MOTORSPORT
Dakar 2023 verspricht mehr Dünen im Empty Quarter
December 31, 2022 - January 15, 2023 - Organisatoren versprechen, dass die Dakar Rally im heurigen Jahr, die vierte in Saudi Arabien, eine besondere Herausforderung mit vielen Sanddünen wird.
Fifteen days of racing comprises a prologue and 14 stages, including a four-day excursion into the as yet unexplored desert of the vast Rub’ al-Khali, or Empty Quarter, in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula.
Some 455 vehicles, with 865 competitors including defending champions Nasser al-Attiyah (car) and Sam Sunderland (motorbike), are expected at the starting line on the Red Sea before taking in 8,549km, of which 4,706km will be raced against the clock, AFP said.