The Dakar Rally is regarded as one of the last big adventures and as extreme challenge for man and material. In the forthcoming edition, the legendary event will be started for the first time in Paraguay. From there, the rally will take the competitors via Argentina to Bolivia where the Dakar field will have to cope with extreme altitude for several days. Afterwards, it’s back to Argentina and on the way to the finish in the country’s capital Buenos Aires, the competitors will have to cope with extreme heat. X-raid wants to offer the fans the chance to chase this adventure at the closest possible way and provides them several options for following the rally and the activities of the MINI John Cooper Works Rally pairings. Meanwhile, MINI Motorsport also takes the fans backstage with several Social media channels.
In yesterday’s shake down, a part of the pairings could test their MINI John Cooper Works Rally and MINI ALL4 Racing vehicles for the last time prior to the start into the 2017 Dakar Rally on 2nd of January to make the final fine adjustments. On the coming days, the team will have to pass the administrative checks and the scrutineering and on 1st of January, the pairings traditionally roll across the starting podium before the rally is really started on the following day.
