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Anyone following it this year?
It's my New Years tradition to watch it. I just love the sheer scale of the landscape and distances they cover, the footage is bloody fantastic, I was impressed by Nassar in car camera in the Toyota, sounds great too.
True petrol heads will love it, Eurosport every night by the way.
It's my New Years tradition to watch it. I just love the sheer scale of the landscape and distances they cover, the footage is bloody fantastic, I was impressed by Nassar in car camera in the Toyota, sounds great too.
True petrol heads will love it, Eurosport every night by the way.
I follow it mate, have done for as long as I can remember. 
The car battle is looking likely to be a good one this year. I'm a huge fan of Nassar's so really hope he does well. It would be great to see him win in a relatively small private team against the Pugs..........but we'll see what happens. I don't like Peterhansell one bit, but you've got to hand it to him, he's a hell of a driver.
It's a shame the big names have largely all the left the bikes these days as well. The old battles between the likes of Despres, Coma, Roma even as far back as Fabrizio Meoni and Ricahrd Sainct in the late 90's / early 2000's, (god rest their souls) were arguably better than the car and truck battles.
Looking forward to a good two weeks.
The car battle is looking likely to be a good one this year. I'm a huge fan of Nassar's so really hope he does well. It would be great to see him win in a relatively small private team against the Pugs..........but we'll see what happens. I don't like Peterhansell one bit, but you've got to hand it to him, he's a hell of a driver.
It's a shame the big names have largely all the left the bikes these days as well. The old battles between the likes of Despres, Coma, Roma even as far back as Fabrizio Meoni and Ricahrd Sainct in the late 90's / early 2000's, (god rest their souls) were arguably better than the car and truck battles.
Looking forward to a good two weeks.
Eurosport @ 10 pm every night.
It's as hard watching at times as competing, too much fill and not enough action.
Also if you switch over a few minutes before, their news gives you all the results and 30 seconds of highlights. What's that all about?
For example there was nothing about the accident which had affected the 2nd place Ford Ranger, just some video of him pulling over with a very second hand vehicle.
It's as hard watching at times as competing, too much fill and not enough action.
Also if you switch over a few minutes before, their news gives you all the results and 30 seconds of highlights. What's that all about?
For example there was nothing about the accident which had affected the 2nd place Ford Ranger, just some video of him pulling over with a very second hand vehicle.
Mammasaid said:
Eurosport @ 10 pm every night.
It's as hard watching at times as competing, too much fill and not enough action.
Also if you switch over a few minutes before, their news gives you all the results and 30 seconds of highlights. What's that all about?
For example there was nothing about the accident which had affected the 2nd place Ford Ranger, just some video of him pulling over with a very second hand vehicle.
I agree with all the above! Love the race but the coverage is even worse this year. I notice a lack of sponsor ads in the coverage, so maybe the budget is tight this year.It's as hard watching at times as competing, too much fill and not enough action.
Also if you switch over a few minutes before, their news gives you all the results and 30 seconds of highlights. What's that all about?
For example there was nothing about the accident which had affected the 2nd place Ford Ranger, just some video of him pulling over with a very second hand vehicle.
Alternative behind the scenes short episodes here at Red Bull TV
https://www.redbull.tv/live/AP-1Q1ZBU5Z91W11/dakar...
ETA: If you have a Amazon Fire TV stick there is a Red Bull TV app available for free.
https://www.redbull.tv/live/AP-1Q1ZBU5Z91W11/dakar...
ETA: If you have a Amazon Fire TV stick there is a Red Bull TV app available for free.
Northern_Monkey said:
I can't believe two people are praising Carlton Kirkby...
Nor I. My understanding is he just does a voice over from a studio. He has no linguistic skills but he can read translated text.Certainly when there were a few Brits doing the cars he knew next to nothing about them.
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