The Dakar Classic anticipates and snaps to New Year's Eve

It’s really the last few hours of waiting and then the Dakar Classic 2022 for the Angelo Caffi Racing Team will finally come alive and Luciano Carcheri and Giulia Maroni will have the first competitive results on the Nissan Terrano 1. With the last minute change of program decided by the organizers, given the high number of participants that touches 150 units, the edition of this year it will start moving one day early, that is Friday 31 December.

There Nissan Terrano 1 prepared by TecnoSport bearing the number # 759 on the doors, it will have to face the long transfer from Jeddah to Ha’il, of 838 kilometers, to reach the bivouac that will host the first three days. No competitive sector but still a decent starter before the actual start of hostilities, scheduled for New Year’s Eve with the Ha’il – Ha’il stage. The task of defending the colors of the Brescia team will be held by Luciano Carcheri, seventh overall and first in class H2.8 in the edition twelve months ago who with this release will make ten appearances in the Dakar. At his side, the Italian Cross-Country Rally 2021 champion Giulia Maroni, making her debut in the most famous rally raid in the world.

The crew today faced a test in the sands around Jeddah with a short competitive sector to verify that all the on-board instruments are in working order and that the car, from a purely technical point of view, responds properly. “We can be satisfied – said Carcheri upon returning to the bivouac – the test went very well, we are ready to take on this challenge. The first stage, that of January 1st, will be quite short in kilometers with only 127 kilometers in total and 22 in the competitive sector, a fair starter. Tomorrow instead the long transfer to Ha’il which will be our base for the first two days of action until the Marathon Stage which will join the stages of January 3rd and 4th ”.

The next stage | 1 January | Ha’il-Ha’il
Even short, navigators will be called to a great job of orientation given that the conformation of this stretch does not help navigation. 54 kilometers of transfer followed by 22 kilometers of competitive sector and another 50 kilometers to return to the bivouac. There will be a bit of everything including sand, but it is still too early to talk about dunes.