It was really something when it was actually run from Paris to Dakar! I used to love the bikes. Those guys were NUTS! Riding, alone, through the middle of the Sahara Desert.
I remember the two years they couldn't get to Dakar (for safety reasons), so they drove Paris to Cape Town and Paris-Moscow-Beijing. There was a car that punctured a fuel tank in Kasakhstan and a random nomad fixed it with some ox hide.
1978 79 and on was the best years for the most extreme offroad event, it puts the Baja to shame several times over, the support trucks was always my favourite class.
Even though it's called Rally Dakar (previously named Paris-Dakar Rally, Dakar (Senegal) hasn't been the finish line since 2007. 2008 rally was cancelled one day before the intended start date, due to concerns over a possible terrorist attack aimed at the competitors. The rally was cancelled on 4 January 2008, due to safety concerns in Mauritania, following the killing of four French tourists there on Christmas Eve, December 2007. From 2009 till 2019 Dakar Rally was held in South America and from 2020 to present day in Saudi Arabia. Dakar trucks has around 1000hp 12 or 13 liter diesel engines Here's 2 videos of 2 different Kamaz Dakar rally trucks against Mad Mike's drift Lambo Huracan and VW Polo R WRC: ua-cam.com/video/ItLZT2634fA/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/MkRI6JgMaMM/v-deo.html Kamaz truck drifting in Goodwood Festival of Speed: ua-cam.com/video/iK6mm5zzzP8/v-deo.html 8:10 It's Audi RS Q e-tron. Even tho it's electric it uses 4 cyl ICE engine from Audi DTM car to charge batteries for EV motors. Best explained here at around 1min into the video (ua-cam.com/video/nes85rlHJFI/v-deo.html)
I can remember January 1982 Mark Thatcher, went missing for six days in the Sahara whilst driving a Peugeot 504 in the Paris-Dakar Rally. They were declared missing on 12 Jan On 14 January, the Algerian military spotted Thatcher's party 31 miles off course. This caused international embarrassment to his mother. The Prime Minister insisted on paying £2,000 personally towards the cost of the search.
Rally Dakar is a mad event with a mad vehicles. Hint: Dakar - Desert Rally game is free on Epic Games until 22th of Feb. So if you like to have a fun and test how it would go...
Pretty sure it was women's . Girl's are before you are fully adult. We dont call men , boys either at this point of age either. All female team would work aswell.
@@UltraSuperDuperFreak touchy touchy touchy.. A girl is a girl, a boy a boy and everything else is everything... No need to work yourself up about that
In the past the trucks, especially the DAF trucks were crazy, they went so fast, they were able to overtake a Peugeot 405 on one stage, i guess it was 1988, the truck had two engines. It drove over 125 mph....
What most people don't now that on the same stage as that crazy video the second daf truck crashed hard and unfortunatly killed one of the crew in the truck as he was trown out of the truck at 100mph
@@legojasper1341Yes, this is correct, the truck that overtook the car... that did not end well only a little bit further down the line. Also though; I'm not sure, but was it twin-engine? I don't think so. I know what's being referred to. There was a twin engine truck in Dakar and there was also a legendary overtaking of a car by a truck, but these are actually separate things as I recall. Because the reason they were able to make a twin engine truck is you could only have one engine per cabin as per the rules so they just built a twin-cabin truck, and the truck that overtook the Peugeot was not the twin-cabin truck.
The motorbike riding is not only physically demanding, its outright dangerous! Most accidents in the Dakar are relativly harmless, even if a car or truck flips. They have cages and all that, its mandatory. But if the biker fall it quickly gets nasty, and it takes some time until they can get medivacced. A number of bikers have died in the Dakar over the years. Not as many as in the TT, but still.
Originally the rally started in Paris and finished in Dakar. Then it went full bonkers with Paris-Dakar-Paris rally. For a couple of years it was in south america, but the organizers decided to reverse back to the old format. Unlike other rallies they have a couple of vehicle classes going at the same time. And when there is no road, they have to navigate (like crossing the sand dunes).
Still loving those De Rooy trucks even today. They have some heritage. I live less than an hour's drive from their base of operations. That family name is a local (here) Dakar legend.
The weirdest thing I´ve seen in a Dakar rally was a motorcycle rider that cut his tongue with his teeth in a fall and he continues riding auntil reach the final line. Once there, he shown his wound to the camera in a first plane...
A few years ago these trucks were completely restored and are now on display at the Daf museum in Eindhoven, Netherlands! 👌🏼✌🏼 VisioRacer This 1988 Six-Turbo Truck Was Too Powerful For The Dakar Rally ua-cam.com/video/zedjnP4jZQ8/v-deo.html
If I am given the choice to join any motor race in the world I want, it will probably be Dakar. Not on a bike though. As much as I love bikes, I would die after 2 hours
this clip is from the time when the racing trucks in the dakar ralley (that started in paris and ended in senegal) had no speed restrictions. se how the dutch man , jan the rooy in his daf truck overtakes arie vatanen in the dessert with speeds over 200 kmh (125mph). ua-cam.com/video/AWCNnlk8rkU/v-deo.htmlsi=vQ2xBTFpQNeyCuJx these were the golden times of the dakar
You mean the one that overtook the car? Edit: I realise that sounds very vague, but cars and trucks are different classes in the race, right... There was a historical moment when a Dutch truck overtook I think a Peugeot car whilst really all trucks are supposed to be slower than all cars and therefore don't directly compete.
The DAKAR 2024 lasted 14 days of navigating while racing the Saudi arabian desert with no tracks over 8000 km which is 5000 miles. Night in biwouac tents.😊 Please do not compare with baja.
there's a video of a 6 turbo DAF truck (called DAF X1 that was too powerful for Dakar rally, there's even a clip of that truck overtaking a Peugeot 405. Imagine a Dakar special 405 T16 Peugeot that came from group B, being overtaken by a 10 tons truck going by at 136 MPH/ 220 KPH (some say it went even faster than that)
Not only did Jan in his truck overtake the Peugeot going over 220km/h in the open desert, but that Peugeot car at that time was the overall leader and piloted by Ari Vatanen. That made it the only time ever a truck became the overall leader of the Dakar. It's the absolute most epic Dakar footage ever filmed from a helicopter
@@stuborn-complaining-german they were crazy back then going all out and people that witnessed it, loved watching an epic moment unfold right in front of their eyes
In my opinion and I may be wrong Baha while rough, is far more a SPEED event than survival. Of course go fast and break things FAST. The Dakar event is a multi-day long gruelling challenge through many various terrains. It is truely mainly a SURVIVAL / ENDURANCE event. As much vehicle/motor bike as driver, co-driver and rider. But not only tough on the competotors but generally as severe on support teams/vehicles. Over the years it has shifted location many times. Originally starting Paris, down to North Africa, travel many different Africa areas. However unstabilities and physical life threatening dangers of North Africa, and always, then, finishing in DAKAR. After many years and also building bad reaction to running down French and Spanish roads, in severely modified motor vehicles. The event moved to far locations, for example even to South America, FAR from claasic Paris-Dakar, to finish at west coastal places for example after covering diverse terrain, including very high altitudes, saping performance of engines, and even having breathing issues for people involved, and even tag along spectators. Worth watching far morevof this, both old classic and recent times. Always has been a fascinating event, not as well covered by TV and media in general, though some reporting and video has appeared. Often though subscription channels, and later highlight video releases tend to be best by far.
Even Lithuania (a small and unknown northern European country with only 2.8 million people) is represented in the Dakar Rally by 10 crews in all categories, from motorcycles to trucks :) I have been watching the Dakar Rally since 2003, when our first crews in the car class participated there.
Baja 1000 vs Dakar Rally - which of the two is the tougher competition? The Dakar Rally dishes up the most horrible conditions one can imagine. Soaring heat, blinding sandstorms, wild animals, sometimes booby traps and people shooting at you (referring to “older” times when event was run in Africa). And that 15 days in a row, 9'000 plus kilometers with 300km to 800km per day as so called timed “specials”. We choose #TheDakar as the most challenging off-road race on the planet. With the Dakar considered the world’s most hardcore off-road race, the Baja 1000 runs a very close second place and perhaps surpasses it in several areas. At the end of the day is it like comparing apples and oranges. We selected the Dakar because of length time and distance wise. As #RobbyGordon ones stated “Dakar is like running for 2 weeks every day a Baja 500”
G'day Ian. They are crazy but awesome right. You know the BATHURST 12 HOUR race is on Sunday plus all other during Saturday. Keep up the great reactions .
8:13 that is Carlos Sainz's Audi E-tron. It won the car class, it's fully electric but has a 2.0 4 cylinder turbocharged engine in the back keeping the battery charged. He's now a 4 time Dakar winner. He is the father of Ferrari F1 driver Carlos Sainz
Aaah Dakar... At last, haha! The most iconic rally of mankind I think. My former boss Geert Verhoeven once participated back in the 90's in his 1000 hp MAN in company colours. Even now, about 25 years later, the man won't stop yapping about it, haha! And I understand, it's a great feat for a man just running a business. Looking forward to your vids for this weekend, cheers from The Netherlands 👊 (Edit: I was wrong, it was '09 and '13 when he participated)
Dakar is something like Baja 500, Everyday 10 Times in a Row wth an day of and an miles shorter Prologue Stage at the beginning. It´s hard in Cars but it´s an Monster on Motorbikes. But the best time was as she really did run from Paris to Dakar. Btw he Audis only Won 2024 after the DQ of the Goczals that where Miles ahead and had over an hour lead
Speaking of bikes, motorcycle riders are largely considered to be the most badass Dakar racers as a whole, given the difficulty and the conditions. But while a good portion run with the support of a team or a crew, there is a subset of riders that earn the most respect just by finishing this race, even if it's at the bottom of the leaderboard : "malle moto" riders. Dakar calls it "Originals", but it's commonely named "malle moto" in the rally-raid community. Basically, you run without the support of a team and do everything yourself. The race organizers issue you a 22 gallon metal trunk (called "malle" in French, hence the name, since Dakar was created by a french guy). In said trunk you pack in your tools, spare parts and consumables. Your are also allowed a tent, a suitcase and a set of spare wheels. All this gear is transported in a logistics truck by the race organizers from bivouac to bivouac, but outside of that you are not allowed any kind of outside help. From racing by day to setting up your tent, repairing your bike, unpacking, repacking and everything that comes with it during the evening or even late at night and at the break of dawn, you have to do everything yourself. And it is BRUTAL. But it's also a good way to race the Dakar "on a budget" if you're a very motivated amateur. Even Fernando Alonso, who raced the Dakar himself in 2020 in a car, said he admires malle moto riders. If you want to discover more about this I recommend Lyndon Poskitt's series of videos on Dakar 2018.
The Dakar rallies were relocated to Saudi Arabia in the Noughties due to fears about islamist terrorism in Western Africa. The Africa Eco Race took its place, doing the original route frm Paris via Morocco, Mali, Senegal. Worth a look, too! 🤗 And yes, the rallies are brutal on the motorcycle riders. They have to be super well trained and poses top notch physical stamina. Falls and bike drops are normal for them, too, so they really end up bruised and battered after the rallies. And way too many lose their lives. In the 2024 Dakar, Spanish Carles Falcon sustained fatal injuries, in the 2023 Morocco Desert Challenge Dutch Rider Braam van der Wouden died from a heat stroke. One out off two of the big rallies seems to see one lose his life. At some point the top speed for the bikes got limited so riders wouldn't dash through the dunes at 220 kph anymore, but the risks are plenty.
The 2024 Dakar rally is almost 8000 kilometer (5000 miles) through the Saudi Arabian deserts, with the event itself taking around 10-15 days :) I loved to watch the Paris-Dakar rally, as it was called then, when I was a kid. The Dakar rally and I share our year of birth although it was 90% just the sun and the sand and the freedom of navigating your way through such terrain with a host of other vehicles, all the same time that really drew me to it. It really is a fenomenal race to watch.
Back in the 80's, the trucks were much bagger and reach speeds up to 160 mph! Now is ereryting restrikted. That was a real wild time. Greetz from the Netherlands
All this no longer has anything to do with the Paris-Dakar of the early years. Where factory cars and amateur cars rubbed shoulders (Rolls-Royce, Citroen CX, Renault 20, etc.). It was the same with the motorcycles and the trucks were incredible. All these beautiful people set off after Christmas, crossed France and took the ferry to cross the Mediterranean towards Algiers. This is where the serious race began and ended on the beaches of Dakar.
This years winner in the car class, Carlos Sainz Sr, used to drive Escort Cosworths in the WRC in the 90's. I posted some videos of one of his old WRC car that somehow ended up in Norway in your Discord when you did the video on the Sierra Cosworth. This year he raced for Audi in the Dakar.
Dakar isn't what it used to be. back in the day if you finished, you already "won". Of course I understand safety concerns, but that was this whole event's point, to make it through the Sahara, as fast as possible, and hopefully alive.
It´s a shame it doesn't go from Paris to Dakar like it used to. In 2009 the moved it to South America then in 2020 they move it again to the Middle-East. But they kept the Dakar name even though it really has nothing to do with the original Dakar rally.
Those trucks, sound like Satan gargling with nails!
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Dear Ian. 5:59: Those are Tim and Tom Coronel, dutch twin brothers who race the Dakar together ua-cam.com/video/GLklOBh8tU8/v-deo.html All of those athletes are heroes in my book. But Tim and Tom share an incredible sibling chemistry that makes their Dakar adventures extra fun to watch.
Riding a motorcycle for that long (amongst other reasons, stability for one) is also why you see some riders standing up... simply to keep joints and muscles from locking up.
One of the big things people don’t realise with Dakar is the setup. It’s an international and host country commitment. There is even full mobile hospital facilities on the race. Full surgeries and specialist to deal with all critical injury conditions. Bivouac is like a small town.
The only downside of Dakar is that russians win most races in truck category. It is for 2 reasons. Kamaz stole tatra´s patents, and the second one is that kamaz team received huge financial aid from the regime, while tatra team is just depending on it´s sponsors.
The Audi is a Hybrid without the gas engine engaging the wheels. The engine runs at max efficiency at a near constant RPM when needed to charge the battery and electrify the motor. when going slow it shuts down and runs electric only, unless the battery is low, then you hear the engine still "screaming" like they're going fast but the car is slow or stopped. Bit odd at times.
There were times when Dakar meant Paris - Dakar, there where times when the Dakar took place in South America and there were times when the event sold its soul and went to Saudi Arabia. Guess what time we're living in right now. :(
yeah its best rally ever, at begining its always more grass there is road so newcomers ussually are ant top, but than real dakar starts and top guys come out, than you cant find way thats the most fu part, how the heck you need to find mark in pure deseert :D making circles etc :D so fun 20 cars searching for checkpoint :D hour there is so litle, you will need so many tyres, puncture and you loose half hour you get stuck and you lost hour or two :D these trucks he watched are not biggest trucks. only one truck he looked where was big league drove. imagiune desert sand only you got stuck with full size truck yeah fun time
Even as a European the outline quiz is hard. Mainly because they have made all countries the same size. Most of the time you were right about big and small countries but you couldnt use it due to wrong sizes
One of the special things on the Dakar (or Dakar type rallies maybe) is that your maintenance team also has to run the main course to be available at the next stop.
It was really something when it was actually run from Paris to Dakar! I used to love the bikes. Those guys were NUTS! Riding, alone, through the middle of the Sahara Desert.
I remember the two years they couldn't get to Dakar (for safety reasons), so they drove Paris to Cape Town and Paris-Moscow-Beijing. There was a car that punctured a fuel tank in Kasakhstan and a random nomad fixed it with some ox hide.
the paris-dakar has a total distance of around 7,900 km (4900 miles), of which around 4,700 km (2900miles) are actual timed race distance.
1978 79 and on was the best years for the most extreme offroad event, it puts the Baja to shame several times over, the support trucks was always my favourite class.
Even though it's called Rally Dakar (previously named Paris-Dakar Rally, Dakar (Senegal) hasn't been the finish line since 2007. 2008 rally was cancelled one day before the intended start date, due to concerns over a possible terrorist attack aimed at the competitors. The rally was cancelled on 4 January 2008, due to safety concerns in Mauritania, following the killing of four French tourists there on Christmas Eve, December 2007.
From 2009 till 2019 Dakar Rally was held in South America and from 2020 to present day in Saudi Arabia.
Dakar trucks has around 1000hp 12 or 13 liter diesel engines
Here's 2 videos of 2 different Kamaz Dakar rally trucks against Mad Mike's drift Lambo Huracan and VW Polo R WRC:
ua-cam.com/video/ItLZT2634fA/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/MkRI6JgMaMM/v-deo.html
Kamaz truck drifting in Goodwood Festival of Speed:
ua-cam.com/video/iK6mm5zzzP8/v-deo.html
8:10 It's Audi RS Q e-tron. Even tho it's electric it uses 4 cyl ICE engine from Audi DTM car to charge batteries for EV motors. Best explained here at around 1min into the video (ua-cam.com/video/nes85rlHJFI/v-deo.html)
I can remember January 1982 Mark Thatcher, went missing for six days in the Sahara whilst driving a Peugeot 504 in the Paris-Dakar Rally. They were declared missing on 12 Jan
On 14 January, the Algerian military spotted Thatcher's party 31 miles off course. This caused international embarrassment to his mother. The Prime Minister insisted on paying £2,000 personally towards the cost of the search.
You should watch the Jan de Rooij videos of the DAF twinpower! He drove over 200km/h and was overtaking cars and bikes in his truck.
The most iconic clip is Jan passing Ari Vatanen in his Peugeot… Shame Jan de Rooy passed away 3 weeks ago by the age of 80… True Dutch Dakar legend…
Carlos Sainz, El Matador, first non scandinavian to win 1000 Lakes, has won Paris Dakar four times, with four different cars.
Also 2 times WRC champion, a legend here in Spain.
Rally Dakar is a mad event with a mad vehicles.
Hint: Dakar - Desert Rally game is free on Epic Games until 22th of Feb. So if you like to have a fun and test how it would go...
This is cool but it is nothing when you compare it to the Paris - Dakar races from the early 90ies.....
That first truck, that was an all girls team, and they did awesome !
Go girls!!
Pretty sure it was women's . Girl's are before you are fully adult.
We dont call men , boys either at this point of age either.
All female team would work aswell.
@@UltraSuperDuperFreak touchy touchy touchy..
A girl is a girl, a boy a boy and everything else is everything...
No need to work yourself up about that
In the '80s Jan de Rooijen was doing 200 km/h in his 8 ton truck. Now trucks are limited to 140 km/h.
Je bent vast een Nederlander dat je dat zegt 😂👍🏼
Yes on stage our baltic team was Treee punctures but "only" two reserv wheels = last puncture was 8 km before finnich = empty tire ride .
RIP Carles Falcón (the Spanish motorcyclist who died from a head injury following a fall in the 2024 Rallye)
By the way, the old Škoda 130LR also went to the Dakar #SkodovkouNaDakar
8:19 Škoda 130 LR from 1984 in Dakar classic division
Yeah, here he is #SkodovkouNaDakar
@@ota9866 It is not 4x4, who told you such a BS?
It's an interesting old car. But now it is probably adapted to 4x4.
No it is NOT, I've seen the car in person.@@ota9866
Beating the world champion Rally Ari Vatanen in a Semi Jan de Rooy
Thats the best moment
ho yeah i want a rect of the jan derooy history : ua-cam.com/video/zedjnP4jZQ8/v-deo.htmlsi=jpsS_UwuyceOG79r
@@FlixTraveler The doubleheader DAF was also great.
Doing 124 miles per hour in a semi in dakar ua-cam.com/video/9yd0Fis9DeE/v-deo.html
They had to limit the speed on the trucks/semi.
better video with the entire history of de rooy ua-cam.com/video/zedjnP4jZQ8/v-deo.htmlsi=jpsS_UwuyceOG79r
You should watch "This 6-Turbo Truck Was Too Powerful For The Dakar Rally".
In the past the trucks, especially the DAF trucks were crazy, they went so fast, they were able to overtake a Peugeot 405 on one stage, i guess it was 1988, the truck had two engines. It drove over 125 mph....
What most people don't now that on the same stage as that crazy video the second daf truck crashed hard and unfortunatly killed one of the crew in the truck as he was trown out of the truck at 100mph
@@legojasper1341Yes, this is correct, the truck that overtook the car... that did not end well only a little bit further down the line.
Also though; I'm not sure, but was it twin-engine? I don't think so. I know what's being referred to. There was a twin engine truck in Dakar and there was also a legendary overtaking of a car by a truck, but these are actually separate things as I recall. Because the reason they were able to make a twin engine truck is you could only have one engine per cabin as per the rules so they just built a twin-cabin truck, and the truck that overtook the Peugeot was not the twin-cabin truck.
@@PinnacleNL the truck had 2 engine's with 2 turbo's on both
@@PinnacleNL IT Had 2 engines, the overtaking was crazy because IT was Not on the Road. IT was in the desert
The motorbike riding is not only physically demanding, its outright dangerous! Most accidents in the Dakar are relativly harmless, even if a car or truck flips. They have cages and all that, its mandatory. But if the biker fall it quickly gets nasty, and it takes some time until they can get medivacced. A number of bikers have died in the Dakar over the years. Not as many as in the TT, but still.
Originally the rally started in Paris and finished in Dakar. Then it went full bonkers with Paris-Dakar-Paris rally. For a couple of years it was in south america, but the organizers decided to reverse back to the old format. Unlike other rallies they have a couple of vehicle classes going at the same time. And when there is no road, they have to navigate (like crossing the sand dunes).
Still loving those De Rooy trucks even today. They have some heritage. I live less than an hour's drive from their base of operations. That family name is a local (here) Dakar legend.
The Iveco truck was driven by a Duch woman (Anja van Loon)
Rip Mr De Rooy parti rejoindre les autres legende du Paris Dakar sur la grande piste éternelle😢 Merci a lui👍👍👍
In 2016, Toby Price, the first non-European to win a Dakar bike race, won it with a 40 minute lead. He was, obviously, an Aussie. So proud of him. 🇦🇺
8:14 - Not only it's an Audi but it's also ELECTRIC! 🤯
Electric yes, but with onboard power generators, DTM engine that is.
@@maggotpudding - I know, I've seen it (and heard it) on Carwow's drag races. 🙂
It's an hybrid. No EV would survive there.
@@HeavenlyWarrior - You posted without reading the comments, didn't you?
@@module79l28 I read yours. It's not an EV.
The weirdest thing I´ve seen in a Dakar rally was a motorcycle rider that cut his tongue with his teeth in a fall and he continues riding auntil reach the final line. Once there, he shown his wound to the camera in a first plane...
8:18 Škoda 130 LR classic Dakar
Our Baltic team was 8 th place ..driver Lihtuanian and co -pilot estonian.
A few years ago these trucks were completely restored and are now on display at the Daf museum in Eindhoven, Netherlands! 👌🏼✌🏼
VisioRacer
This 1988 Six-Turbo Truck Was Too Powerful For The Dakar Rally
ua-cam.com/video/zedjnP4jZQ8/v-deo.html
Dakar bike riders are probably the hardest toughest people in Motorsport.
The big winner was the father of F1 driver Carlos Sainz... With the same name.
If I am given the choice to join any motor race in the world I want, it will probably be Dakar. Not on a bike though. As much as I love bikes, I would die after 2 hours
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6:10 the winner of the truck category, Mr. Macik and his crew out of Czech Republic!
Crazy toyota Saudi driver vs dakar rally car.
1988 Semi almost winning Dakar with Jan de Rooy in a DAF
Sounds like a pack of hungry bears trapped in a basement while you have a bbq outside
😂😂😂😂😂
this clip is from the time when the racing trucks in the dakar ralley (that started in paris and ended in senegal) had no speed restrictions.
se how the dutch man , jan the rooy in his daf truck overtakes arie vatanen in the dessert with speeds over 200 kmh (125mph).
ua-cam.com/video/AWCNnlk8rkU/v-deo.htmlsi=vQ2xBTFpQNeyCuJx
these were the golden times of the dakar
You should introduce your cat some time. 😀
The fastest truck on Dakar rally was Dutch DAF in 1988 and 1989.Top peed was above 220kmh(135mph).You can find it on youtube.
You mean the one that overtook the car?
Edit: I realise that sounds very vague, but cars and trucks are different classes in the race, right... There was a historical moment when a Dutch truck overtook I think a Peugeot car whilst really all trucks are supposed to be slower than all cars and therefore don't directly compete.
dude, i love your cat, i love all cats :D mostly^^ your seems so chill, i want to drag it across the room^^ and cuddle it to däeth xD
The DAKAR 2024 lasted 14 days of navigating while racing the Saudi arabian desert with no tracks over 8000 km which is 5000 miles. Night in biwouac tents.😊 Please do not compare with baja.
there's a video of a 6 turbo DAF truck (called DAF X1 that was too powerful for Dakar rally, there's even a clip of that truck overtaking a Peugeot 405. Imagine a Dakar special 405 T16 Peugeot that came from group B, being overtaken by a 10 tons truck going by at 136 MPH/ 220 KPH (some say it went even faster than that)
Not only did Jan in his truck overtake the Peugeot going over 220km/h in the open desert, but that Peugeot car at that time was the overall leader and piloted by Ari Vatanen. That made it the only time ever a truck became the overall leader of the Dakar.
It's the absolute most epic Dakar footage ever filmed from a helicopter
@@stuborn-complaining-german they were crazy back then going all out and people that witnessed it, loved watching an epic moment unfold right in front of their eyes
Ian, don't forget the Bathurst 12 hour Race tomorrow, many exciting new teams! 🙆🇦🇺
Those are not dunes, they are the Himalayan sand mountains😂. amazing.👏
In my opinion and I may be wrong Baha while rough, is far more a SPEED event than survival. Of course go fast and break things FAST.
The Dakar event is a multi-day long gruelling challenge through many various terrains. It is truely mainly a SURVIVAL / ENDURANCE event. As much vehicle/motor bike as driver, co-driver and rider. But not only tough on the competotors but generally as severe on support teams/vehicles.
Over the years it has shifted location many times. Originally starting Paris, down to North Africa, travel many different Africa areas. However unstabilities and physical life threatening dangers of North Africa, and always, then, finishing in DAKAR. After many years and also building bad reaction to running down French and Spanish roads, in severely modified motor vehicles. The event moved to far locations, for example even to South America, FAR from claasic Paris-Dakar, to finish at west coastal places for example after covering diverse terrain, including very high altitudes, saping performance of engines, and even having breathing issues for people involved, and even tag along spectators.
Worth watching far morevof this, both old classic and recent times.
Always has been a fascinating event, not as well covered by TV and media in general, though some reporting and video has appeared. Often though subscription channels, and later highlight video releases tend to be best by far.
I live in the same area as De Villiers of the GR Toyota team in Cape Town, seeing them test and work on these machines is amazing watch
Even Lithuania (a small and unknown northern European country with only 2.8 million people) is represented in the Dakar Rally by 10 crews in all categories, from motorcycles to trucks :) I have been watching the Dakar Rally since 2003, when our first crews in the car class participated there.
Baja 1000 vs Dakar Rally - which of the two is the tougher competition? The Dakar Rally dishes up the most horrible conditions one can imagine. Soaring heat, blinding sandstorms, wild animals, sometimes booby traps and people shooting at you (referring to “older” times when event was run in Africa).
And that 15 days in a row, 9'000 plus kilometers with 300km to 800km per day as so called timed “specials”. We choose #TheDakar as the most challenging off-road race on the planet.
With the Dakar considered the world’s most hardcore off-road race, the Baja 1000 runs a very close second place and perhaps surpasses it in several areas. At the end of the day is it like comparing apples and oranges.
We selected the Dakar because of length time and distance wise. As #RobbyGordon ones stated “Dakar is like running for 2 weeks every day a Baja 500”
The total Dakar Rally distance was 7,891km (4903 miles), of which 4,727km (2 937 miles) were timed.
Kamaz, a Russian truck company, has won the truck category of the Dakar Rally 19 times as of 2022.
The Game "Dakar Desert Rally" is given away for free on Epic-Games till 22nd of Februay. Just saying...
In 1980 four guys competed in Dakar on Vespas would you believe . Now that took some doing.
Audi, all electric Audi. Winner with spaniard Carlos Sainz 😊😊
G'day Ian.
They are crazy but awesome right.
You know the BATHURST 12 HOUR race is on Sunday plus all other during Saturday.
Keep up the great reactions .
IIRC they used to drive from paris to dakar but now they just drive on the californian peninsula?
Stéphane Peterhansel: “The Dakar by car is a bit like Club Med (Club Med is a vacation club)
8:13 - They even won in 2024 - Audi RS Q e-tron, Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz.
Hi IWrocker, in 8:21 it´s a Škoda 130 😉
The first woman to drive a truck in the Dakar was Elizabeth Jacinto, a Portuguese woman who made history in the Dakar
well... The Dakar Rallye 2024 was 8000 km long=4970 miles. Now please tell me more about this famous baja rally, sounds like a funny 2 days event. 😁
the original paris dakar was amazing, the end on the beach was crazy
I find it funny that most you tubers from the USA always have a bunch of stuff in the background.
Probably a sign of uncontrolled consumption.
Carlos Sainz Sr (Sainz Jr is with Ferrari F1) won Dakar 2024 in the Audi E-tron, 100% electrical powered
8:13 that is Carlos Sainz's Audi E-tron. It won the car class, it's fully electric but has a 2.0 4 cylinder turbocharged engine in the back keeping the battery charged. He's now a 4 time Dakar winner. He is the father of Ferrari F1 driver Carlos Sainz
Aaah Dakar... At last, haha! The most iconic rally of mankind I think. My former boss Geert Verhoeven once participated back in the 90's in his 1000 hp MAN in company colours. Even now, about 25 years later, the man won't stop yapping about it, haha! And I understand, it's a great feat for a man just running a business. Looking forward to your vids for this weekend, cheers from The Netherlands 👊 (Edit: I was wrong, it was '09 and '13 when he participated)
Dakar is something like Baja 500, Everyday 10 Times in a Row wth an day of and an miles shorter Prologue Stage at the beginning. It´s hard in Cars but it´s an Monster on Motorbikes. But the best time was as she really did run from Paris to Dakar. Btw he Audis only Won 2024 after the DQ of the Goczals that where Miles ahead and had over an hour lead
Speaking of bikes, motorcycle riders are largely considered to be the most badass Dakar racers as a whole, given the difficulty and the conditions. But while a good portion run with the support of a team or a crew, there is a subset of riders that earn the most respect just by finishing this race, even if it's at the bottom of the leaderboard : "malle moto" riders.
Dakar calls it "Originals", but it's commonely named "malle moto" in the rally-raid community.
Basically, you run without the support of a team and do everything yourself. The race organizers issue you a 22 gallon metal trunk (called "malle" in French, hence the name, since Dakar was created by a french guy). In said trunk you pack in your tools, spare parts and consumables. Your are also allowed a tent, a suitcase and a set of spare wheels. All this gear is transported in a logistics truck by the race organizers from bivouac to bivouac, but outside of that you are not allowed any kind of outside help. From racing by day to setting up your tent, repairing your bike, unpacking, repacking and everything that comes with it during the evening or even late at night and at the break of dawn, you have to do everything yourself. And it is BRUTAL. But it's also a good way to race the Dakar "on a budget" if you're a very motivated amateur.
Even Fernando Alonso, who raced the Dakar himself in 2020 in a car, said he admires malle moto riders.
If you want to discover more about this I recommend Lyndon Poskitt's series of videos on Dakar 2018.
The Dakar rallies were relocated to Saudi Arabia in the Noughties due to fears about islamist terrorism in Western Africa. The Africa Eco Race took its place, doing the original route frm Paris via Morocco, Mali, Senegal. Worth a look, too! 🤗
And yes, the rallies are brutal on the motorcycle riders. They have to be super well trained and poses top notch physical stamina. Falls and bike drops are normal for them, too, so they really end up bruised and battered after the rallies.
And way too many lose their lives. In the 2024 Dakar, Spanish Carles Falcon sustained fatal injuries, in the 2023 Morocco Desert Challenge Dutch Rider Braam van der Wouden died from a heat stroke. One out off two of the big rallies seems to see one lose his life. At some point the top speed for the bikes got limited so riders wouldn't dash through the dunes at 220 kph anymore, but the risks are plenty.
That landscape is CGI. In reality they are filming on Mars.
The 2024 Dakar rally is almost 8000 kilometer (5000 miles) through the Saudi Arabian deserts, with the event itself taking around 10-15 days :) I loved to watch the Paris-Dakar rally, as it was called then, when I was a kid. The Dakar rally and I share our year of birth although it was 90% just the sun and the sand and the freedom of navigating your way through such terrain with a host of other vehicles, all the same time that really drew me to it. It really is a fenomenal race to watch.
Back in the 80's, the trucks were much bagger and reach speeds up to 160 mph! Now is ereryting restrikted. That was a real wild time. Greetz from the Netherlands
unfortunately the Russians are not there, obviously for understandable reasons, but the madness of driving the Kamazes is worth watching older videos
All this no longer has anything to do with the Paris-Dakar of the early years. Where factory cars and amateur cars rubbed shoulders (Rolls-Royce, Citroen CX, Renault 20, etc.). It was the same with the motorcycles and the trucks were incredible. All these beautiful people set off after Christmas, crossed France and took the ferry to cross the Mediterranean towards Algiers. This is where the serious race began and ended on the beaches of Dakar.
Check out Gounon's recent GT3 lap of Mount Panorama in the Mercedes
The Audi won the race !! also a Spanish pilot.... Sainz Sr. the father of the formula one pilot that drives for Ferrari.
This years winner in the car class, Carlos Sainz Sr, used to drive Escort Cosworths in the WRC in the 90's.
I posted some videos of one of his old WRC car that somehow ended up in Norway in your Discord when you did the video on the Sierra Cosworth.
This year he raced for Audi in the Dakar.
Dakar isn't what it used to be. back in the day if you finished, you already "won".
Of course I understand safety concerns, but that was this whole event's point, to make it through the Sahara, as fast as possible, and hopefully alive.
It´s a shame it doesn't go from Paris to Dakar like it used to.
In 2009 the moved it to South America then in 2020 they move it again to the Middle-East.
But they kept the Dakar name even though it really has nothing to do with the original Dakar rally.
I think you would really enjoy watching Matts offroad recovery on youtube if ytou don't already
Those trucks, sound like Satan gargling with nails!
Dear Ian. 5:59: Those are Tim and Tom Coronel, dutch twin brothers who race the Dakar together ua-cam.com/video/GLklOBh8tU8/v-deo.html All of those athletes are heroes in my book. But Tim and Tom share an incredible sibling chemistry that makes their Dakar adventures extra fun to watch.
Riding a motorcycle for that long (amongst other reasons, stability for one) is also why you see some riders standing up... simply to keep joints and muscles from locking up.
One of the big things people don’t realise with Dakar is the setup. It’s an international and host country commitment. There is even full mobile hospital facilities on the race. Full surgeries and specialist to deal with all critical injury conditions. Bivouac is like a small town.
Dakar 2024 is almost 2 weeks from first stage to last with racing every day mixed in with rest/maintenance days
The only downside of Dakar is that russians win most races in truck category. It is for 2 reasons. Kamaz stole tatra´s patents, and the second one is that kamaz team received huge financial aid from the regime, while tatra team is just depending on it´s sponsors.
Did you notice truck #618 is a Ladies (women) team from the Netherlands?
The Audi is a Hybrid without the gas engine engaging the wheels. The engine runs at max efficiency at a near constant RPM when needed to charge the battery and electrify the motor. when going slow it shuts down and runs electric only, unless the battery is low, then you hear the engine still "screaming" like they're going fast but the car is slow or stopped. Bit odd at times.
There were times when Dakar meant Paris - Dakar, there where times when the Dakar took place in South America and there were times when the event sold its soul and went to Saudi Arabia.
Guess what time we're living in right now. :(
yeah its best rally ever, at begining its always more grass there is road so newcomers ussually are ant top, but than real dakar starts and top guys come out, than you cant find way thats the most fu part, how the heck you need to find mark in pure deseert :D making circles etc :D so fun 20 cars searching for checkpoint :D hour there is so litle, you will need so many tyres, puncture and you loose half hour you get stuck and you lost hour or two :D these trucks he watched are not biggest trucks. only one truck he looked where was big league drove. imagiune desert sand only you got stuck with full size truck yeah fun time
Mate you should check out the Finke desert races near Alice Springs, I think you'd enjoy it
Fun Fact: Dakar rally is more safe now than 10, 20 and 30 years ago.
KAMAZ RedNull Truck vs RedBull Rally car..
doporučuji původní dakar z francie do afriky. Současný název je afrika eco race.
What about the 2cv that ran this year ??? ua-cam.com/video/s5VyxpSLi3w/v-deo.htmlsi=KHtjbPEoS9X-HCV-
Even as a European the outline quiz is hard. Mainly because they have made all countries the same size. Most of the time you were right about big and small countries but you couldnt use it due to wrong sizes
The spirit of the Dakar is if someone get in trouble , you stop and help them .
eventually the organizers made a compensation time for it
I think the trucks used to be mechanics team. But one day, they wondered, why not race with these ? There we go XD
You need to look up DAF Dakar trucks from the 90's!
For some time this rally was celebrated in the Atacama desert in south america due to political frictions in the aftican region
One of the special things on the Dakar (or Dakar type rallies maybe) is that your maintenance team also has to run the main course to be available at the next stop.