Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah was declared the winner of the 2011 Dakar Rally Argentina Chile on Saturday when he crossed the finish line in Buenos Aires 49 min 41 sec ahead of Volkswagen team-mate Giniel de Villiers of South Africa and 1 hr 20 min 38 sec in front of last year's winner Carlos Sainz of Spain in a third Volkswagen Race Touareg 3. It was Volkswagen's third successive Dakar victory with the diesel-engined Race Touareg and its most dominant performance yet – 12 stage wins out of … [Read more...] about A Hat Trick and One-Two for Volkswagen in the Dakar Rally
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Giniel de Villiers Second Overall in the Dakar
The fat lady hasn't sung yet, but the outcome of the 2011 Dakar Rally in Argentina and Chile was pretty well decided on Thursday's stage 11 between Chilecito and San Juan in Argentina. (See bottom of post for a Video of Truck Racers on Stage 11) Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah drove his diesel-powered Volkswagen Race Touareg 3 to his fourth stage win and Volkswagen's 10th on this year's event and now leads overall by 51 min 49 seconds from South African team-mate and 2009 Dakar winner Giniel de … [Read more...] about Giniel de Villiers Second Overall in the Dakar
SA’s De Villiers Wins Dakar Stage 10
South Africa's Giniel de Villiers won the 10th stage of the 2011 Dakar Rally in his diesel-powered Volkswagen Race Touareg 3 on Wednesday. It was the 38-year-old Stellenbosch resident's 13th stage win in his eighth Dakar and his first since he gave the diesel-powered Touareg its first Dakar victory in 2009. Patience and a conservative, safe approach to one of the trickiest stages of the event paid off for the South African and his German co-driver Dirk von Zitzewitz as his closest rivals and … [Read more...] about SA’s De Villiers Wins Dakar Stage 10
Can Volkswagen Make it Three in a Row?
www.MyPE.co.za: Volkswagen's quest for a third successive Dakar Rally victory began on Saturday, 1 January 2010 as the 33rd running of the world's longest and toughest motor sport event got underway in Argentina's capital city of Buenos Aires. A total of 407 cars, trucks, bikes and quads started the epic 9 500-km 16-day journey through Argentina and Chile. First among the 139 cars competing to drive off the start podium on the Avenue of 9th July was the diesel-powered Volkswagen Race Touareg … [Read more...] about Can Volkswagen Make it Three in a Row?
