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Contrary to the tradition of the past years, this year’s European Truckracing Championship series started in Valencia. Following the departure of several car factories the Championship has reduced significantly. Neither the specials from our technology centre will start in the series, as there is a different schedule ahead of us.
Our racing team has set off to Morocco. With our „Dakar“ special we are about to start in the opening stage of the Libya Rally. The race track stretches over nearly two and a half thousand kilometres and we will have seven days to get to the finish in the city of 1001 nights, the imperial seat of Marrakech.
Spot on. The north-Bohemian MKR Technology team definitely have nothing to be ashamed of. They provided technical support to a total of five racing trucks, building two cars from scratch and constructing engines and electronic systems for three. The team accompanied all five cars along the track. Despite the fact that one third of crews had to quit the famous Dakar Rally, those carrying MKR label arrived at Buenos Aires save and sound. Eventually, the Dakar 2015 mission was 100% completed 100%.
The Dakar Rally has officially kicked off. Over a million spectators came to Buenos Aires to see the spectacular prologue show, in which all 406 crews competing in the 37th Dakar Rally this year were welcomed. Presented on the gala podium were also the five crews for whom we have constructed racing technology. Moreover, the unforgettable podium experience was enjoyed by our very own Daniel Kozlovský, the only north-Bohemia native in this year’s racing field.
The fun is over and the heat is on. All team have now completely moved to the location of this year‘s Dakar Rally. The last group departed for Argentina on New Year’s Day afternoon. The toughest and the most renowned distance rally is about to start this upcoming weekend.
The machines have fallen silent and our technology centre is completely quiet now. The Dakar Rally is going to make the upcoming January extremely demanding, and so the end of the year has been reserved for some relax and recovery. This Christmas is truly going to be holidays of peace and quiet for us.
All packed and ready, the technology is on its way to Dakar! Past few weeks have been extremely hectic. Our Dakar specials are in the centre of attention and everyone has bid them farewell. About a thousand people came to see off the Mammoet Rallysport trucks in the Netherlands at the weekend. On Tuesday the Tatras of the Bonver Dakar Project are about to embark on the voyage as well. All technology is due to board at the French Le Havre port on Thursday for more than a month-long voyage to Argentina, where the famous Dakar Rally starts in January.
Our programme before leaving for the Dakar Rally is incredibly full. We are going to set off to the famous race in less than two weeks but before then there are still many things to do, including gala presentations in several countries. In addition, there is the final testing to undergo. Afterwards, we are going to ship all the necessary technology at the Le Havre port in France and sail to Argentina.
This year’s truckracing season has finished. While the last round of the European truckracing championship took place in the midst of October, the British Championships only came to its end in November. Last weekend Mat Summerfield celebrated victory and Chris Levett, pilotting a truck built in our technology centre, reached silver medal.
An alliance that will give you the creeps! The foremost Czech motorsport teams have joined forces. Bonver Dakar Project and MKR Technology together with the Dutch Mammoet Rallysport have established a three-party coalition. The goal is crystal-clear – conquer the famous Dakar Rally.
The fight is over! This year’s European Truckracing Championship has finished. After three years Germany’s Jochen Hahn had to yield the throne to Norbert Kiss from Hungary. The Portuguese pilots José Rodrigues and José Teodosio, taming trucks constructed in our workshop, finished behind the elite ten by only a narrow margin.