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He spent days and nights in sand and dust, ran around in a dirty overall, had to deal with exhaustion, strain and stress of a professional mechanic, but all of that allowed him to experience the joy of victory and the euphory that comes in the finish when the race is over and you have a firm belief that you were the best in the field. Tomáš Sova was one of the two lucky guys to whom Renault Trucks gave the opportunity to become members of MKR Technology and Mammoet Rallysport in the golden OiLibya Rally in Morocco, where the Dakar special from the Czech Republic triumphed. Even after several days you can sense excitement and joy from the lucky winner.
MKR Technology together with Mammoet Rallysport team recorded its first historical gold in a rally. Their Dakar special, constructed for the Dutch, won the prestigious OiLibya Rally in Morocco. The euphoria and joy is incredible. The golden boy, pilot Martin van den Brink left behind even the Dakar champion Gerard de Rooy and his new partner Aleš Loprais.
Dreams comes true. We won our first rally! Martin van den Brink takes the gold from the Rally OiLibya in Morocco. In the last stage, he finished in the second place and in overall is the winner. Martin leaves behind him the Dakar winner Gerard de Rooy or Aleš Loprais. The Nord Czech team MKR Technology celebrate the braking point. Our camion is in great condition before the Dakar.
Our pilot Martin van den Brink is silver again. In th 4th stage of Rally OiLibya, he finished in the second fastest time. Martin keeps the leader position before the last stage. His colleague Pascal de Baar finished at the fifth place and Tomáš Vrátný as the eighth in the stage.
Out pilot Martin van den Brink completed the medal collection in the course of three stages of Rally OiLibya. He added the silver today after gold and bronze. Martin is a leader of the overall classification just now. In the third stage, Tomáš Vrátný finished at sixth and Pascal de Baar at eighth position.
After the initiative victory, we gained the bronze position this time. Martin van den Brink drove the third fastest time in the second stage of Rally OiLibya. He left behind the winner of Dakar Gerard se Rooy who finished as the fourth. Tomáš Vrátný reached the finish line as the eighth, Pascal de Baar as the twenty-eighth. Van den Brink is the second man of the overall standing.
First stage and first winning! Our pilot Martin van den Brink won the first stage of 370 km at Rally OiLibya in Morocco. On the amazing eight position, Tomáš Vrátný from Bonver Dakar Project finish the stage. Pascal de Baar was driving for the fourth position, but an accident stopped him and he finisth at the fiftheenth.
On Monday the OiLibya Rally started in Morroco. The five-stage „tour“ is a final run-through for us before the legendary Dakar.
One week in Slovakia’s Záhorie military area brought us not only some valuable data, but also great prestige. We organized unique adventure days for the European clients of our Renault Trucks partner.
The time of summer holidays is gone and our technology centre is buzzing with activity again. Exhibitions of the Dakar specials are about to start, only to be followed by testing and technical modifications. Our goal is crystal clear – set up the technology and create the best possible conditions for the next year of the world’s most famous rally, the renowned Dakar.
Assen – Racing circuit in the Dutch city of Assen hosted the biggest truck and racing truck meeting in Europe. Naturally, neither the Dakar special from our technology centre could miss an affair of this importance.
Pasau/Friedrichshafen – The ZF company, a world-renowned German gear-box producer, has celebrated one-hundred-year anniversary of its founding. The spectacular celebration was attended also by our Dakar special which had a special automatic transmission developed by ZF in co-operation with our MKR Technology.