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Would love someone else to take the title for a change, but seeing as its not a VW walkover again, I dont mind Ogier taking the title for Msport, will show how good he really is and of course a...

We need a round in Africa, sadly its not going to happened, we can all dream.

I agree totally, its a tragedy Mikkelsen isnt in that car, and apparently without a gravel crew to boot. Lets hope Citroen sees the light soon.

They probably dont want Breen to outshine Lefebvre again.

Sasol only withdrew sponsorship of the Sasol Rally, which is South Africa's round of the FIA African Championships, they have not been series sponsors for a number of years now.

I have not been...

Some interesting insights on the Toyota Gazoo South Africa Team,

http://www.motorsportmedia.co.za/article.asp?conID=11563

Didnt even notice that, likely just old tyres used for transport, if you look at the rest of the pics on that album you will see the cars are broken down quite a lot before shipment.

Roma is with Overdrive.... i know Hallspeed and Overdrive work together at Dakar,

This is Conrad's car being loaded for transport from Hallspeed.
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Conrad has done a few local events in South Africa in Leeroy Poulter's absence, with Leeroy's navigator Rob Howie (Engineer at Hallspeed) in the hotseat, the car is likely and un-official 3rd Toyota...

Toyota reverting to 4x4 for 2017 Dakar

http://www.carmag.co.za/speed_post/dakar-u-turn-toyota-to-stick-to-all-wheel-drive-hilux/

From what i understand that is what the car will look like.

Different angles make the car look very different,

Spare wheels have been behind the front doors on the Hilux for the last 2 Dakar's...

http://www.carmag.co.za/speed_post/new-toyota-hilux-evo-significantly-faster-giniel/

Looking at budget and driver lineup Peugeot has to be the favorites,

I am unashamedly biased towards Toyota, i know the team and the drivers and really hope the direction they have taken is a...

They are quoted as saying "Atkinson Cycle V8 engine" from Lexus, is this the same power unit you are talking about?

Been trying to see where the engine is mounted from all the pics,

Whatever the configuration, knowing Glynn Hall he does everything for a reason and I have no doubt it will be very competitive.
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This is a surprise,

Toyota going 2 wheel drive.

http://www.motorsportmedia.co.za/article.asp?conID=4299

Amazing how this was kept so quiet, apparently some people injured and Gordon withdrew on the way to the podium.

Ideal opportunity for Malcolm Wilson to snap Chris Meeke up.

Toyota Team and car

http://www.imperialtoyota.co.za/article/toyota-gazoo-racing-sa-all-set-to-tackle-2016-dakar-rally

Not WRC, but this is the South African Yaris for 2015, i think really good looking, newer frontend looks the part to.

1 Ogier 2 Latvala 3 Loeb 4 Mikkelson 5 Meeke 6 Sordo 7 Kubica 8 Neuville

An extract from the Toyota Team managers update after yesterdays stage...

"Giniels day was not the same because as he was preparing to start his seat belt came apart and was only able to use 1...

WP9 caused all the issues, Nasser and Roma got lucky and just happened to find it, the rest were driving in circles to find it,

Nasser has to be one of the luckiest guys alive.

Television coverage failed to include the reason for the puncture, so it goes i suppose :-(

The link explains it, there was a protest but it was rejected.