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Van Loon kicks off Dakar preparations in Spain

The Andalusia Rally will be held in the area of ​​Villamartín, which is located between Seville, Jerez and Málaga. The shakedown and inspections will take place on 4 and 5 October. On October 6 there is a short prologue of 10 kilometers on the program. This is followed by another 4 days with 7 tests in total, which together form a rally of 1030 kilometers at speed.

Electronic roadbook

Van Loon appears at the start in Spain with navigator Sébastien Delaunay, who can immediately get acquainted with the new electronic roadbook: “For Sébastien things are going to change. He now has to read the roadbook from a tablet, which is actually a kind of evolution. of the pre-colored road book, but digitally. It will still get a paper version, but it must be sealed in the car and should only be used when the electronic is not functioning. This is to reduce the chance cheating. I wonder how it will be.

Van Loon and Delaunay will start in Spain with a Toyota Hilux of the Belgian Overdrive Racing, the team with which Van Loon also participated in the Dakar Rally in recent years.


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