Friday, 07 October 2011 22:28
Today was billed as the event's hardest and at the time of writing,
just before dark, only 7 of the 20 something field still running have
made it back to camp. Some are enjoying a well-deserved beer, but many
others are still in the desert somewhere digging desperately as night
falls...
Wednesday, 05 October 2011 23:08
They say that Arabs are the best poets... maybe this is because living
in the desert they learn how to see the beauty in death for the stark
Egyptian landscape is the bleached white bones of Mother Nature...
Tuesday, 04 October 2011 13:28
Of all the places in the world to start a motorsport event, having the Pyramids of Giza as the backdrop must surely be one of the most prestigious. In the soft early morning light they were a breath-taking sight and all the crews found a little place on the dusty plateau near the podium to take a team photo.
Saturday, 27 August 2011 13:27
The first SS was not as dusty due to the grassy road.The results ofthe SS1 were the following: Boris Gadasin finished 2nd 6 seconds behind the Czech Miroslav Zapletal and overtaking Leonid Novitsky for more than one minute.
Saturday, 27 August 2011 00:23
The first day was a bit backwards as the prologue actually took place before the official start, but as you hear in the WRC sometimes in the FIA World Cup start order is all important. X-Raid's Leonid Novistky has a perfectly clear run through the 5.5 km Super Special Stage but for those running behind in his thick cloud of lingering dust it was a nightmare. “It was just impossible to see anything,” Boris said afterwards.
Tuesday, 12 July 2011 23:28
The marathon gives hard time both for racers and assistance crews. Very intense schedule of the rally is a great challenge to all. Please see below our brief overview of the first three days of the event.
Moscow – Lipetsk
The weather became the main difficulty for the competitors and obstacle on their first day. Shower rains at the special stage posed a real challenge for the competitors. Dirty, wet and slippery road required a lot of attention and care. It was especially hard for the first cars
Saturday, 09 April 2011 12:10
The Last day – Leg 5 – turned out to be the hardest of all and the easiest for the team. The hot desert wind changed it’s direction and a vicious dust storm made it almost impossible for the racers to see anything around filing the photographers cameras with handfuls of sands. Boris Gadasin intending to finish this stage with as much caution as he could handle was driving carefully and doing everything not to damage the car. He came 5th at all of PCs until some kilometers before the finish he got a bit stuck and lost a few minutes, finally finishing this stage seventh.
Wednesday, 06 April 2011 13:20
Leg 4 started with a well-established tradition of optimistic buoyancy in G-Force camp. However when we taking photos at the special stage viewer's point wondering why Boris and Roman haven't passed us yet, we received a phonecall from Dan Schchemel, Boris's co-driver. He told us that they rolled the car off a dune. They were waiting for some help when they saw Roman Briskindov approaching and then jumping and halting all of a sudden. Turned out that Roman's landing wasn't too successful and he didn't feel well. The teams called a helicopter which took Roman to the hospital. Doctors diagnosed him wit a crack in tailbone and strongly recommended not to race for next few weeks. So Roman has finished the race while we'll see Boris at tomorrow's start!
Current leaders of the event are Peterhansel in the first, Novitskiy i the second and Schchlesser in the third place. Tomorrow's the last decisive day which will define the true sand masters.
Tuesday, 05 April 2011 14:49
Leg 1
We wrote about what effort it took the team to get here from Italy with the events being so close together…. all the paperwork, flying the cars out, shipping the T5 service truck, renting the chase cars… And it all looked to be over just for 4km. Peterhansel called it “beginners mistake” but it was an unseen and unwritten in the road book sharp blind kink.
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