http://www.marathonrally.com/en marathonrally.com provides the latest worldwide information about from offroad events and news. en-us http://www.marathonrally.com/m_en/gfx/01_index/hl_04.jpg http://www.marathonrally.com/news/miguel_barbosa_with_jmb_stradale_mitsubishi_at_baja_terras_d_el_rei.15003.0.html The JMB Stradale team will participate in the 2010 Portuguese Cross Country Rally Championship with Miguel Barbosa and Miguel Ramalho. The tandem have entered the Baja which will be held in the Algarve region on March 20th and 21st, with the new 2.0 L Turbo Lancer. After having finished 12th place on the 2010 Dakar, Miguel Barbosa and Miguel Ramalho decided to continue the adventure with JMB Strad... 16.03.2010 http://www.marathonrally.com/news/northern_forest_2010_nissan_overdrive_excuses_for_false_air_restrictor.14998.0.html The Belgian Rally-Team Nissan Overdrive was confused after FIA´s descision, to exclude the Polish Kristof Holowczyc from the "Northern Forest Baja Russia 2010". "We learned this weekend that our car, after winning the recent Baja Russia Northern Forest, has been disqualified from the event's final results" the Team said. The technical department of the FIA found the diameter of the air intake ... 16.03.2010 http://www.marathonrally.com/news/score_2010_ticker_official_results_are_delayed_due_to_technical_problems.14986.0.html A compatibility problem between the IRC data and the SCORE review software prevented a complete tracking review from taking place. Starting at the 2009 Baja 500, SCORE promised a complete review of all IRC tracking data in order to achieve official results. This temporary problem will not undermine SCORE's strong commitment to review all tracking data prior to publishing official results. While th... 15.03.2010 http://www.marathonrally.com/news/absa_2010_new_look_to_production_vehicle_category_at_adenco_400.14980.0.html The Production Vehicle category will have a new feel about it at the Adenco 400, opening round of the South African Absa Off Road Championship, in the Western Cape on Friday and Saturday, 19 and 20 March. The Darling-based race sees the debut of the Team Castrol Toyota squad under new team principal Glyn Hall who, over the last decade, engineered the near total SP Class dominance enjoyed by a s... 15.03.2010 http://www.marathonrally.com/news/score_san_felipe_250_video_robby_gordon_preparations_before_the_rally.14978.0.html ... 14.03.2010 http://www.marathonrally.com/news/northern_forest_2010_krzystof_holowczyz_excluded_from_the_classification.14974.0.html Having received a report from the FIA Technical Delegate that at the final scrutineering of the Baja Russia Northern Forest on the 28th of February 2010 the air restrictor of car No.2 (Krzystof Holowczyc) was found to measure 33.6 mm. The maximum permitted air restrictor size is 33 mm without tolerance. This being the case the stewards asked to see the Team Manager and driver of car No.2 to receiv... 14.03.2010 http://www.marathonrally.com/news/aicha_des_gazelles_dacia_with_two_all_new_duster_4x4_and_two_teams.14968.0.html Duster, Dacia's new rugged, spacious and affordable off-road vehicle, which is currently on display at the Geneva Motor Show, is to take part in the 20th anniversary Rally Aïcha des Gazelles in Morocco (March 15-28). The sand dunes of the Sahara Desert and the mountainous terrain of the Atlas foothills will provide Dacia Duster with a first class opportunity to showcase its off-road ability, as w... 12.03.2010 http://www.marathonrally.com/news/aicha_des_gazelles_mercedes_to_start_with_two_women_teams_in_morocco.14967.0.html Bettina Singhartinger and Andrea Spielvogel, two female Daimler AG employees, left Stuttgart in their Mercedes-Benz Viano 4matic today to join the official lineup for the Aicha des Gazelles women's rally. After a short sea-crossing from Sete, France to Tangiers, Morocco, followed by the team presentation and technical verification on 18 March, the Aicha des Gazelles Rally will start off and end in... 12.03.2010 http://www.marathonrally.com/news/italian_baja_ticker_114_competitors_to_start_in_italy_big_fia_t1_duel.14966.0.html Registrations closing with an optimal result: 114 competitors. In the past year the rally had 76, therefore the Cross-country vehicle Club 4x4 Pordenone can be certainly satisfied with the number of registrations. Presence will be shown from all "big" of the FIA Worldcup Cup and Italian Cross Country Rallies. A duel between Gadasin and Holowczyc is announced, like in Sankt Petersburg. Regarding... 12.03.2010 http://www.marathonrally.com/news/score_2010_robby_gordon_preparing_for_score_san_felipe_250.14965.0.html During a rare off-weekend in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule, Robby Gordon will spend his time racing across Mexico's Baja Peninsula as a part of the Tecate SCORE International Off-Road Series. As a two-time class winner, Gordon hopes to improve on his 2009 second-place finish and to bring home a victory for the Monster/Toyo team. In last year's edition of the San Felipe 250, Gordon led t... 12.03.2010 http://www.marathonrally.com/news/heroes_legend_new_tracks_marreau_renault_20_and_prologue_start_in_paris.14942.0.html The Recos-team of the "Heroes Legend 2010" is ready to go to Africa to prepare the new route concocted by Stephane Peterhansel and Dominique Rochette, which will bring participants on new tracks far from touristic areas. After the pre start in Paris, the competitors will meet in the south of France for the technical checks of the vehicles and the prologue before to take the boat to Morocco. The... 09.03.2010 http://www.marathonrally.com/news/italian_baja_ticker_trucks_back_again_in_italy_renato_rickler_first.14937.0.html The trucks return to the Italian Baja scene. From 2003 on, they did not participate, when the contest was only valid for the World Cup of Cross Country Rallys. The merit to be the first one is up to Renato Rickler, team manager of Ralliart Division Italy and obviously of it´s Rally-Team. He has placed his entry with Eugene Zeraschi and together they will be taking up the race with an Iveco in T4 ... 08.03.2010 http://www.marathonrally.com/news/abu_dhabi_desert_challenge_capital_s_grand_mosque_to_backdrop_rally_start.14936.0.html The 2010 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge (ADDC) will be flagged off after sunset in view of Abu Dhabi’s magnificent Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque with the event’s entire route providing a destination canvas to Abu Dhabi emirate’s diverse terrain. "The 100-plus competitors will head off towards the Al Dhafrah plateau ready to tackle the Liwa desert, which is considered to be some of the world’s m... 08.03.2010 http://www.marathonrally.com/news/absa_2010_a_touch_of_local_colour_at_opening_round_adenco_400_rally.14930.0.html There will be a touch of local colour when Derek du Toit and Adré Rheeder team up at the Adenco 400 Rally, opening round of the South African Absa Off Road Championship 2010, in Darling on March 19 and 20. Cape Town-based du Toit is the reigning Class B drivers champion and will link up with Rheeder for the first time in the Orange Tree BAT. Rheeder is general manager of the Ormonde vineyards in ... 07.03.2010 http://www.marathonrally.com/news/budapest_bamako_waking_up_from_a_bad_dream_rally_will_return_in_2011.14928.0.html The 2010 Budapest-Bamako was highly unusual because it ended in Agadir (Morocco) due to a strongly worded terror warning form the Hungarian Foreign Ministry. Since then the new management team has been fired and the founder of the rally, Andrew G. Szabo took control again of the Budapest-Bamako 2011. We talked to Andrew about the future plans for the rally, that has often been hailed as the heir t... 07.03.2010 http://www.marathonrally.com/news/dakar_2011_volkswagen_blackmailing_dakar_organisation_aso_for_2011.14927.0.html The ASO - organizer of the Dakar rally - has not yet released a decision on where to take place in 2011 edition of the Dakar. This delay is due to be multiple factors, but recently a succession of events will eventually have complicated the life of Etienne Lavigne and his companions. For some time it was public that there were two hypotheses too strong for the Dakar 2011 - or a return to Africa... 07.03.2010 http://www.marathonrally.com/news/oilibya_rally_of_tunisia_reconnaissance_just_finished_renewed_tunisia_route.14914.0.html The reconnaissance for the Rallye Oilibya of Tunisia 2010 just finished and the 2010 vintage will be a great year. With a renewed route among various tracks, the Rally will take on some 100 percent brand-new stages, with at the end of each day a bivouac in friendly environment - all the ingredients, to surprise the competitor. A Rally to discover or rediscover Tunisia and its treasure between Tuni... 04.03.2010 http://www.marathonrally.com/news/italian_baja_less_destructive_more_compact_but_beautiful_route_in_2010.14913.0.html The "Off Road Club 4x4 Pordenone" is engaged to finish the track of the Italian Baja 2010 and some innovations that surely will be appreciate from the contenders. No need to renounce the beauty of the passages on the gravel bed of the Tagliamento river, the track 2010 will have a more compact and regular bottom, less destructive for the mechanical parts of the vehicles in race, respecting therefor... 04.03.2010 http://www.marathonrally.com/news/italian_baja_suzuki_starting_with_lorenzo_codec_and_alessio_de_angelis.14912.0.html Italian Baja 2010 starts setting up the starting grid of competitors, while the countdown for the spring appointment is going on quickly. Official Suzuki Team, the Emmetre Racing of Massimo Nicoletti, has enrolled two big names such as Alessio De Angelis, 2009 vice champion, and Lorenzo Codecà, Italian champion in 2005, 2007 and 2008 editions. Both of them will drive Suzuki Grand Vitara, category... 04.03.2010 http://www.marathonrally.com/news/dakar_2011_triple_worldchampion_marc_coma_renews_contract_with_ktm.14910.0.html The pilot AMV Marc Coma, double winner of the Dakar (2006/2009) and triple Rally World Champion, has started the 2010 season by renewing his contract that binds him as the first pilot to the end of 2012. For now, the pilot AMV lead the Austrian squad that has developed its sporting history and has enjoyed his greatest hits. Without knowing the name of his teammate, Marc Coma immediately will begin... 03.03.2010