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    A NEW CHALLENGE

    Dec 17, 2019 5 minutes
    Text: Reuben van Niekerk

    Following his exit from Formula One, Fernando Alonso began to dabble in other motorsport series and has had tremendous success in the World Endurance championship. Looking for a new challenge, he will tackle the 2020 Dakar Rally behind the wheel of a South African-built Toyota Hilux. We caught up with him during a testing session in Lichtenburg.

    In Formula One and WEC you have a pit crew that will change your tyre if you get a flat. Have you needed to change the tyre on the Hilux yet?

    We have not had to change a tyre yet but my navigator, Marc Coma, has won Dakar five times and in order to do that he needed to know how to rebuild his 

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