mercredi 7 janvier 2015
mardi 6 janvier 2015
Yard Built XV950 'El Ratón Asesino' by Marcus Walz
Legendary German custom bike builder Marcus Walz is back with a stunning take on the Yamaha XV950; ‘El Ratón Asesino’ sets a new standard for detail.
The ride gets a full work over with the stock front-end suspension unit modified and lowered with prototype progressive springs whilst the rear gets fully adjustable Öhlins shocks. Hand-cast magnesium wheels by Marvic are fitted with custom adapters made in house. Custom rear sets change the ride dynamic giving a sportier sitting position.
Modified front and rear brake calipers clamp on to Wave rotors front and rear for stopping power and the bike is finished with a stunning pale blue retro paint job, pin striping, and of course Yamaha speed blocks!
The ride gets a full work over with the stock front-end suspension unit modified and lowered with prototype progressive springs whilst the rear gets fully adjustable Öhlins shocks. Hand-cast magnesium wheels by Marvic are fitted with custom adapters made in house. Custom rear sets change the ride dynamic giving a sportier sitting position.
Modified front and rear brake calipers clamp on to Wave rotors front and rear for stopping power and the bike is finished with a stunning pale blue retro paint job, pin striping, and of course Yamaha speed blocks!
DAKAR day3 : Walkner (KTM) crée la surprise ; Terranova (Mini) prend sa revanche
Débutant ne rime pas forcement avec « lent ». Le pilote KTM Matthias Walkner a en tout cas démontré toute sa vitesse en décrochant sa première victoire sur le Dakar alors qu'en auto, Orlando Terranova goûtait déjà à son deuxième succès en trois jours.
Huitième de sa toute première spéciale sur le Dakar, puis 6e de la spéciale la plus longue du rallye entre Villa Carlos Paz et San Juan, Matthias Walkner était décidé à tracer le chemin le plus court possible vers sa première victoire sur le Dakar. Triple champion du monde MX1-MX3, l'Autrichien se plaçait dans le trio de tête au CP2 avant de passer la surmultipliée pour déposer tous les spécialistes de la discipline et ouvrir son palmarès sur l'épreuve reine des rallyes à l'arrivée à Chilecito. Une performance qui le place directement dans les pilotes à suivre, alors que Marc Coma est, lui, déjà surveillé de près par tous ses adversaires. Après une perte de plus de dix minutes la veille, le vainqueur en titre est revenu dans le coup et ne cède que 40 secondes à Walkner.
Il reprend surtout plus d'une minute à un Joan Barreda qui n'a pas tenté le diable et s'assure d'une solide troisième place pour consolider son leadership au général. Quatrième de l'étape, Toby Price confirme la bonne forme des rookies et devance le dauphin de Barreda au classement provisoire, Paulo Goncalves. Alain Duclos réalise lui une belle fin d'étape pour amener sa Sherco au sixième rang alors que le reste du contingent français est plus à la peine avec notamment les 16e et 21e places des Yamaha de Michael Metge et Olivier Pain. A noter la belle performance de la première féminine Laia Sanz, 17e du jour.
Habitué des places d'honneurs, Lucas Bonetto réalise aujourd'hui sa plus belle étape en quad depuis la quinzième position au départ ce matin. L'Argentin s'impose devant son public grâce à une très belle fin de spéciale alors qu'il accusait trois minutes de retard sur le leader au CP2 Sebastian Halpern qu'il devance finalement de 58 secondes à l'arrivée. A 2'14 du vainqueur, Sonik Rafal profite de la mauvaise journée d'Ignacio Casale pour prendre le large au général.
Parti à la faute en fin de spéciale lundi, Orlando Terranova n'est pas décidé à laisser son coéquipier Nasser Al-Attiyah mener tranquillement le rallye. L'Argentin, qui connait bien les routes de sa région, a pour cela produit son effort dans la deuxième partie de la spéciale après être passé dans des temps similaires à Giniel de Villiers et Al-Attiyah au CP1. Il reprend finalement presque deux minutes au pilote Toyota et plus de quatre minutes au leader du général. Une bataille à laquelle est venu se mêler un Alrajhi Yazeed qui participe à son premier Dakar et occupe désormais une très belle cinquième place au général.
Du côté des Peugeot, Carlos Sainz semble prendre ses marques et monter en puissance avec la quatrième place du jour à quatre minutes du vainqueur, même si l'Espagnol est désormais loin d'être en position idéale pour jouer la gagne à Buenos Aires à presque vingt minutes d'Al-Attiyah au général. Stéphane Peterhansel remonte lui aussi dans le classement même si le Français cède encore près de dix minutes au vainqueur alors que son ancien coéquipier Nani Roma sort la tête de l'eau avec la sixième place de l'étape mardi soir à Chilecito. 3e du général ce matin, Bernhard Ten Brinke a perd 30 minutes et chute au 8e rang.
6e de la première étape puis 3e de la seconde, Airat Mardeev a poursuivi sa montée en puissance avec une première victoire sur le Dakar 2015 camion qui lui permet de prendre la tête du rallye. Le pilote Kamaz est parvenu à creuser un écart de près de deux minutes sur le deuxième Kamaz d'Andrey Karginov, vainqueur en 2014, et de 4'30 sur le régulier Gerard de Rooy. Au général, Mardeev possède désormais huit minutes d'avance sur ses principaux adversaires.
Being a debutant does not necessarily mean being slow. In any case, KTM Matthias Walkner gave a fine demonstration of speed to pick up his first stage victory on the Dakar, whilst in the car category Orlando Terranova enjoyed his second success in two days.
After finishing eighth on his very first special on the Dakar, then 6th on the longest special of this year's edition between Villa Carlos Paz and San Juan, Matthias Walkner decided to take the quickest route to his first stage victory on the Dakar. The Austrian three times MX1-MX3 world champion was in the leading trio at CP2 before going into overdrive, leaving the discipline's specialists in his wake and writing the first entry on his roll of honour for the King of all rallies at the finish in Chilecito. This performance puts him definitively among the riders to keep an eye on, whilst Marc Coma is being closely watched by all his rivals. After losing more than ten minutes the previous day, the title holder staged a comeback, finishing only 40 seconds behind Walkner.
More importantly, he gained one minute back on Joan Barreda who did not tempt fate and instead made sure of a solid third place to consolidate his leadership in the general standings. Toby Price finished fourth on the stage, to confirm the rookies' good form, ahead of Barreda's nearest rival in the general standings, Paulo Goncalves. Alain Duclos put in a fine performance at the end of the stage to put his Sherco in sixth place, whilst the rest of the French contingent is struggling, with in particular the 16th and 21st places of the Yamahas ridden by Michael Metge and Olivier Pain. Laia Sanz, the leading lady, enjoyed a noteworthy performance, finishing 17th on the day's stage.
A regular occupier of the places of honour, today Lucas Bonetto accomplished his finest stage on a quad, having started in fifteenth position this morning. The Argentinean won in front of his home crowd thanks to a dazzling end to the special, after having trailed Sebastian Halpern at CP2 by three minutes, before beating him by 58 seconds at the finishing line. 2'14 behind the winner, Rafal Sonik took advantage of the mishaps suffered by Ignacio Casale to open up a lead in the general standings.
After crashing at the end of the special on Monday, Orlando Terranova had no intention of leaving his team-mate Nasser Al-Attiyah to effortlessly lead the rally. The Argentinean, who has good knowledge of the tracks in his region, produced a sterling effort in the second part of the special after having reached CP1 with a similar time to Giniel de Villiers and Al-Attiyah. In the end, he clawed back almost two minutes on the Toyota driver and more than four minutes on the Qatari general standings leader. This battle was joined by Alrajhi Yazeed who is taking part in his first Dakar and who now occupies a very impressive fifth place in the general standings.
As for the Peugeot team, Carlos Sainz seems to be getting the hang of the new car and improving in performance terms with the day's fourth place, four minutes behind the day's winner, even if the Spaniard is still far from being in an ideal position to battle for victory in Buenos Aires, trailing Al-Attiyah by almost 20 minutes in the general standings. Stéphane Peterhansel is also climbing back up the standings even if the Frenchman did lose almost ten minutes to Terranova today, whilst his former team-mate Nani Roma finally put his mishaps behind him with sixth place this Tuesday evening in Chilecito. Third in the general standings this morning, Bernhard Ten Brinke lost 30 minutes and drops down to 8th place.
6th on the first stage and then 3rd on the second, Airat Mardeev has continued his progression with a first stage victory on the Dakar 2015, enabling him to take the lead in the general standings. The Kamaz driver managed to open up a gap of almost two minutes over a second Kamaz driven by Andrey Karginov, the winner in 2014, and a gap of 4'30 over the ever consistent Gerard de Rooy. In the general standings, Mardeev now boasts a lead of eight minutes over his main rivals.
Huitième de sa toute première spéciale sur le Dakar, puis 6e de la spéciale la plus longue du rallye entre Villa Carlos Paz et San Juan, Matthias Walkner était décidé à tracer le chemin le plus court possible vers sa première victoire sur le Dakar. Triple champion du monde MX1-MX3, l'Autrichien se plaçait dans le trio de tête au CP2 avant de passer la surmultipliée pour déposer tous les spécialistes de la discipline et ouvrir son palmarès sur l'épreuve reine des rallyes à l'arrivée à Chilecito. Une performance qui le place directement dans les pilotes à suivre, alors que Marc Coma est, lui, déjà surveillé de près par tous ses adversaires. Après une perte de plus de dix minutes la veille, le vainqueur en titre est revenu dans le coup et ne cède que 40 secondes à Walkner.
Il reprend surtout plus d'une minute à un Joan Barreda qui n'a pas tenté le diable et s'assure d'une solide troisième place pour consolider son leadership au général. Quatrième de l'étape, Toby Price confirme la bonne forme des rookies et devance le dauphin de Barreda au classement provisoire, Paulo Goncalves. Alain Duclos réalise lui une belle fin d'étape pour amener sa Sherco au sixième rang alors que le reste du contingent français est plus à la peine avec notamment les 16e et 21e places des Yamaha de Michael Metge et Olivier Pain. A noter la belle performance de la première féminine Laia Sanz, 17e du jour.
Habitué des places d'honneurs, Lucas Bonetto réalise aujourd'hui sa plus belle étape en quad depuis la quinzième position au départ ce matin. L'Argentin s'impose devant son public grâce à une très belle fin de spéciale alors qu'il accusait trois minutes de retard sur le leader au CP2 Sebastian Halpern qu'il devance finalement de 58 secondes à l'arrivée. A 2'14 du vainqueur, Sonik Rafal profite de la mauvaise journée d'Ignacio Casale pour prendre le large au général.
Parti à la faute en fin de spéciale lundi, Orlando Terranova n'est pas décidé à laisser son coéquipier Nasser Al-Attiyah mener tranquillement le rallye. L'Argentin, qui connait bien les routes de sa région, a pour cela produit son effort dans la deuxième partie de la spéciale après être passé dans des temps similaires à Giniel de Villiers et Al-Attiyah au CP1. Il reprend finalement presque deux minutes au pilote Toyota et plus de quatre minutes au leader du général. Une bataille à laquelle est venu se mêler un Alrajhi Yazeed qui participe à son premier Dakar et occupe désormais une très belle cinquième place au général.
Du côté des Peugeot, Carlos Sainz semble prendre ses marques et monter en puissance avec la quatrième place du jour à quatre minutes du vainqueur, même si l'Espagnol est désormais loin d'être en position idéale pour jouer la gagne à Buenos Aires à presque vingt minutes d'Al-Attiyah au général. Stéphane Peterhansel remonte lui aussi dans le classement même si le Français cède encore près de dix minutes au vainqueur alors que son ancien coéquipier Nani Roma sort la tête de l'eau avec la sixième place de l'étape mardi soir à Chilecito. 3e du général ce matin, Bernhard Ten Brinke a perd 30 minutes et chute au 8e rang.
6e de la première étape puis 3e de la seconde, Airat Mardeev a poursuivi sa montée en puissance avec une première victoire sur le Dakar 2015 camion qui lui permet de prendre la tête du rallye. Le pilote Kamaz est parvenu à creuser un écart de près de deux minutes sur le deuxième Kamaz d'Andrey Karginov, vainqueur en 2014, et de 4'30 sur le régulier Gerard de Rooy. Au général, Mardeev possède désormais huit minutes d'avance sur ses principaux adversaires.
Being a debutant does not necessarily mean being slow. In any case, KTM Matthias Walkner gave a fine demonstration of speed to pick up his first stage victory on the Dakar, whilst in the car category Orlando Terranova enjoyed his second success in two days.
After finishing eighth on his very first special on the Dakar, then 6th on the longest special of this year's edition between Villa Carlos Paz and San Juan, Matthias Walkner decided to take the quickest route to his first stage victory on the Dakar. The Austrian three times MX1-MX3 world champion was in the leading trio at CP2 before going into overdrive, leaving the discipline's specialists in his wake and writing the first entry on his roll of honour for the King of all rallies at the finish in Chilecito. This performance puts him definitively among the riders to keep an eye on, whilst Marc Coma is being closely watched by all his rivals. After losing more than ten minutes the previous day, the title holder staged a comeback, finishing only 40 seconds behind Walkner.
More importantly, he gained one minute back on Joan Barreda who did not tempt fate and instead made sure of a solid third place to consolidate his leadership in the general standings. Toby Price finished fourth on the stage, to confirm the rookies' good form, ahead of Barreda's nearest rival in the general standings, Paulo Goncalves. Alain Duclos put in a fine performance at the end of the stage to put his Sherco in sixth place, whilst the rest of the French contingent is struggling, with in particular the 16th and 21st places of the Yamahas ridden by Michael Metge and Olivier Pain. Laia Sanz, the leading lady, enjoyed a noteworthy performance, finishing 17th on the day's stage.
A regular occupier of the places of honour, today Lucas Bonetto accomplished his finest stage on a quad, having started in fifteenth position this morning. The Argentinean won in front of his home crowd thanks to a dazzling end to the special, after having trailed Sebastian Halpern at CP2 by three minutes, before beating him by 58 seconds at the finishing line. 2'14 behind the winner, Rafal Sonik took advantage of the mishaps suffered by Ignacio Casale to open up a lead in the general standings.
After crashing at the end of the special on Monday, Orlando Terranova had no intention of leaving his team-mate Nasser Al-Attiyah to effortlessly lead the rally. The Argentinean, who has good knowledge of the tracks in his region, produced a sterling effort in the second part of the special after having reached CP1 with a similar time to Giniel de Villiers and Al-Attiyah. In the end, he clawed back almost two minutes on the Toyota driver and more than four minutes on the Qatari general standings leader. This battle was joined by Alrajhi Yazeed who is taking part in his first Dakar and who now occupies a very impressive fifth place in the general standings.
As for the Peugeot team, Carlos Sainz seems to be getting the hang of the new car and improving in performance terms with the day's fourth place, four minutes behind the day's winner, even if the Spaniard is still far from being in an ideal position to battle for victory in Buenos Aires, trailing Al-Attiyah by almost 20 minutes in the general standings. Stéphane Peterhansel is also climbing back up the standings even if the Frenchman did lose almost ten minutes to Terranova today, whilst his former team-mate Nani Roma finally put his mishaps behind him with sixth place this Tuesday evening in Chilecito. Third in the general standings this morning, Bernhard Ten Brinke lost 30 minutes and drops down to 8th place.
6th on the first stage and then 3rd on the second, Airat Mardeev has continued his progression with a first stage victory on the Dakar 2015, enabling him to take the lead in the general standings. The Kamaz driver managed to open up a gap of almost two minutes over a second Kamaz driven by Andrey Karginov, the winner in 2014, and a gap of 4'30 over the ever consistent Gerard de Rooy. In the general standings, Mardeev now boasts a lead of eight minutes over his main rivals.
Jännerrallye (ERC): Kajetanowicz claims Euro opener
Round one of the 2015 FIA European Rally Championship was won by Kajetan Kajetanowicz (Ford Fiesta R5). The Pole completed Austria’s Internationale Jännerrallye more than seven minutes clear of second-placed Frenchman Robert Consani (Peugeot 207 S2000). The fight-back of Alexey Lukyanik (Ford Fiesta R5) was rewarded with third place.
Ford driver Kajetan Kajetanowicz led from flag to flag and won all but one stage of the 2015 Internationale Jännerrallye to win the opening round of the 2015 European Rally Championship.
The LOTOS driver overcame a wide range of wintry conditions, including blizzards, to dominate the two-day event in Upper Austria and take the first prize by the incredible margin of more than seven minutes! The achievement earned him a cash prize of €7,000.
The Pole’s mission was assisted by early trouble for the Peugeot Rally Academy’s Craig Breen (208 T16) who exited the event on the very first stage yesterday (Monday). However, the Irishman made use of the Rally2 ruling to re-join today and salvage some potentially valuable bonus points for his Leg 2 performance.
A carefully-paced run from Frenchman Robert Consani bagged second place, while the biggest fight of the rally opposed the Czech Republic’s Jaromir Tarabus (Skoda Fabia S2000) and Belarus driver Alexey Lukyanuk (Fiesta R5). The latter lost a big chunk of time after suffering an overheating issue on SS1, yet he bounced back from 23rd overall to clinch the bronze medal by a margin of 20.7s thanks to a score of 15 second-fastest times over the remainder of the event. The two men were split by just 8.5s – in Tarabus’ favour – ahead of the final test…
Martin Fischerlehner (5th, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX) ended up as the best-placed Austrian runner at the chequered flag.
Making one of his rare ERC outings this season, the reigning Junior champ Stéphane Lefebvre (Citroën DS3 R5) had been on course for fifth spot when he was side-lined by a mechanical problem.
ERC2 honours went to Czech driver Vojtech Stajf (Subaru Impreza WRX STI), more than two minutes clear of his closest chaser, while the ERC3 order was topped by Pole Slawomir Ogryzek (Peugeot 208 R2) by a margin of more than four minutes.
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