30 outubro 2011
28 outubro 2011
Nasser Al Attiyah - "Maybe a Dakar start 2012 is impossible"
The X-raid team makes him a "Top 10" driver in the Dakar Rally - then with Volkwagen in 2011 the Qatari Nasser Al Attiyah fulfiled his dream and won the "Southamerica Dakar", together with his German navigator Timo Gottschalk. In 2012 he want to defend his title, but Volkswagen stopped the Dakar engagement. Now the Qatari has simply no car to continue his dream.
There were rumours about a private Volkswagen Team (demented by VW) or a start with South Africa Toyota (like Giniel de Villiers). And even his former team X-raid (BMW, Mini) from Germany demented a start of Al Attiyah. Other rumours said, that X-raid would give him a car - but only if the Qatari would finance it. No question, the BMW/Mini crew is actually defending the FIA World Cup - and has "enough" customers for the Dakar.
Now Al Attiyah gave an interview for the magazine [ http://http://www.maxrally.com ] and there´s a new option: Al Attiyah is to meet Jean-Louis Schlesser to discuss the possibility of running a Schlesser Buggy in January.
"Reliability is the most important thing on the Dakar and I’m not so sure about the reliability of the Mini because it is new," said Al Attiyah. "Then, as it is the same team, you have the same parts on the BMW. Volkswagen is a definite no, but the Schlesser Buggy could be interesting."
Al Attiyah also admits to the magazine, that he is at risk of running out of time. "It’s not looking so great at the moment," he said. "I would love to do the Dakar but at the moment I have nothing agreed so maybe it is impossible."
The Qatari is concentrating on his career in the cars-rally sport. As next race, he will start the Cyprus Golden Stage Rally on November 6th determined to claim the victory that eluded him when the event took place for the first time last season. "Last year we just lose the first position and finish second," said Al-Attiyah. "It’s a great idea, one stage used twice. Everybody will be there and it will be an interesting rally."
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There were rumours about a private Volkswagen Team (demented by VW) or a start with South Africa Toyota (like Giniel de Villiers). And even his former team X-raid (BMW, Mini) from Germany demented a start of Al Attiyah. Other rumours said, that X-raid would give him a car - but only if the Qatari would finance it. No question, the BMW/Mini crew is actually defending the FIA World Cup - and has "enough" customers for the Dakar.
Now Al Attiyah gave an interview for the magazine [ http://http://www.maxrally.com ] and there´s a new option: Al Attiyah is to meet Jean-Louis Schlesser to discuss the possibility of running a Schlesser Buggy in January.
"Reliability is the most important thing on the Dakar and I’m not so sure about the reliability of the Mini because it is new," said Al Attiyah. "Then, as it is the same team, you have the same parts on the BMW. Volkswagen is a definite no, but the Schlesser Buggy could be interesting."
Al Attiyah also admits to the magazine, that he is at risk of running out of time. "It’s not looking so great at the moment," he said. "I would love to do the Dakar but at the moment I have nothing agreed so maybe it is impossible."
The Qatari is concentrating on his career in the cars-rally sport. As next race, he will start the Cyprus Golden Stage Rally on November 6th determined to claim the victory that eluded him when the event took place for the first time last season. "Last year we just lose the first position and finish second," said Al-Attiyah. "It’s a great idea, one stage used twice. Everybody will be there and it will be an interesting rally."
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27 outubro 2011
Baja Portalegre: X-raid team sends four Mini All4 Racings to FIA WC Final.
The 2011 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies reaches a conclusion with this weekend's Baja Portalegre 500 in Portugal. The X-raid team tackles the event with four Mini All4 Racings. Leonid Novitskiy (RUS) and Andy Schulz (D) will defend the Monster Energy X-raid Team world's title against Frenchman Jean-Louis Schlesser.
He will receive support from the Portuguese duo of Ricardo Leal dos Santos and Paulo Fiuza in a second Monster Energy Mini All4 Racing. Also at the start will be the two Portuguese pairings of Filipe Campos and Jaime Baptista and Bernardo Moniz da Maia and Joana Sotto-Mayor in Mini All4 Racings. Novitskiy leads the overall standings by 14 points from Schlesser. At the Baja Portalegre 500, 30 points will be awarded to the winner.
The 25th Baja Portalegre 500 starts on Friday October, 28th, with an approximately 5.5-kilometre super special. On Saturday, this woll be followed by two stages with a total length of 426.54 kilometers.
"Our goal is come away with Leonid defending his FIA World Cup title," said X-raid team manager Sven Quandt. "Actually everything is decided in one day and that's why everything has to fit right on Saturday, The problems of the rally in Morocco are fixed and the vehicles are ready for use again."
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He will receive support from the Portuguese duo of Ricardo Leal dos Santos and Paulo Fiuza in a second Monster Energy Mini All4 Racing. Also at the start will be the two Portuguese pairings of Filipe Campos and Jaime Baptista and Bernardo Moniz da Maia and Joana Sotto-Mayor in Mini All4 Racings. Novitskiy leads the overall standings by 14 points from Schlesser. At the Baja Portalegre 500, 30 points will be awarded to the winner.
The 25th Baja Portalegre 500 starts on Friday October, 28th, with an approximately 5.5-kilometre super special. On Saturday, this woll be followed by two stages with a total length of 426.54 kilometers.
"Our goal is come away with Leonid defending his FIA World Cup title," said X-raid team manager Sven Quandt. "Actually everything is decided in one day and that's why everything has to fit right on Saturday, The problems of the rally in Morocco are fixed and the vehicles are ready for use again."
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10 outubro 2011
Roma aponta ao podium
- “Es el año que tengo mejores sensaciones para conseguir un gran resultado en coches. El podium está al alcance, pero también la victoria”.- El de Folgueroles pilotará un Mini oficial, el coche que parte con más opciones para vencer el Rally Dakar 2012.
- Roma y el resto del equipo BMW X-Raid entrenarán la próxima semana en Marruecos, antes de disputar el Rally de Marruecos.
Nani Roma se ha puesto al volante del coche que pilotará en el próximo Rally Dakar por primera vez y que puede llevarle a lograr su sueño más preciado: ganar el rally-raid más duro del mundo también en coches, tras hacerse con la victoria en motos en 2004.
Al piloto de Folgueroles, que competirá en la próxima edición dentro del equipo oficial BMW X-Raid, le han bastado dos jornadas de pruebas en un circuito cerrado en Portugal, a pocos kilómetros de Badajoz, para convencerse de las bondades del el Mini All4 Racing, que está llamado a ser el nuevo rey del Dakar.
“Es una evolución del X3 con el que compitió el equipo en la anterior edición del Dakar. Ahora es un poco más bajo y ha mejorado el centro de gravedad, de modo que el coche sufre menos y mejora la conducción”, comenta Nani desde el cockpit tras los primeros kilómetros. Para el piloto catalán, “el mejor argumento del Mini es el motor diesel, un 3 litros biturbo con una entrega de potencia excepcional que ningún otro vehículo del Dakar puede igualar. Sólo nos falta hacer pequeñas mejoras en el setting de suspensión para rectificar algunos detalles del comportamiento del coche, pero estamos ya muy cerca de obtener el mejor compromiso”.
Roma quiere pasar página tras las dificultades que vivió el año pasado dentro de un equipo privado y se muestra ilusionado por contar nuevamente con una estructura de fábrica: “lo más importante es que este año voy con unas condiciones mucho mejores que las del año pasado; tengo el mejor coche y estoy dentro del mejor equipo que participará en el rally. Ahora vuelvo a sentir que estoy cerca del podium, pero también de la victoria”.
Uno de los factores que proporciona más garantías al piloto es que BMW X-Raid es el equipo con mayor estructura y medios de cuantos competirán en la próxima edición del rally. Además, Nani Roma asumirá el rol de piloto oficial de pleno derecho, con las mismas condiciones que su compañero de equipo Stéphane Peterhansel. Ambos parten como los principales candidatos a la victoria y se prevé una lucha amistosa entre ambos por llegar primero a la meta de Lima, Perú.
Tras los tests realizados hoy, todo el equipo se dirigirá hacia Marruecos para realizar entrenamientos durante la próxima semana, antes de afrontar la primera prueba de fuego, el Rally de Marruecos, que se disputará entre el 16 y el 22 de octubre.
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