Kwa nthawi yoyamba kutenga nawo mbali mu 24 Horas TT Vila de Fronteira, German X-Raid, wodziwika bwino nawo mu Dakar, ndi Mini boma, anamaliza kusiya Alentejo mudzi ndi, ngakhale, ndithu chokoma 3rd. malo . M'malo mwake, adapambana, akukondweretsedwa kwambiri m'maenje, pambuyo pa mpikisano womwe X-Raid Mini All4 Racing idathyola bokosi la gear. Chowonadi chomwe, ngakhale zinali choncho, sichinalepheretse mtsogoleri wa gululo, Tobias Quant, kutsimikizira, m'mawu a Razão Automóvel, kuti "Ndikufuna kubwerera". Ngati n'kotheka, "chaka chamawa".
Pampikisano womwe gulu la Germany lidawonekera koyambirira ndi gulu la madalaivala aku Italy okha - Michele de Nora, Michele Cintos, Paolo Bacchella ndi Carlo Cinotto - kutenga nawo gawo kwagalimoto yaku Britain kunali, komabe, kudadziwika ndi vuto mu bokosi, liwiro. Mkhalidwe umene unachitika "pa lap 92" ndipo anamaliza "kutenga pafupifupi ola kuthetsa", anafotokoza wotsogolera X-Raid, amene kawirikawiri amapanga fakitale Mini mzere, pa Dakar.
Komabe, vutoli litathetsedwa, "tinaukiranso, malingaliro omwe tidakhala nawo mpaka kumapeto, ndipo omwe, ngakhale anali ndi mwayi, adakwanitsa". Ngakhale chifukwa, "kupatula vutoli, panalibenso mavuto ndi galimoto".
Poyamba izi zikamalizidwa, kuzindikira, kwa Razão Automóvel, kuti "ndithudi tikufuna kubwereranso chaka chamawa", chifukwa, "mlengalenga ndi wodabwitsa, pali omvera ambiri omwe akuwonera, ndipo tinasangalala nawo kwambiri. Choncho tikuyembekezera kubwerera.”
"Dakar? Ikhala ndewu yabwino ndi Peugeot ndi Toyota!
Komabe, ngakhale kuti chapakati mutu kukhala, mokakamiza, 24 Maola TT Vila de Fronteira, kunja (yaifupi) kukambirana sakanakhoza kukhala kope lotsatira la Dakar, amene chiyambi inakonzedwa lotsatira 6 January 2018. Ndi wotsogolera za ntchito pa X-Raid kuzindikira, kuyambira pano, kuti "kudzakhala ndewu yabwino, ndi Peugeot ndi Toyota!"Ponena za chigamulo chomwe chinalengezedwa kale kuti chigwirizane, chaka chino, magalimoto awiri osiyana, magudumu onse ndi kumbuyo, "amachokera ku malamulo okha," adatero Tobias Quandt. Kuwonjezera apo, "kwa ife, timakhulupirira kuti njira yoyenera iyenera kukhala 4 × 4."
"Kupambana mu Dakar kudzadalira njanji"
Potsimikizira kuti galimoto yoperekedwa ku Fronteira ilibe kanthu kapena ayi ndi Mini John Cooper Works Rally, Quant sanafune, komabe, kukhazikitsa cholinga chilichonse cha mpikisano wautali womwe udzachitike ku America. Ngakhale poganiza kuti "kupambana kudzadalira kwambiri panjira".
Ndizowona, komabe, kuti zosankha za chaka chamawa, ponena za maonekedwe atsopano mu mpikisano wa Chipwitikizi, "zidzangotengedwa pambuyo pa kutha kwa Dakar. Pakali pano, zonse zatseguka. Ngakhale titha kukutsimikizirani kale kuti tidzakhala ndi pulogalamu yathunthu, komanso mu 2018 ”.