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Martin van den Brink is gold again. The Dutch pilot in the cockpit of north Bohemian Renault shined in the 6thstage of Morocco Desert Challenge. In overall ranking he keeps the second position.
Absolut fantasy! After previous technical problems the north-Bohemian trucks finished on the first two places in 5thstage of Morocco Desert Challenge. Without Aleš Loprais the Mario Kress` Renaults from Židovice could have celebrated a gold stage hattrick. The stage was won by van Kasteren, second ended Huzink and the fourth was van den Brink.
Winning silver in the 4thstage, the north-Bohemian MKR Technology team completed its medal collection on Maroko Desert Challenge. The second place, up to now missing for the team, was reached by dutch pilot Martin van den Brink that was beaten only by Aleš Loprais and just due to getting stuck in the dunes.
In third stage of Morocco Desert Challenge the North-Bohemian team had to go without victory. Thanks to Janus van Kasteren the team got bronze, his team-mate Martin van den Brink just narrowly missed the podium.
Second stage and second victory! North-Bohemian trucks are starting the Moroccan rally big. This time Martin van den Brink is happy with gold, as he totally owned the longest stage of tenth edition of Morocco Desert Challenge and moved into overall lead.
First stage, first victory. MKR Technology team has started Morocco Desert Challenge rally in an excellent way. Dutch pilot Janus van Kasteren from Mammoet Rallysport team was the fastest man on the course. Martin van den Brink, his team-mate, crossed the line on bronze position.
Presentation in Lyon, tests in Almería and attempt for golden hatrick in Morocco Desert Challenge. This is how actual programme of MKR Technology looks like. The programme started on Easter. Rally, which after big changes in the last year, has taken second position, right behind the famous Dakar and demanding Silk Way, starts next week and trio of North-bohemian trucks will try to defend their crown and get third win in a row.
Czech fans of rally Dakar had a totally unique opportunity. On Sunday at the Sosnová circuit near Česká Lípa, grand meeting of Czech crews and machinery took place - all associated with the famous race. 4th edition had the strongest line-up in history, including almost complete crews of domestic participants. And MKR Technology trucks, for the first time, were part of it. Dutch pilot Martin van den Brink also paid a visit.
It’s over! 40th edition of Dakar Rally is history. In the end Russian driver Eduard Nikolaev took the win, but north-bohemian truck from MKR Technology team has done a great job. The truck driven by Gerd Huzink took seventh place in the ranking. Two Czech trucks made to the top 10 - the one by MKR and fifth overall with Martin Macík.
Anniversary Dakar heading to finish! Teams have just tackled penultimate stage into finishing city of Córdoba, where Dakar will close this edition on Saturday. In 13th stage, despite technical problems, north-bohemian MKR Technology truck with Gerd Huzink has managed to climb into overall 8th place.
During the 12th racing day the teams of Dakar Rally had to handle a longest timed stage. Russian Nikolajev returned to the overall lead after a day spent lower in the ranking. But his lead is just a single second. Gerd Huzink, riding a north Bohemian Renault Trucks special already aimed to the podium, but he was blocked by a punctured tire.
Both good and bad news came to the designer team of MKR Technology during the 11th stage of Dakar Rally. While Janus van Kasteren`s truck did not manage to get to the start of the stage due to technical issues, the situation was saved by Gerd Huzink ranking as a fifth in the difficult stage.