Team Volkswagen Touareg Won The Dakar 2011. The Peruvian Team Finished 38Th.

  The Dakar Rally 2011 came to an end, and the winners for this year's edition are in cars Nasser saleh AL-ATTIYAH from Qatar with his Volkswagen Touareg with a time of 21:16:16, followed by his teammates Giniel DE VILLIERS  00:49:41 Minutes behind, and the Spanish Carlos SAINZ 01:20:38 hours behind.  The Ferrands with its Toyota from Peru finished in the 38Th. position 54.39 hours behind the leader. A total of 53 cars finished the rally (141 cars started the rally.)  In motorcycles the Spanish Marc COMA with his KTM took the first place, followed by the French Cyril DESPRES with KTM.  Helder RODRIGUES from Portugal finished Third.  The Peruvian Carlo Vellutino with KTM finished in the 91St. position.  A total of 94 motorcycles finished the rally.

     This edition of the Dakar Rally was a though one. In one stage of the rally the first ten motorcycles got lost, and  the Touaregs from Volkswagen proved once again to be an excellent car.  Its drivers drove them very fast, It looked like they did not care too much about the difficult terrain.  The organizers are planning the Dakar 2012 to go all the way from Argentina to Lima, Peru.

Dakar 2011 Is Halfway In Arica Near Peru. So Far It Is A Close Race

     We are already halfway trough the Dakar 2011 rally.  Right now all the competitors are having a rest day in Arica (Chile, Border with Peru), so far the results are as follow:
Carlos Sainz is winning with Volkswagen (20:39:41), followed by Nasser Al-Attiyah from the same team (20:42:23).  Stéphane Peterhansel is third with BMW (20:54:32).  In the 45Th. position is the Peruvian Fernando Ferrand with Toyota (17:09:08 behind the leader).  There are still 71 cars in competition.

     In Motorcycles the leader is Marc Coma with KTM (22:40:20) followed by Cyril Despres with KTM (22:49:08).  The third place belongs to Francisco Lopez with Aprilia ( 23:02:32).  The Peruvian Carlo Vellutino with KTM is in the 113Th. position (18:54:40 behind the leader).  There are still 116 Bikes in competition.

This is the route map:

Ferrand's FJ Cruiser from Toyota departing from Buenos Aires.

Interesting Road Safety Ads

I found these very interesting two ads about ROAD SAFETY. Check them out. Remember to always drive safely focusing only on the road, without distractions. Lets make 2011 and this decade free of traffic accidents ( ZERO traffic accidents).

 

 
     I wish all People an excellent 2011 full of blessings.