Dakar 2011

Milliethemutt · Dec 31, 2010

Well the Dakar starts tomorrow. No thread in here yet so I thought I'd start one for discussions of how it's going.

http://www.dakar.com/index_DAKus.html

See here for info, positions and live tracking of riders/drivers. It seems to be a massive entry this year.

C6R GT2 · Dec 31, 2010

Who are the favourites/teams to watch?

Milliethemutt · Dec 31, 2010

I think with Dakar at the minute VW is always the favourite (in cars that is, I'm not up on my bike info but love watching them). It's as much fun just watching the situation develop as the next few days go on and then work out who you're rooting for.

I love an underdog/privateer mixing things up a bit and with the Dakar there's usually one of those to cheer on.

dezert_al · Jan 3, 2011

Robby Gordon all the way. Team USA

Milliethemutt · Jan 3, 2011

Both the US big guns (Gordon & Miller) have had big problems today. A real shame as they both seem like nice blokes on interviews etc.

NISM0_SKYLINE · Jan 3, 2011

So glad the Dakar is back. I've been putting my support behind the Nissan team for awhile now. They seem to be a loer profile team, atleast with media cover, but they still seem to do pretty good every year. Plus the had Mcrae when he raced Dakar.

ROAD_DOGG33J · Jan 16, 2011

Nice to see Coma back on top and the new champion in the cars category. It's amazing what the bikers had to go through. Hat's off, especially to the privateers

Milliethemutt · Jan 17, 2011

Good effort to all involved, some excellent action over the last few weeks especiialy Al-Attiyah and Sainz battling it out in the dunes.