2013 Dakar Pre-Event Discussion

[troy safari carpente]

Roulette in the rocks...

Curious... looking back at that footage from 2012... Barreda's crash looked as (if not more) spectacular than the one Quinn had... yet he got up (even though cautiosly) and continued... whereas QC's trip over the bars ended up with the medics...

Whenever you "race" sometimes there is just something out there with your name on it... at Dakar there a thousands of kilometers of stuff with places for names.

[Balkan Boy]

Not the best video, but I love hearing him say 'Sono bloccato dalla paura' and "Vai moto vai, forza moto...non mi tradire"


http://youtu.be/EP1-g7Rao8Q

[troy safari carpente]

+1 Yeah, he sure rode with that italian fire in his eyes also...

[SafariBerg]

Grabbo's Dakar 2013 Kato

[troy safari carpente]

Grabbo' got #38 start number... Good one, will be interesting to follow his first Dakar. Good luck (all of you) with the warm up in Merzouga

[italrally]

from Gerard Farres Guell homepage & Facebook

Estimado/a amigo/a,Me pongo en contacto contigo a través de este email para comunicarte que desde hoy mismo he dejado de formar parte del equipo Bordone Ferrari Racing Team por la no renovación del contrato que nos unía.La vinculación entre el Bordone Ferrari Racing Team y yo nació hace aproximadamente un año con la misión de desarrollar un equipo de competición potente para el Rally Dakar y el mundial de raids.En muy poco tiempo hemos conseguido articular un proyecto muy joven y ambicioso con mucho esfuerzo, trabajo y buena voluntad. Los resultados, además, nos han acompañado en todas las pruebas. Y en mi caso me siento muy orgulloso del séptimo puesto conseguido en la pasada edición del Dakar.No obstante, siento que he cumplido una parte de los objetivos que me había marcado y que el proyecto tiene que seguir su propio camino sin mí. Tengo el convencimiento de que he cubierto una etapa de mi carrera profesional y ahora es el momento de buscar nuevos alicientes y nuevos retos, que espero poder explicarte muy pronto.A Bordone Ferrari Racing Team y a mis ya excompañeros les deseo mucha suerte y muchos éxitos.Gerard Farrés Güell

Google translation:

Dear / a friend / a, I am contacting you through this email to inform you that from today I no longer part of the team Bordone Ferrari Racing Team for the non-renewal of the contract that we unía.La link between the Bordone Ferrari Racing team and I was born about a year ago with the mission to develop a strong competition team for the Dakar Rally and the World raids.En little time we have together a young and ambitious project with a lot of hard work and good will . The results also accompanied us on all tests. And in my case I am very proud of the seventh place finish in last year's Dakar.No However, I feel I have met some of the goals I had set and that the project has to go its own way without me. I have the conviction that I have covered a stage in my career and now is the time to look for new incentives and new challenges, I hope I can explain very pronto.A Bordone Ferrari Racing Team and my former teammate and I wish you much luck and success. Gerard Farres Guell

[rmhrc628]

Originally Posted by SafariBerg

Grabbo's Dakar 2013 Kato

How's the GHR Honda effort going? The effort some of the Aussies are going to is amazing.

[JayBo1]

Originally Posted by SafariBerg

Grabbo's Dakar 2013 Kato

Looks okay but I hope he puts some oil in it before he rides it!
Funny that Ben seemed to hate having a fairing in front of him and hated low front guards but hey??

[Vicks]

Originally Posted by italrally

from Gerard Farres Guell homepage & Facebook
Google translation:

Dear / a friend / a, I am contacting you through this email to inform you that from today I no longer part of the team Bordone Ferrari Racing Team for the non-renewal of the contract that we unía.La link between the Bordone Ferrari Racing team and I was born about a year ago with the mission to develop a strong competition team for the Dakar Rally and the World raids.En little time we have together a young and ambitious project with a lot of hard work and good will . The results also accompanied us on all tests. And in my case I am very proud of the seventh place finish in last year's Dakar.No However, I feel I have met some of the goals I had set and that the project has to go its own way without me. I have the conviction that I have covered a stage in my career and now is the time to look for new incentives and new challenges, I hope I can explain very pronto.A Bordone Ferrari Racing Team and my former teammate and I wish you much luck and success. Gerard Farres Guell

what does this mean for the BF team now ?

[tehdutchie]

Originally Posted by Vicks

what does this mean for the BF team now ?

Out of funding I guess, they lost some enduro riders too..

[doyle]

Originally Posted by tehdutchie

Out of funding I guess, they lost some enduro riders too..

Rumors have been abound since the Baja de Espana just before they launched Oldrati. Then the stalled Mi1, rumors of the mechanics and then Fernando Prades not being paid...Where there's smoke, there's fire. I tried to contact then several times for quotes on their side of the story as far as the rumors go, but have not received any replies.

[wrk2surf]

stick a fork in that team.. theyre done for a while perhaps forever..it actually seemed to go downhill just after R. Ferrari had a pretty bad car accident.. Look for an announcement from another Bordone Ferrari rider soon as well..

[Deadly99]

Originally Posted by wrk2surf

stick a fork in that team.. theyre done for a while perhaps forever..it actually seemed to go downhill just after R. Ferrari had a pretty bad car accident.. Look for an announcement from another Bordone Ferrari rider soon as well..

Chaleco ?

[wrk2surf]

nope... hes actually not a dakar competitor

[Brodovitch]

Originally Posted by wrk2surf

nope... hes actually not a dakar competitor

haven't seen an entry list, but wow, I am stunned