Hunt ruled out of Dakar 2017
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British rally driver Harry Hunt has been ruled out of taking part in the 2017 Dakar rally following an accident earlier this month in Morocco.
Britain’s Harry Hunt had a relatively short 2016 Rallye du Maroc appearance as his new Peugeot 2008DKR crashed out on the second stage of the rally.
Harry Hunt is relishing one of his biggest challenges in his short Cross-Country rally career as he gets used to life with his Peugeot 2008DKR in Morocco.
Team Peugeot Total will début its Peugeot 3008DKR at the 2016 Rallye du Maroc, the final testing programme before the 2017 Dakar Rally.
MINI All4 Racing will be fielding five crews for the 2016 Rallye du Maroc in Morocco, the final testing ground before the 2017 Dakar Rally in January.
Britain Harry Hunt will be making his Peugeot début with PH Sport in January’s 2017 Dakar Rally in last year’s Dakar-winning Peugeot 2008DKR.
American Bryce Menzies broke the Guinness World Record for the longest truck leap in New Mexico, leaping 115 metres (379.4 feet) in his Pro 2 race truck.
Five-time Baja Poland-winner Krzysztof Holowczyc will be making his one-off return to cross-country rallying at the 2016 Baja Poland for MINI All4 Racing.
Former WRC rally-winner Mikko Hirvonen has taken his first Cross-Country Rally World Cup win in the 2016 Hungarian Baja for MINI All4 Racing.
Three MINI All4 Racing crews will be competing at this weekend’s 2016 Hungarian Baja, Round 6 of the 2016 FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup.
It was a 2016 Silk Way Rally to remember as four of the five MINI All4 Racing crews have finished in the top five with Al Rajhi the lead MINI in second.
MINI UK Ambassador Harry Hunt along with co-driver Andreas Schulz have completed the 2016 Silk Way Rally in their MINI All4 Racing outfit in fourth place.
Yazeed Al Rajhi and Timo Gottschalk claim the penultimate Stage 14 win for MINI All4 Racing as they finish the 2016 Silk Way Rally in second place.
Cyril Despres and David Castera have triumphed at the 2016 Silk Way Rally for Team Peugeot-Total at their fourth attempt on four wheels.
MINI All4 Racing have four crews in the top five as the 2016 Silk Way Rally reaches its conclusion with two legs to go till the finish in Beijing.
Team Peugeot-Total are closing in on the 2016 Silk Way Rally as Cyril Despres leads the rally by more than 30 minutes ahead of MINI’s Yazeed Al Rajhi.
Team Peugeot-Total’s Cyril Despres leads the Silk Way Rally after SS12 as Loeb receives a four-hour time penalty for missing two mandatory waypoints.
