Thorn199 Posted January 15, 2019 Posted January 15, 2019 This should be interesting... Toby Price / Laia Sanz bet
Gnarly Posted January 15, 2019 Posted January 15, 2019 This should be interesting... Toby Price / Laia Sanz bet Might be jumping the gun on a five second kiss, but DAMN those kids would be fast.
Boerklong Posted January 16, 2019 Posted January 16, 2019 Weird didn't Andy Caldecott die in 2006?Sorry. My bad. Had it mixed up with some other story.
Thorn199 Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 Final day. Weird wrapping this up on a Thursday after only 10 stages. Toby Price has been phenomenal, looking at another win (and going mullet-less) even with what is clearly a very painful wrist injury.Brabec was unfortunate, but he clearly wrung the neck out of that Honda to get into the lead, and paid the price for it.Sunderland should have been in charge overall, but fell foul of the organisers. Who knows, maybe KTM did stretch the rule book a bit too far. Local boys Ross Branch and Kenneth Gilbert have been great, with Branch leading the rookie category in 12th position. Hopefully kickstarts a career in desert marathon racing with this result. Bad luck to Stuart Gregory in the Malle Moto class. These have been great reports: https://www.rustsports.com/articles/news/dakar-2019-report-1_8641.htmlhttps://www.rustsports.com/articles/news/dakar-2019-report-2_8706.htmlhttps://www.rustsports.com/articles/news/dakar-2019-report-3_8868.html
Shebeen Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 Been enjoying following it. Did you know Mike Horn is doing it? Reading the maps for Cyril despres
Kranswurm Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 Been enjoying following it. Did you know Mike Horn is doing it? Reading the maps for Cyril despresYeah,watching.
Carmichael Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 What is it with BF's this year?? so many punctures over and over.... PS: i don't like BF's
WhuYu Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 What is it with BF's this year?? so many punctures over and over.... PS: i don't like BF'sPlease excuse my ignorance here.........................what is BF??
PieterJvR Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 Please excuse my ignorance here.........................what is BF?? My assumption is BF Goodrich...
PieterJvR Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 What is it with BF's this year?? so many punctures over and over.... PS: i don't like BF's I see Century Racing (Brian Baragwanath + Taye Perry) is also racing with BF Goodrich's, they have also had quite a few punctures but not as bad as the Toyota guys who have used all their spare tyres on a few stages. No idea if it is the same tyre, or if it is a tyre issue or pressure issue as it appears it is only the Toyota's who are using so many tyres. I saw or heard somewhere yesterday that they have used 48 tyres between the 3 teams. That is quite a bit
WrightJnr Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 I see Century Racing (Brian Baragwanath + Taye Perry) is also racing with BF Goodrich's, they have also had quite a few punctures but not as bad as the Toyota guys who have used all their spare tyres on a few stages. No idea if it is the same tyre, or if it is a tyre issue or pressure issue as it appears it is only the Toyota's who are using so many tyres. I saw or heard somewhere yesterday that they have used 48 tyres between the 3 teams. That is quite a bitHuge tyre difference between the 2-wheel drive and 4-wheel drive cars. The 2-wheel drive cars are almost twice the size and are allowed almost twice the suspension travel.
WrightJnr Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 Is the Dakar governed by the FIA? And if yes isnt the pressures supposed to be regulated?Desert Rally.....Pressures are changing daily depending on the terrain. The 2-Wheel drive cars are even allowed to change it on the fly. Doubt there are pressure regulations. In the desert, too hard and you going to get stuck, too soft and you’ll roll the tyre off the rim. The terrain is self regulating :-)
ADJ Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 Watched a snippet on Redbull TV before the race started and it seems as if you can use any tyre pressure. The 4x4 category vehicles like the Hilux would need to change the pressure manually during a stage if they wanted to, the 'buggy' types like the Mini can have an automated system. I can only assume that because of this the Hilux teams have struggled to find the right tyre pressure balance for the stages unlike the Minis. Nasser, however, seems to know exactly how to drive in these conditions with 4 stage wins.
Carmichael Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 I see Century Racing (Brian Baragwanath + Taye Perry) is also racing with BF Goodrich's, they have also had quite a few punctures but not as bad as the Toyota guys who have used all their spare tyres on a few stages. No idea if it is the same tyre, or if it is a tyre issue or pressure issue as it appears it is only the Toyota's who are using so many tyres. I saw or heard somewhere yesterday that they have used 48 tyres between the 3 teams. That is quite a bit Jip the toy guys are chowing up tyres yes... hectic.. i wonder of Nassar will complain. The tires has really slowed him down, if indeed anything can slow him down hehe. Yep BF’s is bf goodrich
Duane_Bosch Posted January 14, 2021 Posted January 14, 2021 Lots of SAFFERS in the race. Quite a lot seem to be on the spanners too. The whole Toyota outfit seems to be staffed by Saffers
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