It took a lot to get to Abu Dhabi so soon after winning the opening round in Italy. The cars were flown in, the T5 service truck was shipped and the team came from different places in Europe... so, after a pile of paperwork for customs, visas and scrutineering... where the officials were a little annoyed that the cars were too dirty to read the serial numbers (no time even to clean them properly) we got to the Prologue and the drivers finally got to do what the came here for; Racing! |
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First Round of World Cup Yields to Gadasin |
For 2011 two championships, the short two-day Baja and the much longer desert cross-country Rally Raids have been merged together to make the rather long-winded FIA World Cup for Cross Country Bajas. It might not be implicitly implied in the name but this can be thought of as a mini Dakar series and several big names were at last weekend’s season opening Italian Baja… the Dakar legend Jean-Louis Schlesser in his self-built buggy, the reigning Cross Country Champion Leonid Novitski and German Mathias Kahle in the stunning new SAM Mercedes 35CC, fresh from Dakar victory in the Buggy class. |
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The first Special Stage of Baja Portugal has concluded. The weather forecasts were proved right. Heavy shower started exactly minutes before the start. As a result almost all leaders competed in their effort NOT to win the Super Special Stage as no one wanted to be the first at the muddy Special Stage tomorrow. |
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First Round of World Cup Yields to Gadasin |
For 2011 two championships, the short two-day Baja and the much longer desert cross-country Rally Raids have been merged together to make the rather long-winded FIA World Cup for Cross Country Bajas. It might not be implicitly implied in the name but this can be thought of as a mini Dakar series and several big names were at last weekend’s season opening Italian Baja… the Dakar legend Jean-Louis Schlesser in his self-built buggy, the reigning Cross Country Champion Leonid Novitski and German Mathias Kahle in the stunning new SAM Mercedes 35CC, fresh from Dakar victory in the Buggy class.
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Due to some technical reasons the website news haven’t been updated since the Silk Way but it’s better late than never. We would like to sum up the results and our impressions from the Silk Way in a few words.
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