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42nd Dakar has brought many premières
4.2.2020Many firsts. This is one of the ways to summarize this year's 42nd edition of the world's most prestigious long-distance rally. Dakar took place for the first time in Saudi Arabia, the North Bohemian MKR Technology team built the first hybrid truck in the world and all the special trucks from the Židovice technology centre successfully reached the finish line for the first time. Mario Kress, the team leader, was therefore obviously satisfied after arriving in the Czech Republic.
All trucks are at the Dakar finish for the first time
18.1.2020It's Over! The 42nd edition of the world's most prestigious rally reached the finish line and the complete line-up of four North Bohemian Renaults from the MKR Technology team reached the finish as well. At the start line, there was a quartet of trucks, which can start celebrating in the finish at Qiddiya. Although this time they failed to get the desired stage podium, it was not their goal with new technology. So in the end the Czech-Dutch formation has a reason to celebrate. MRK Technology is the first in the world to build a hybrid truck in Dakar, but also made it to the finish line.
The Quartet of North Bohemian Renaults is heading to the last stage
17.1.2020All four North Bohemian trucks from MKR Technology handled again the very penultimate difficult stage of this year's 42nd Dakar Rally. What is more, both riders of the Dutch Riwald Dakar team brought their trucks in the top ten.
In the shortened stage Huzink just below the podium
15.1.2020Due to safety reasons, the organizers prematurely terminated the 10th stage of the Dakar Rally. With a risk of a storm, the crews avoided the final dreaded thirty-kilometer stretch in the dunes and duly finished the marathon stage to the bivouac. However, the North Bohemian hybrid truck of Gert Huzink started the race perfectly and in the end was classified as 4th fastest truck.
All trucks started the 9th stage, Huzink finished 5th.
15.1.2020MKR Technology team and Martin van den Brink made it! After issues with the rear differential in the 8th stage, the crew of the North Bohemian truck managed to reach the bivouac in time and start the next 9th stage as well. This time, the hybrid truck from Židovice had a great day, and crossed the finish line in fifth best time.
Van den Brink‘s differential failed in the dunes
14.1.2020Martin van den Brink, North Bohemian truck driver, got a dose of bad luck. His Renault was affected by issues with differential in Stage 8 of the Dakar Rally and remained trapped in sand dunes for several long hours.
Dakar entered its second half
13.1.2020This year's 42nd Dakar Rally has entered its second half. The winner of the day was Andrej Karginov, but Martin van den Brink with the North Bohemian truck was sixth and lost to him less than ten minutes.
Crisis comes with the sixth stage
11.1.2020Only bad news are coming to MKR Technology's tent. The sixth day of the Dakar Rally can be easily described as a disaster. However, the crews of four North Bohemian Renaults have not given up, and despite all the misfortunes, they have all arrived in the bivouac in Riyadh, where they spend a well-deserved and much sought free day.
Van den Brink in Stage 5 on 7th position
10.1.2020All four North Bohemian Renaults finished the very heavy difficult stage unscathed. Although each of the crews of special trucks from Židovice not only had to fight with a number of defects, van den Brink’s truck in Russian-dominated fifth stage eventually reached the seventh fastest time.
The hybrid took fifth place in stage 4
9.1.2020Kress trucks are in top ten again. And this time it was the most watched truck, the hybrid, who made the news. The North Bohemian truck by MKR Technology team came in 5th position in the 4th stage of Dakar.
Firefighters rushed on 4th place
7.1.2020Richard de Groot, a pilot of North Bohemian truck by MKR Technology, achieved a fantastic success. Firemen Dakar team rider finished the third stage on a surprising fourth position. And in such a tough competition, it is a big thing for the Dutch “firemen”. The other three special trucks from Židovice were doing great as well.
De Baar and van den Brink finished in the top ten
6.1.2020Two North Bohemian Renaults finished in the second leg of the Dakar Rally in the top ten. Pilots Pascal de Baar and Martin van den Brink in second leg with demanding navigation got eighth, and ninth place respectively. Thanks to this result the former one reached the top ten in overall ranking. All four special truck from Židovice are in the finish line without any major scars.
