Volkswagen will not have official team in the 2012 Dakar

With the announcement of the arrival of Volkswagen to world Rallye, arrive the first collateral damage and those will not be other than the abandonment of other projects. Kris Nissen has confirmed that there will be no official Volkswagen in the 2012 Dakar team. The director of the brand of Ingolstad Wolfsburg has stated that with three victories achieved consecutively, Volkswagen has fulfilled the objectives set at the beginning of the benefit.
With the departure of VW, tougher test in the world runs out of the official presence of any brand. Although mean that VW was not in the next edition of the Dakar as Nissen admits that there are several structures that are interested in to run to the Volkswagen Race Touareg 3 of privately. The Volkswagen, Nasser Al - Attiyah, pilot could be responsible for doing so under the patronage of Qatar.
With this news is in the air the presence of Carlos Sainz in the 2012 Dakar. The Spanish pilot said after the end of this year was going to wait and see that Volkswagen he decided on his future in the Dakar. If you propose a serious project to the Spanish (let us not deceive ourselves, even with a structure private Volkswagen continue to hand), it is possible to see again the bravo Spanish pilot. But we will have to conform to saw him assist in the development of the new volkswagen Polo wrc. Or who knows, perhaps running with the.

Curiosities in racing: McRae electric Buggy to the 2012 Dakar

It has just started the battle that but who will be the first electric vehicle to complete the toughest in the world, the Dakar 31st. If the last week we present the OSCar eO of Latvian origin, today touches a known model, even if only by the illustrious surname that gives you a name, the McRae Buggy 4 ? 2.

In the last two editions of the Dakar, the McRae team has developed its buggy getting three of the seven units that participated in 2012 reach goal. Cylinder engine from a snowmobile, the belt drive and low weight are the main features of this buggy 4 ? 2.

Now, one of the pilots of the McRae Buggy 4 ? 2, Colonel Tim wants to go a pass beyond and aims to become the first cart to reach the goal of the Dakar, that in 2012 will be in Lima. Under the auspices of the ASO and under the name of Green Dakar, Colonel will have the support of company specializing in ultralight materials and electric vehicles. The second point is clear, the first essential to achieve that lightness will remain the strong point of the McRae Buggy 4 ? 2

The new engine will deliver a power of 80 Kw and will feature 3 different maps of power: economic, standard and full power. Further optimize the aerodynamics and like OSCar rivals, the buffers will have a Dynamo that will convert impacts on electricity. The energy will be stored in a pack with a capacity of 54 Kwh lithium ion battery

Curiosities in competition: OSCar eO, an eléctico for the Dakar

For those to which the manufacturer OSC find you unknown, among whom I include myself, after some documentation I can say that a car Builder is Latvian off-road. The range of models of CSOs, known as OSCar, is reduced. Two models, the OSCar 03 and OSCar 24 h. Although model that brings us today here is that now it is under development, the OSCar eO. We went from an electric circuit to one track.
The OSCar eO happens to be the first electric vehicle of raiding. An electric model of extended range that generates electricity from a NISSAN engine. This energy is stored in batteries, Chinese manufacturer Winston Battery is working with the team, to subsequently feed to two electric motors of 180 kW responsible for traction. The maximum speed which can develop the OSCar eO is 140 km/h while the energy stored in batteries would travel 150 km maximum demand, more than 300 in situations more simple such as the links.
If all this were not a little challenge for a very complicated task as the participate in the tougher test in the world, the OSCar eO has an auto-regenerativos shock absorbers, which are able to capture the energy which the irregularities of the road. The objective of the Team Latvia and OSCar eO is the participation in the 2012 Dakar.

Take this opportunity to make a short summary of what makes CSO. Its two models, the first is a model that we have already been seen in the Dakar, more specifically in the 2007 Edition. El 03 is the top of the range of CSOs model. Lurking beneath its body is a tubular chassis and a 7 litre of origin GM, the LS7 V8 engine. The second model, the OSCar 24 h, is a model with aspect of Ford Fiesta to type raid of 24-hour endurance racing. the main virtues of this small model are the engine of Nissan origin of 3.5 litres and a low weight of only 1,180 kilograms.

The 2012 Dakar will travel Argentina, Chile and Peru

Although already knew that the Dakar 2012 would have as a main novelty its passed through Peru, now as we know it will be the provision of the stages. The 5,000 kilometers in a straight line between Mar del Plata, departure city, and Lima, the arrival will be in the main square of the Peruvian capital, become in the 14 stages (and one of rest) and 9,000 kilometers that make the Dakar tougher car test in the world.
From the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific through the Andes mountains and the Atacama desert. Argentina will have five stages (Santa Rosa, San Rafael, San Juan, Chilecito and Fiambala) and the ceremony of exit, Chile will feature five (the usual and necessary Copiapo, Iquique and Antofagasta) while Peru lay the test with the last four special.

The ASO can choose Bolivia as part of the route of the Dakar

The Dakar has been months studying as expanding its boundaries. The test currently held on South American soil among the countries of Argentina and Chile wants to take his tour of other neighbouring countries. After speaking of Brazil, Uruguay and even Peru, the name of Bolivia began to gain strength.
Especially when representatives of the ASO, among which was Etienne Lavigne, keep a few days ago a meeting with Evo Morales and some responsible for sports in the country. The inclusion of Bolivia would be ready by 2013, and would be carried out with the step by the Salar de Uyuni.
Also it has ruled out the possibility of producing the entry for the next issue due to the evolution of the journey time is too limited. As other options to the salar de Uyuni be explored the Chaco and some parts of the Bolivian South, although the desert is that it sounds to be a new stage of the Dakar 2013.

Vladimir Chagin announces his retirement. Dakar Tsar leaves

Dakar 2011 will go down in history as the seventh title in the category of trucks made by Vladimir Chagin. But also will mean the last test in the career of the Tsar of Dakar. Today, Vladimir Chagin has confirmed his retirement as a pilot, but it has made it clear that will part of the structure of Kamaz.

Chagin decision is an act of "altruism" because as the said, wants to give the possibility that the young pilots of the Kamaz team should be able to get the results he has achieved, or even better. Presumably you tell by the third-placed in the edition of this year eduard nikolaev and not by firdaus kabirov, born in 1961 and nine year older than the own Chagin.