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Anniversary Dakar starts with 3 MKR Technology trucks
6.1.2018Renowned Dakar is here! Anniversary 40th edition of the most famous long distance race in the world will start this weekend. Nine thousand kilometres is waiting for the racers and they will travel from Peru through Bolivia over to Argentina. Three north-bohemian Renault Trucks teams from MKR Technology centre are ready at the starting line as well.
Machinery sailing to Dakar
11.12.2017All machinery is loaded and there is no way back. MKR Technology is heading for its another Dakar. That is marked by number four. Team of designers from north Bohemia will participate in the 40th edition of most prestigious rally in the world for 4th time. Party around Mario Kress this time prepared a trio of race trucks, which are now on a ship bound to South America.
MKR Technology introduces 3 trucks for Dakar 2018
13.11.2017Preparations culminate. Only a couple of days before the departure for Rally Dakar gets real. Team presentations and crews’ introductions for the renowned rally are filling the programme nowadays. Start of the rally itself is scheduled for January, but all the machinery is setting off for South America on the last weekend of November. MKR Technology, designer team from northern Bohemia is sending a trio of trucks driven by Dutch pilots to fight for the Bedouin trophy. A local element, Daniel Kozlovský from Roudnice, will be present on board as well.
MKR tested in Alps
28.10.2017High altitude and a lack of oxygen. Two interconnected elements which have a major impact on the performance of an engine. The upocoming Dakar event will take place exactly in conditions like that and the MKR Technology take no chances in getting ready for it. That is why the constructors’ team from the North of Bohemia and their Dakar special ventured to the French Alps for some proper stress testing.
Defect spoils chaces of defending win at OiLibya Rally
10.10.2017Unofortunately, the MKR Technology team has not been meant to complete a goldren hattrick at the OiLibya Rally. The plan has been spoilt by a technical defect of the engine, and so Martin van den Brink and his crew were forced to end the Morocco rally prematurely.
MKR reaching for golden hattrick in Morocco
5.10.2017The OiLibya Rally has started, with a truck from the Czech MKR Technology team among hot candidates for victory again. This would be the team’s third win here, as the Renault Trucks specials by Mario Kress had not found a match in the two previous years of the rally. After a year-long break the Dutch pilot Martin van den Brink has set his eyes on gold.
Guests from all over the world given ride in Dakar special
25.9.2017Nearly eight hundred guests from twenty-three countries had the unique opportunity to enjoy a day of adventure and adrenaline with Renault Trucks specials and the MKR Technology team. In cooperation with Renault Trucks Central East, the Židovice team hosted a traditional testing event for their customers and press.
Silk Way Rally ends prematurely for MKR
12.7.2017Like in a bad dream. The Russian Silk Way, currently known as the world’s toughest rally, has ended too soon for the MKR Technology constructors team. In leg four of the race technology decided to stop working, regardless of the prospects of a solid result that the team had until then. Unfortunately, they will not get the chance to defend the podium result from last year, as they are going back home with only one stage win.
Leg three of Silk Way Rally tainted by loss
11.7.2017Crews of the Czech Renault trucks will not think back happily on stage three of the Silk Way Rally. In it Martin van den Brink lost the lead and his two Dutch colleagues from the allied Riwald team virtually any chances of a solid result. Moreover, it is not yet clear whether they will be able to continue the race at all. MKR Technology’s mechanics team promised to try their best overnight to prevent the world’s toughest rally from ending prematurely for either of the two.
MKR triumphs in leg two of Silk Way Rally
10.7.2017Here we go again! As early as in stage of two of the challenging Silk Way Rally celebrate the MKR Technology team a win! The Dutch pilot Martin van den Brink arrived at the finishing line in Ufa in the fastest time, swiftly moving up to the lead of the overall ranking.
Silk Way has started, Pascal opens with 7th place
9.7.2017The world’s toughest rally is under way! Among participants of the Silk Way Rally, which started in Russia on Saturday, are also Renault Trucks specials constructed by the Czech MKR Technology team. The opening - and brief - leg one saw Pascal de Baar and his crew arrive on seventh place.
MKR leaving for Russia to tackle rough Silk Way Rally
5.7.2017There is less than one week left before the next year of the world’s toughest rally starts. The Dakar is a legend, but the Russian Silk Way Rally tries hard to catch up with, or even exceed, its reputation and level of difficulty. Indeed, the organizers promise today that the next year will be even more attractive and competition there stronger. On the starting line there will be also three trucks of MKR Technology’s R&D centre based in the north of the Czech Republic. The one piloted by Martin van den Brink took home a bronze medal last year.
