+ 00H 20′ 50”
6	506	MARTIN VAN DEN BRINK WOUTER ROSEGAAR DANIEL KOZLOVSKY	MAMMOET RALLYSPORT	04H 17′ 47”	+ 00H 27′ 40”
7	518	ALIAKSEI VISHNEUSKI MAKSIM NOVIKAU ANDREI NEVIAROVICH	MAZ-SPORTAUTO	04H 18′ 49”	+ 00H 28′ 42”
8	512	SIARHEI VIAZOVICH PAVEL HARANIN ANDREI ZHYHULIN	MAZ-SPORTAUTO	04H 19′ 09”	+ 00H 29′ 02”
9	502	DMITRY SOTNIKOV RUSLAN AKHMADEEV ILNUR MUSTAFIN	KAMAZ – MASTER	04H 31′ 08”	+ 00H 41′ 01”
10	510	MARTIN MACIK FRANTISEK TOMASEK MICHAL MRKVA	BIG SHOCK RACING	04H 38′ 48”	+ 00H 48′ 41”

Categorie: Events & Meetings, Racing & Rallying

January 7th, 2018

DAKAR 2018 Stage 1: Loprais victory!

Aleš Loprais entered this year´s rally fantastically when he managed to win the first stage in the dunes from Lima to Pisca. The second rider in the finish was Van den Brink with Renault and the third one was Nikolaev with Kamaz, when the leading trio crossed the finish line within less than thirty seconds.

“Of course, we are happy, every victory in the Dakar counts, but we stay on the ground and concentrate on the upcoming days.” Dakar is a very challenging and especially a long race. The finish is far ahead and it is there where we are up to.” said Aleš Loprais. Other Tatra drivers took it easy. Kolomy finished 9th, Soltys 25nd,and Vrnak 37th.

504	A. LOPRAIS	TATRA	10:51:00= (1)	-	-	-	-	-	-
			506	M. VAN DEN BRINK	RENAULT TRUCKS	10:54:00= (2)	-	-	-	-	-	-
			500	E. NIKOLAEV	KAMAZ	10:57:00= (3)	-	-	-	-	-	-
			509	T. VAN GENUGTEN	IVECO	11:00:00= (4)	-	-	-	-	-	-
			515	A. SHIBALOV	KAMAZ	11:03:00= (5)	-	-	-	-	-	-
			512	S. VIAZOVICH	MAZ	11:05:00= (6)	-	-	-	-	-	-
			502	D. SOTNIKOV	KAMAZ	11:07:00= (7)	-	-	-	-	-	-
			507	A. MARDEEV	KAMAZ	11:09:00= (8)	-	-	-	-	-	-
			505	M. KOLOMY	TATRA	11:11:00= (9)	-	-	-	-	-	-
			518	A. VISHNEUSKI	MAZ	11:13:00= (10)

Categorie: Events & Meetings, Racing & Rallying

January 7th, 2018

Loprais’ expectations of the Dakar 2018

DAKAR 2018

Rally Dakar 2018 is going to be the nearest future. InstaForex Loprais Team is entering the race with the new evolution of TATRA truck QUEEN 69 REBORN.

After several hard test session starting with hot startup during Silk Way Rally, Moravian Sahara Circuit in Czech republic and further in the desert district area in Poland we are now focusing at the most important challenge of the season called DAKAR.

Ales Loprais about Rally Dakar 2018:

The 40.th anniversary of Rally Dakar is expected to be in the name of extreme, uniqueness and full load of adventure. It is especially Peru which is promising to be a hard desert event with many dune fields which are making the race to be a REAL DAKAR race. Extra BIG volume of luck, experience and constant drive without technical failures together with perfect navigation will be needed in this difficult marathon race. It is complicated now to talk about goals, there is high quality competition now and we have to count with everybody there. We are entering into this event with a BIG respect of all participants. We wish and we want to drive or better say to follow our dream as fast as possible. Dakar is a great challenge and we would like to THANK to our sponsors that we can be a part of it.

Race crew under the wings of InstaForex for DAKAR 2018:

Ales Loprais
pilot
(Czech republic)

Ferran Marco Acayna
navigator
(Spain)

Lukáš Janda
on board mechanic
(Czech republic)

crew