The fiercely-fought 2021 Dakar, which took place in Saudi Arabia from January 3 to January 15 in compliance with strict sanitary measures necessitated by the Covid-19 pandemic, saw Stephane Peterhansel - aka Monsieur Dakar - take the top prize at the wheel of his JCW Team-tended two-wheel drive, diesel-powered X-Raid Mini buggy. The Frenchman s blend of speed, consistency and control proved decisive over the particularly fast, rough terrain visited by this year s 12-stage, 4,500-kilometre marathon which put the crews, their cars and their tires to a truly punishing test. The BFGoodrich All Terrain T/A KDR2+ used for the 2021 Dakar packs the very best rally tire technology and is the result of an ongoing development process founded on feedback collected on events, said Sandrine Combeaux (Manager, BFGoodrich Europe).
There is a number which sums up Scotland’s heating headache. It was published this summer - amid all the usual fanfare about the country’s genuine progress on renewable electricity. The figure was a measure of what proportion of Scottish heat comes from oil and gas. It was 93.3%.
Scotland has one of Europe’s best records on clean power. And one of its worst on clean heat. With ambitious targets to get to net zero carbon by 2045 for Scotland and 2050 for the UK, householders and housebuilders, tenants and landlords, have got remarkably little time to wean themselves off now traditional gas boilers.