Title: Dakar is back
monty - January 3, 2008 07:27 PM (GMT)
the dakar starts this saturday the 5th with coverage on Eurosport at 9.30 Uk time. There is also a preview and review of last years event from 8.30 to 9.30 on friday the 4th of January.
As with last year I believe there will be live day timings on the eurosport website and www.dakar.com.
enjoy!!! :D
As with last year I believe there will be live day timings on the eurosport website and www.dakar.com.
enjoy!!! :D
swiftpro17 - January 3, 2008 07:30 PM (GMT)
thats my night sorted then :D
russmini - January 3, 2008 08:42 PM (GMT)
The Sorter of the Men from the Boys !!!!
Bring it on !!!!!!!!!!
:thumbs_up: :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up:
Bring it on !!!!!!!!!!
:thumbs_up: :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up:
Stone Cold Spider 3:16 - January 3, 2008 11:59 PM (GMT)
COMMON VOLKSWAGEN!!!!!
Matt - January 4, 2008 12:55 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Stone Cold Spider 3:16 @ Jan 3 2008, 11:59 PM) |
| COMMON VOLKSWAGEN!!!!! |
+1
Matt_N - January 4, 2008 04:54 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (monty @ Jan 3 2008, 07:27 PM) |
| the dakar starts this saturday the 5th |
Matt - January 4, 2008 05:00 PM (GMT)
:o
purpletimbo - January 4, 2008 05:55 PM (GMT)
yep, it's gone Mauritania is too dodgy to drive through ;)
monty - January 4, 2008 06:46 PM (GMT)
:gay:
russmini - January 4, 2008 08:28 PM (GMT)
FFS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
12th demon - January 4, 2008 09:11 PM (GMT)
bastards was looking foward to my next dvd of the collection,
wankers
wankers
Stone Cold Spider 3:16 - January 5, 2008 12:36 AM (GMT)
Confirmation from www.volkswagen-motorsport.com
It is with great regret that Volkswagen acknowledges the cancellation of the 30th Dakar Rally.
"The safety of every single participant has absolute priority and for this reason Volkswagen completely and utterly endorses the decision made by the organisers ASO to cancel the start of the Dakar Rally originally scheduled for 5 January,” explains Dr Ulrich Hackenberg, Board Member with responsibility for Technical Development at Volkswagen. "We are obviously very unhappy about the cancellation, since we prepared for this rally for an entire year and were extremely well equipped for this sporting challenge.”
Volkswagen Motorsport Director Kris Nissen underlines: "We fully respect the decision for safety purposes, which also have absolute priority for us. The cancellation is a great disappointment for every member of the Volkswagen Motorsport team, particularly as everybody was looking forward to starting this fair sporting competition.”
At midday on Friday, 4 January 2008 the "Dakar” organisers ASO officially announced that the rally will be not be held due to the significant safety concerns voiced by the French Government regarding the stages in Mauritania. The start of the 30th Dakar Rally was scheduled for 5 January 2008 in Lisbon. The "Dakar” should have finished, as is tradition, after 15 stages and approximately 9,300 kilometres in the Senegalese capital city on 20 January.
It is with great regret that Volkswagen acknowledges the cancellation of the 30th Dakar Rally.
"The safety of every single participant has absolute priority and for this reason Volkswagen completely and utterly endorses the decision made by the organisers ASO to cancel the start of the Dakar Rally originally scheduled for 5 January,” explains Dr Ulrich Hackenberg, Board Member with responsibility for Technical Development at Volkswagen. "We are obviously very unhappy about the cancellation, since we prepared for this rally for an entire year and were extremely well equipped for this sporting challenge.”
Volkswagen Motorsport Director Kris Nissen underlines: "We fully respect the decision for safety purposes, which also have absolute priority for us. The cancellation is a great disappointment for every member of the Volkswagen Motorsport team, particularly as everybody was looking forward to starting this fair sporting competition.”
At midday on Friday, 4 January 2008 the "Dakar” organisers ASO officially announced that the rally will be not be held due to the significant safety concerns voiced by the French Government regarding the stages in Mauritania. The start of the 30th Dakar Rally was scheduled for 5 January 2008 in Lisbon. The "Dakar” should have finished, as is tradition, after 15 stages and approximately 9,300 kilometres in the Senegalese capital city on 20 January.
russmini - January 5, 2008 09:54 AM (GMT)
Watched it as planned on Eurosport last night.
Most were Understanding, but some Competitors were Really Pissed Off !!!!
You could i suppose understand it, when as one of the KTM Riders put it...
I know people that have Re-Motgaged their Houses for something like £30,000 so they can Compete this year !!!!!!
What are they going to do now ??? !!!!
Kind of puts things into Perspective...
And there are Lots of Competitors like that in The Dakar....
:thumbs_up: :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up:
Most were Understanding, but some Competitors were Really Pissed Off !!!!
You could i suppose understand it, when as one of the KTM Riders put it...
I know people that have Re-Motgaged their Houses for something like £30,000 so they can Compete this year !!!!!!
What are they going to do now ??? !!!!
Kind of puts things into Perspective...
And there are Lots of Competitors like that in The Dakar....
:thumbs_up: :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up:
Stone Cold Spider 3:16 - January 5, 2008 11:04 AM (GMT)
i just read this on GPUpdate.net
Dakar rally cancellation to cost £26million
05 January 2008
Just hours before the start of the 2008 edition of the legendary Dakar Rally, organiser ASO officially announced that the event would be cancelled after certain stages of the event had been threatened by terrorists, particularly through the Mauritanian legs.
"Our primary responsibility is to guarantee the safety of everyone including that of the
people in the countries visited," Dakar Rally director Etienne Lavigne said.
Rally participants who had prepared for months to take on the event were left stunned and disappointed that less than a day before the event, things were called off. The cancellation is set to leave organisers in excess of £26million out of pocket.
Inside sources at the Dakar Rally told GPUpdate.net that the real reason the event was called off is because no insurance company would agree to cover the event following the terror threats, not simply that the organisers decided to call it off on their own merit.
damn insurance companies :-(
Dakar rally cancellation to cost £26million
05 January 2008
Just hours before the start of the 2008 edition of the legendary Dakar Rally, organiser ASO officially announced that the event would be cancelled after certain stages of the event had been threatened by terrorists, particularly through the Mauritanian legs.
"Our primary responsibility is to guarantee the safety of everyone including that of the
people in the countries visited," Dakar Rally director Etienne Lavigne said.
Rally participants who had prepared for months to take on the event were left stunned and disappointed that less than a day before the event, things were called off. The cancellation is set to leave organisers in excess of £26million out of pocket.
Inside sources at the Dakar Rally told GPUpdate.net that the real reason the event was called off is because no insurance company would agree to cover the event following the terror threats, not simply that the organisers decided to call it off on their own merit.
damn insurance companies :-(