Auto-motorsport·Motorautosport·2 jan

The wait is over – Dakar 2026 begins tomorrow

The X-raid team has already been in Yanbu, the starting city of this year’s Dakar, for several days. Ahead of tomorrow’s official start, there was still plenty to do: during the shakedown, the crews made the final adjustments to their race cars. The vehicles of Guillaume de Mévius, Lionel Baud and Rebecca Busi were already on the Arabian Peninsula. The MINI JCW Rally 3.0d of Maria Gameiro, however, was rebuilt at the company headquarters in Trebur following her accident in Dubai. After the shakedown, the administrative and technical checks were next on the agenda.