“Back in my day… it’s easier now… you call that a challenge…?” I sound like a grumpy old man racing a bar stool and perhaps I am. Not a racer, though, but an off-road race mechanic with 14 Australasian Safaris and five Dakars under my tool belt, along with a few Finkes and Condo 750s thrown in for good measure.
Over the years the natural progression of events like the Dakar have changed – not only in location but the technology and resources supplied to, or available for, competitors and service crews. Here’s a behind the scenes look