Today we had a long special through the Atacama desert, the highest and most dry desert in the world. Tim drove without any problems till about 450 kilometers. After that the clutch jammed and he couldn’t repair it. After calling Pierre in the Netherlands and some assistance of the Afrajateam race truck, Tim continued. The…
Both buggies made it to the first waypoint (53.0 km) on the Dakar.com live-track. Chris is about four minutes faster than Coronel is at this moment. 46 (369) Leyds C. +00h13′21″ 61 (347) Coronel T. + 00h17′04″ Update at 123.0 km 43 (369) Leyds C. +00h35′19″ 61 (347) Coronel T. +00h49′07″ Update 138.0 km 57…
Our Friend Chris Leyds was feared missing as he disappeared of the Radar screen. His number had not appeared in the dakar website in the control page at check point 38. But he has been spotted by the Service truck by CP2. We feared the worst, but Chris is like a cat, he always lands…