22 January 2021 | Features
It took five “selfish” years, one failed attempt, broken bones, snapped swingarms, and a whole heap of good will (including a lift from the Prodrive rally team all the way to Saudi Arabia) but Neil Hawker tells Enduro21 how he finally survived the unassisted, Originals class at the 2021 Dakar Rally…
It’s well documented that the Dakar Rally is famously the biggest off-road event on the planet. The toughest. The hardest. The most expensive. The most gruelling… We hear it each and every year. But the 2021 edition in Saudi Arabia was about as dramatic, and brutal, as they come.
Singer has revealed its latest Porsche 911 restoration project, which has seen a customer’s aircooled sports car overhauled to become a World Rally Championship-inspired racer.
Called the All-Terrain Competition Study – or ACS for short – the 911 evokes memories of classic Safari models that would compete on the wildest terrain in motorsport.
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California-based Singer is better known for creating beautiful, high-end end road-going restorations of classic Porsches, so collaborated with renowned 911 rally specialist Richard Tuthill in the UK for this particular model.
Based on 1990 Porsche 911s, the customer commissioned two examples – one in Parallax White and modified for high-speed desert rallying, and another in Corsicas Red, which is tuned for grippier Tarmac rallies.
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The first week of the Dakar Rally is over and that gives the participants the opportunity to reflect for a while. At Sebastien Loeb, steam mainly comes out of the ears. Not only because of damage to the suspension during the sixth stage he now has no chance for the final victory, but also because of the way the Rally is organised this year.
The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com
Bahrain Raid Xtreme (BRX) has announced its full suite of technology partners as it begins the first stages of the Dakar Rally 2021 – one of the toughest sporting events in the world.
BRX Official Technical Partners include Sparco, Akrapovič, MakerBot and DSM, each partner playing a vital role in ensuring the BRX cars, drivers and team are ready to compete in one of sport’s biggest tests of endurance.
Together, BRX and its Technical Partners will negotiate the extreme conditions of the Saudi Arabian desert over a 7,646km (4,751mile) race.
BRX’s driver line-up includes nine-time World Rally Champion, Sebastien Loeb, from France, and two-time Dakar Rally winner, Nani Roma, from Spain.