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Dakar is showing right from the very beginning that this year's 44th edition will be no walk in a park. While the hybrid special in the 1B stage was slowed down by a broken pipe to intercooler, the second North Bohemian Renault got 15-minute penalty and dropped out of top ten. However, both special trucks from MKR Technology will continue to fight all the pitfalls.
A pair of North Bohemian trucks of Mario Kress started the 44th annual Dakar Rally in the top ten. The pilot of the hybrid special truck Gert Huzink finished sixth, his colleague de Baar finished tenth.
The famous Dakar is here! For the third time in Saudi Arabia, the 44th edition of the world's most famous rally will start on Saturday. And Mario Kress' North Bohemian trucks will be there. This year, the MKR Technology team has prepared two special Renault trucks under the flag of the Dutch Riwald Dakar team.
The North Bohemian team closed this year's Rally Morocco with a victory. The truck of the Dutch pilot Gert Huzink from Riwald Dakar team finished the final 5th stage in the fastest time and overall got second position.
After technical problems in the 3rd stage, Gert Huzink, the pilot of the North Bohemian truck from the workshop of the MKR Technology team, is winning again. He completely owned the penultimate stage.
Pilot Gert Huzink demonstrated a huge degree of self-reflection during the 3rd stage of the Rally Morocco. He and his crew did not want to risk more damage to the equipment, so he returned deliberately to the bivouac earlier from the first place.
A North Bohemian truck from the workshop of Mario Kress took a silver position in the 2nd stage of the Moroccan rally. Pilot Gert Huzink crossed the finish line less than five minutes behind the Czech winner Martin Macík.
With a half-hour lead over the second truck, North Bohemian truck from the MKR Technology workshop wins the introductory stage of the Rally Morocco. In hot weather, the Dutch pilot Gert Huzink left behind the Czech driver Martin Macík.
The MKR Technology team started strong on the Rally Morocco. In the introductory short prologue, Gert Huzink, the Dutch pilot of the North Bohemian truck, finished in the second best time. However, the quick prologue only determined the starting order of Saturday's 1st stage.
MKR Technology goes wild! A quick decision and a quick move to Morocco followed the tests of the Dakar truck of the MKR Technology team last week in Poland. Therefore, this Friday, the North Bohemian racing special truck will be toeing the line of the next edition of Rally Morocco.
The North Bohemian team MKR Technology has completed another intensive testing of Dakar trucks. Last week, the designers spent several days on a sandy surface in Poland. And the main goal of testing of the hybrid special truck was to focus on improving suspension, improving cooling and, in particular, increasing performance and reducing emissions. Team boss Mario Kress is excited about the new challenges.
It is over. The 11th edition of the Silk Way Rally had a very unusual development this year and will go down in history for several reasons. The race course was shortened by half, Russian Sotnikov got third historic victory. However, the North Bohemian truck from MKR Technology has not been forgotten, as it jumped to the final sixth place after the final 5th stage.