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    jeudi 10 janvier 2013

    Dani Sordo: “It feels like I’m back home!”


    Not far from the Col de l'Echarasson, in France’s Vercors Mountains, Dani Sordo is in the process of completing two long days of testing (Monday and Tuesday). After an initial day on dry asphalt, he then faced more typical Monte Carlo conditions on the Tuesday. And his beaming smile said it all: “I’m very happy!”
    This year, Dani Sordo is back at Citroën, the make which launched his career in the Junior World Championship in 2005, and then in the WRC in 2006. “It’s clear that my two years with Mini weren’t always easy. We weren’t able to do everything we wanted. That said, working with another, equally professional team proved very useful for me. But now I’m back at Citroën, back with people I have known for many years and whose work I appreciate. They welcomed me back as though I’d never left…”
    The Spaniard was already a little familiar with the DS3 WRC after contributing to the car’s early development work, in 2010. “We all know how efficient Citroën is and the car has obviously come on a great deal since then,” he says. “It’s a pleasure to drive and the transmission and steering feel very comfortable. It hasn’t lost any of its responsiveness or vivacity. I will need to re-accustom myself to that, but I don’t see that as a problem.”
    Given the presence of Sébastien Loeb on the Monte Carlo, Dani hasn’t been nominated by the French carmaker to score Manufacturers’ points. “I have become used to having to push while at the same time bearing in mind the need to make sure of Manufacturers’ points, so the fact that I will be spared that mission next week could be a good thing. In any case, I will still need to drive very, very fast; as fast as possible!”
    From five starts, Dani has come second in the Principality on two occasions (2007, 2012)… “Who would believe me if I said my aim wasn’t to win? I intend to push all the way for the best result I can. Okay, I will be up against the likes of Seb, who is the absolute benchmark, while Mikko has a year’s experience with the DS3. However, Ogier, Latvala and many of the others have either changed cars or changed status, so there are automatically certain question marks there. On top of that, there are all the uncertainties that are a traditional ingredient of the Rallye Monte-Carlo, especially those associated with the weather, so it could be very open. I will do my best to come out on top and, if I succeed, you can be sure you’ll never have seen Dani Sordo so thrilled!”

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    24H DUBAI : UN POINT SUR LES FRANÇAIS À L'ISSUE DES QUALIFS.



    Le contingent français est nombreux pour cette huitième édition des 24 Heures de Dubai. Le pays est bien représenté dans les différentes catégories, et un point sur les pilotes en piste à l'issue des qualifications s'impose.

    Les plus rapides ont été Henry Hassid et Kévin Estre sur la Porsche 911 GT3-R/Attempto Racing avec un très beau deuxième chrono au scratch et en classe A6. Le quatuor de la Ferrari F458 Italia/Visiom s'est lui aussi mis en évidence puisque Benjamin Roy, Jean-Bernard Bouvet, Thierry Perrier et Jean-Paul Pagny s'élanceront de la 7ème place sur la grille de départ. Pour ses débuts sur la Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 du GDL Racing, Olivier Baharian verra sa monture partir de la 12ème place, tout juste devant la Lamborghini Gallardo/Gulf Racing Middle East de Fabien Giroix et Fred Fatien, toutes deux également en A6. Sur la Porsche 997 Cup S/Speedlover, Philippe Marie et Philippe Richard se sont classés 26ème en A6.

    Du côté des Porsche 997 Cup, le Crubilé Sport s'est mis en évidence puisque François Glenmor, Sébastien Crubilé, Mr John of B et Soheil Ayari ont pris le deuxième chrono de la classe 997. Pas de chrono pour la Porsche/BF Compétition de Benoît et Bruno Frétin, Pascal Colon et Laëtitia Tortelier.

    La catégorie SP2 sera aussi âprement disputée et la GC Automobile GC10-V8 du team tricolore a décroché le 5ème temps, juste devant la Renault Megane Trophy/Boutsen Ginion Racing de Jean-Charles Battut. La GC Automobile GC10-V8/Defi Sport Auto de Franck Leone Provost, Philippe Cimadomo, Lionel Amrouche et Jérôme de la Chapelle a bouclé sa qualification au 8ème rang.

    La catégorie A5 a vu la BMW Serie 1/Duwo Racing de Frédéric Schmit prendre la troisième place de la catégorie A5, juste derrière la voiture sœur de Frédéric et Nicolas Schmidt, Thierry Chkondall et Yusif Bassil.

    En SP3, les Français ont été groupés avec une 10ème place pour l'Aston Martin Vantage GT4/Gulf Racing Middle East de Robert Partouche. La GT4 aux couleurs Gulf a devancé la Porsche 996 Cup/LD Racing de Slobodan Arezina, Bernard et Olivier Salam ainsi que Jean Lou Rihon. Douzième temps pour la GC Automobile GC10-V6 de Christophe Contre, Gérard Bonjean, Gilles Courtois et Patrick Brochier.

    Le LD Racing a de quoi faire une belle course en A4 avec la BMW 130i de Eric Vincenot, Jean-Marc Bachelier, Guillaume et Adrien Havette qui s'élancera de la deuxième ligne.

    by Laurent Mercier(Endurance-Info.com)

    24H DUBAI : LA MERCEDES SLS/BLACK FALCON EN POLE



    La Mercedes SLS AMG GT3/Team Abu Dhabi by Black Falcon de pointe n'a pas mis longtemps à retrouver le haut de l'affiche de ces 24 Heures de Dubai puisque c'est bien la #1 qui s'élancera en pole demain à 14 heures pour cette huitième édition. C'est le Néerlandais Jeroen Bleekemolen qui a été chargé de qualifier l'auto avec un meilleur temps en 1.59.104. Après les déboires de la veille, cette pole met du baume au cœur au team allemand. Pour la petite histoire, le châssis utilisé est celui qui est aligné par les Britanniques de Preci-Spark en British GT. C'est le tout premier châssis délivré par AMG à un client comme nous l'a précisé Bernd Schneider. On retrouvera une Porsche en première ligne avec la 911 GT3-R/Attempto Racing de Estre/Hassid/Benitez/Breukers/Thiim. Il aura manqué 381 millièmes pour rafler la pole. Déjà très en verve lors des premiers essais, l'Aston Martin Vantage GT3/Craft AMR s'est elle aussi illustrée avec un troisième chrono à la clé (à 572 millièmes) pour Turner/Mücke/Fuijii/Yu/O'Young. Les deux BMW Z4 GT3/Saudi Falcons sont elles aussi dans le match avec les 4ème et 5ème temps. La plus rapide des McLaren MP4-12C a été celle du Lapidus Racing de Christodoulou/Hummel/Quaife/Mullen, au 6ème rang. Belle performance également de la Ferrari F458 Italia/Visiom de Bouvet/Pagny/Perrier/Roy, septième. Les Japonais de JLOC ont placé leur Lamborghini Gallardo dans le Top Ten tout comme MRS GT-Racing (McLaren MP4-12C) et AF Corse (Ferrari 458 Italia). Les sept premiers ont bouclé la qualification dans un mouchoir de poche puisque tout ce beau petit monde se tient dans la même seconde.

    Les chronos sont ici. Le départ sera donné demain à 14 heures (heure locale)

    by Laurent Mercier(Endurance-Info.com)

    Dakar, étape 6 : Al-Attiyah revient sur Peterhansel-Dakar – Al-Attiyah slashes the gap to Peterhansel

    At the end of the first Chilean stage of the 2013 Dakar Rally, Nasser Al-Attiyah has fought back to less than two minutes adrift of Stéphane Peterhansel, who retains the overall lead. Robby Gordon went third-quickest again, whilst Nani Roma and Giniel De Villiers found themselves stuck in the sand.
    A l’issue de la première étape chilienne du Dakar 2013, Nasser Al-Attiyah est revenu à moins de deux minutes de Stéphane Peterhansel, toujours leader au général. Robby Gordon a signé le 3e meilleur temps alors que Roma et De Villiers se sont ensablés.
    Etape 6 : Arica-Calama (768 km)

    The end of this sixth stage of the rally was situated at an altitude of 3,000 metres and around 30 kilometres from Calama, very close to Chuquicamata and its mining machinery that made Gordon’s monstrous Hummer appear almost like a scale model in comparison.
    The American set the third-fastest time today, despite losing some ground at the start of the stage. In the dunes near Iquique, overall leader Stéphane Peterhansel found himself buried in the sand for a few minutes: “I got trapped in some very soft sand, 800 metres in front of Nani Roma,” the Frenchman explained at the finish. “I had to have two efforts at getting out of the dune again, which cost me in the region of three minutes.”
    Roma, for his part, found himself stranded there for quite some time, in the process inadvertently delaying Giniel de Villiers by ten minutes: “My car tipped up in the dune and I saw Nani stuck in the sand below; I had to brake hard to avoid him, and that meant I got stuck too. Later in the stage, we then had to change a wheel,” revealed the South African, who nonetheless maintained his third position in the overall standings ahead of Leonid Novitskiy.
    In winning the stage with an 8m36s margin over Peterhansel, Nasser Al-Attiyah made significant gains in the overall classification. The Qatari has recovered from his earlier misfortunes to lie less than two minutes shy of the leader. By stark contrast, his team-mate Carlos Sainz was forced to retire from the event with engine problems.
    In the ‘Truck’ class, after Gerard de Rooy had found himself stuck in the sand two days ago and the dramas that befell Ales Loprais, Hans Stacey rolled his Iveco/Michelin in the Iquique dunes. There were fortunately no injuries to either driver or co-driver, but the pair will be going no further. Whilst leading the stage, Eduard Nikolaev (Kamaz) was reported to have stopped at 384km.
    L’arrivée de cette 6e étape était jugée à 3000 mètres d’altitude, à une trentaine de kilomètres de Calama, tout près de Chuquicamata et ses engins miniers reléguant le monstrueux Hummer de Gordon au rang de modèle réduit.
    L’Américain a signé le 3e meilleur temps aujourd’hui, malgré avoir concédé quelques minutes en début de spéciale. Dans les dunes d’Iquique, le leader du classement général Stéphane Peterhansel s’est ensablé quelques minutes : « je me suis fait piéger par du sable très mou, 800 m avant Nani Roma », expliquait le Français à l’arrivée. « J’ai dû m’y prendre à deux reprises pour passer la dune, j’ai perdu trois minutes environ. »
    Nani Roma est quant à lui resté de longues minutes dans ce piège de sable et coûta, involontairement, dix minutes à Giniel de Villiers : « j’ai basculé derrière la dune et j’ai vu Nani ensablé en contrebas, j’ai dû freiner fort pour l’éviter et je me suis ensablé à mon tour. Ensuite, on a changé une roue en spéciale », commentait le Sud-Africain qui préserve sa 3e place au général devant Leonid Novitskiy.
    En remportant la spéciale avec 8min36s d’avance sur Peterhansel, Nasser Al-Attiyah a réalisé une excellente opération au classement général. Le Qatari est revenu à moins de deux minutes du leader. En revanche, son équipier Carlos Sainz a dû abandonner (moteur cassé).
    En Camion, après l’ensablement de Gerard de Rooy avant-hier et les ennuis d’Ales Loprais, Hans Stacey est parti en tonneau par l’avant dans les dunes d’Iquique. Pas de mal pour l’équipage, mais l’Iveco/Michelin n’ira pas plus loin. Leader de l’étape, Eduard Nikolaev (Kamaz) était signalé arrêté au km 384.
    Classement étape 6
    1. Al-Attiyah/Gottschalk (Buggy), 03:32:08 – 2. Peterhansel/Cottret (Mini), + 8min36s – 3. Gordon/Walch (Hummer), + 13min52s – 4. Terranova/Fiuza (BMW) +14min13s
    Classement après étape 6
    1. Peterhansel/Cottret (Mini), 14:36:16 – 2. Al-Attiyah/Cruz (Buggy), +1min18s – 3. De Villiers/Von Zitzewitz (Toyota), +42min31s – 4. Notvitskiy/Zhilstov (Mini), +44min47s – 5. Chicherit/Garcin (SMG) + 1h16min26s

    Lotus Exige V6 Cup R announced for Autosport International


     Lotus Exige V6 Cup R announced for Autosport International
    Lotus has unveiled the 2013 Exige V6 Cup R, ahead of its debut at Autosport International.
    Based on the Exige V6 Cup, the R variant is a track-focused model that features an aerodynamic body kit with a front splitter, canards and a rear diffuser. The car has also been equipped with a sports exhaust system, AP-Racing brakes and two-way adjustable dampers.
    Unsurprisingly, the cabin has been stripped of non-essential equipment to keep the car's weight as low as possible. However the company has added a roll-cage, a fire extinguisher and a racing seat with a six-point harness.
    Power is provided by a supercharged 3.5-liter V6 engine that develops 366 HP (269 kW) and 413 Nm (295 lb ft) of torque. It is connected to a six-speed manual transmission which enables the 1040 kg (2,293 lb) sports car to accelerate from 0-100 km/h in 3.8 seconds and hit a top speed of 274 km/h (170 mph).
    Source: Lotus
    Lotus Exige V6 Cup R 10.1.2013

    Lotus Exige V6 Cup R 10.1.2013

    Lotus Exige V6 Cup R 10.1.2013

    Dakar 2013 – Leg 6: Lopez in form on home soil!


    KTM/Michelin’s Chaleco Lopez won the first Chilean stage of the 2013 Dakar, ahead of Ruben Faria and Cyril Despres. Despite a navigational error, Olivier Pain still tops the provisional order ahead of Cyril Despres.
    Leg 6: Arica-Calama (768km)
    We’re in the Atacama Desert, in the middle of a lifeless plateau, but we can spot a few service vehicles in the distance. We have come 380km since Arica; driven up and down some exceptionally steep hills with frightening drop-offs; driven along the sides of inhospitable canyons; but we’ve made it to the end of the first part of Thursday’s stage, just minutes before the first bikers arrive.
    From here, they have 80 minutes to cover the ensuing 96km asphalt road section to the second part, so they don’t have much time to chat. Their mechanics speedily replace the bikes’ rear wheels, fill up the riders’ camel-back bags and they’re off, back down the Pan American Highway...
    “Olivier and I took the wrong track to begin with,” reported David Casteu between two gulps of water and clearly angry with himself.
    “I went further along the wrong track than David before deciding to do a U-turn. I must have lost three minutes,” added the Yamaha/Michelin who still tops the leaderboard, despite finishing a lowly 10th on today’s test…
    The winner of the 229km stage should have been Paulo Gonçalves. However, around 5km from the Passage Control, he fell badly in a fast portion. Thankfully, his mechanics succeeded in repairing the Portuguese rider’s Husqvarna TE 449 RR and he was able to continue… only to retire during the second part of the stage.
    The first Chilean stage was ultimately won by Chaleco Lopez who is always that little bit more motivated when the event arrives in his home country. Ruben Faria was 13th on the road and consequently suffered from dust, so he was unable to win the stage to celebrated his wife’s birthday. He still came second (+2m34s), just ahead of Cyril Despres (+3m48s). The all-KTM/Michelin top four was rounded off by the USA’s Kurt Caselli.
    Pain still leads overall, but Despres has eased past Casteu into second place. Ruben Faria is fourth, ahead of Jordi Viladoms and Alessandro Botturi.
    Stage 6 classification:
    1, Lopez (KTM), 3h36m21s. 2, Faria (KTM), +2m34s. 3, Despres (KTM), +3m48s. 4, Caselli (KTM), +4m48s. 5, Botturi (Husqvarna), +5m35s. Etc.
    Provisional standings after Leg 6
    1, Pain (Yamaha), 15h35m23s. 2, Despres (KTM) +2m22s. 3, Casteu (Yamaha), +4m48s. 4, Lopez (KTM) +6m6s. 5, Faria (KTM) +8m35s. Etc.

    Carmelo Ezpeleta also tips Rossi to return to his winning ways


    Giacomo Agostini, Loris Capirossi and Tony Cairoli have all offered their opinion onValentino Rossi’s chances this upcoming season, and now we have Dorna’s CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta who is also betting that the former World Champion will return to his winning ways.
    Actually Ezpeleta was already sure of it way back in June of last year even before Rossi was confirmed with Yamaha: “Valentino next year will be on competitive bike, but I can’t tell you which. It’s too early to talk about it, but in 2013 we’ll see Rossi fighting again for wins.”
    In an interview published in today’s BBC Sport,com column, Ezpeleta reiterated the same thought: “I’m completely sure he can challenge, with all the talent he has and all the experience he has. When he took the decision to go back to Yamaha it was because he wants to come back to the front. He was winning with Yamaha before and he can be at the front again.”
    Despite two winless seasons in Ducati, Rossi is still a very important ambassador for MotoGP racing and the Dorna manager needs the popular rider to be on the podium and admitted it,“Of course it is good for the sport if he can do it. Valentino is a big name, he is a hero to many and one of the greatest riders in MotoGP history. If he is coming to the podium and winning races it will be very important for the championship.
    Ezpeleta also knows how important it is to have a British rider with the talent and personality of Cal Crutchlow on the grid and said, “Cal has been one of the biggest talents we have seen in the last few years. We have been surprised by his performances in many races. He has not had good luck but in principle he is one of the most important assets of the championship.”
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    Chevrolet Corvette: Certified for space travel


    What does a man used to 6.3g acceleration drive to the shopping mall? Well, in the case of astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, it was a Chevrolet Corvette. 



    The former US Navy test pilot (not bad credentials) made the brief suborbital journey in May 1961, only weeks after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin had become the first person in space and to orbit the Earth. When not behind the controls of the latest Grumman, McDonnell or Vought fighter - let alone the Mercury-Redstone 3 rocket - Shepard's daily driver was a 1957 Chevrolet Corvette.
    It was one of 10 he would own in his lifetime, helped by friends in high places, no doubt – the then GM President, Ed Cole, presented the American with a new 1962 Corvette soon after the event. Later, local Cadillac/Corvette dealer (and Indy 500 winner) Jim Rathman was to offer astronauts on the space programme Corvettes at very good leasing rates.

    Six of the seven Mercury astronauts took up the offer with only John Glenn (the first American to orbit the Earth) deciding, we assume, that the sports car was a little too fast for him, preferring a more staid Chevrolet station wagon.
    The space programme’s top pilots’ fascination with Corvettes continued when Apollo 12 astronauts Alan Bean, Dick Gordon and Charles Conrad ordered made-to-measure, gold/black 427ci Stingray coupés – a combination penned by Bean himself.

    And in 1971, to celebrate the flight of Apollo 15, its astronauts David Scott, Alfred Worden and James Irwin commissioned three more Stingrays, this time in patriotic red, white and blue. The June 1971 cover of LIFE magazine shows the trio alongside their space-age SUV, the LRV (Lunar Roving Vehicle).
    It didn’t end there, since the association was celebrated time and again in celluloid, with many appearances including the 2009 film Star Trek XI, which opens in the year 2245 with a 12-year-old James T. Kirk driving a 280-year-old 1965 Corvette Sting Ray.
    The Chevrolet Corvette clearly had The Right Stuff.
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    Text: Steve Wakefield (ClassicDriver)
    Photos: GM

    Barbarella: Classic 1960s science fiction fantasy



    The futuristic ‘comic strip’ film ‘Barbarella’ made Jane Fonda, the director Roger Vadim’s wife at the time, an international sex symbol. 

    As a piece, the 1968 French-Italian film directed by Vadim and produced by Dino De Laurentiis was a both a critical and commercial failure. It does, however, sum up a genre of international artistic cooperation with some titillation thrown in, typical of the period. 


    The story is based on the adult comic book series featuring Barbarella, who is given the task of saving a world set in the future from forces dark and powerful. 



    So powerful, in fact, that the writer Jean-Claude Forest's heroine’s clothing is subjected to all sorts of other-worldly effects that generally result in its destruction, leaving a writhing and limp Fonda at the mercy of her tormentors. 

    Good triumphs over Evil in the end, though, as in any good story. 
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    Text: Classic Driver
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    The Ten Toughest Motor Races In The World


    The Ten Toughest Motor Races In The World
    There are still some people out there that don't believe motor racing is a real sport.Jalopnik readers know ten tests of man and machine that should set them straight.
    Welcome back to Answers of the Day — our daily Jalopnik feature where we take the best ten responses from the previous day's Question of the Day and shine it up to show off. It's by you and for you, the Jalopnik readers. Enjoy!
    Car racing used to be one of the most dangerous things a person could do, period. Around the turn of the 20th Century, drivers would attempt to wheel two-ton beasts across hundreds of miles of unpaved roads, sitting higher than a school bus and riding on wagon wheels. The cars were so unreliable that drivers had to bring a mechanic with them, sometimes repairing the carwhile it was in motion. A lot of people died.
    So that's where modern grand prix racing has its roots. That tradition continues today with off road races, which take weeks to cover hundreds of miles of completely unmaintained terrain. Thanks to modern safety equipment, medical care, and rescue vehicles deaths are way down, but not gone. We hope to see no more deaths in motor racing in the future, but as of today they stand as a reminder of how tough bike and car racing can be.
    Since this list is restricted to races still running today, please remind us of particularly grueling races of the past in Kinja below. If there are any obscure current races that we forgot, please let us know in Kinja as well.
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    The Ten Toughest Motor Races In The World

    10.) King of the Hammers







    What happens when you put high speed desert running together with rock racing together in the same event? You get the King of the Hammers. It's about as difficult as offroad competition gets inside the United States.
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    The Ten Toughest Motor Races In The World

    9.) Rainforest Challenge







    Like the Camel Trophy of old, this six-day 4x4 race across Malaysia's jungles is about as arduous as 4x4 competition goes. Read Four Wheeler magazine's account of the race here.
    Suggested By: the bandidoPhoto Credit: Rainforest Challenge

    The Ten Toughest Motor Races In The World

    8.) The Nurburgring 24







    The most difficult, daunting race track in the world is typically used as a testing facility these days, because no circuit is consistently harder on car and driver. Now imagine racing on that track in a triple-digit field of cars, where nobody really knows their way around the innumerable corners, for 24 hours straight.
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    7.) Pikes Peak

    We thought Pikes Peak was the most difficult hillclimb in the world back when it was largely composed of an unpaved dirt road with straight drop-offs down the Colorado Rockies. Now the whole thing is paved and somehow it has become even more dangerous.
    Suggested By: $kaycogPhoto Credit: supremebeholder

    The Ten Toughest Motor Races In The World

    6.) The 24 Hours of Le Mans







    While the ‘Ring may have a more challenging circuit for the uninitiated, the high-speed course at Le Mans may well be more difficult to drive over 24 hours. While the days of 80+ deaths crashes and 250 miles an hour down the Mulsanne Straight may be over, wringing through this place in a high-downforce, top-spec prototype is among the most arduous tasks on a paved track.
    Suggested By: Gamecat235Photo Credit: Getty Images

    The Ten Toughest Motor Races In The World

    5.) The Isle Of Man Tourist Trophy







    Over the years the IOM TT course has claimed the lives of 239 riders, making it perhaps the most deadly race in the world. People still run it today in faster and faster bikes, as well as sidecars. Insane.
    Suggested By: CraigTVDiamond DustinPhoto Credit: Getty Images

    The Ten Toughest Motor Races In The World

    4.) East African Safari Rally







    The Safari Rally was known for being the toughest race in the World Rally Championship calendar. The 1000km trial was dropped from the WRC calendar for 2003, but the race is still going, attracting completely unhinged drivers for the continent's roughest rally.
    Suggested By: nuguPhoto Credit: Getty Images

    The Ten Toughest Motor Races In The World

    3.) Erzberg Rodeo







    No race on this list has as high an attrition rate as the Erzberg Rodeo. It's run up a working mine in the Austrian Alps. Last year 1,500 riders qualified, 500 entered, and only a handful finished. In 2011, only nine riders made it to the end.
    Suggested By: DemonOfTheFallSuperFlukePhoto Credit: Christian Pichler

    The Ten Toughest Motor Races In The World

    2.) The Dakar Rally







    The Dakar Rally used to be the Paris-Dakar, running from Paris to the capital of Senegal. That race actually got too dangerous, so they moved to South America where the rally is currently underway as we speak. There is still a good chance that not everyone who enters the race will make it out alive, with riders sometimes succumbing to heart attacks in the rough terrain.
    Suggested By: ULHPhoto Credit: Getty Images

    The Ten Toughest Motor Races In The World

    1.) The Baja 1000







    This is the only race we know where spectators booby trap the course, as if riding over a thousand miles through the Mexican desert wasn't hard enough. Even on the easiest of trips,you will shit yourself.
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