Rallye du Maroc 2018 – Round 10, FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup.

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Rallye du Maroc 2018

1st October 2018

 

Rallye du Maroc 2018Round 10, FIA Cross
Country Rally World Cup

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  • Three MINI John Cooper Works Rally to compete at Rallye du
    Maroc, 3rd-9th October 2018.
  • MINI driver Jakub ‘Kuba’ Przygonski and co-driver Tom
    Colsoul poised to secure the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup title.
  • Yazeed Al Rajhi / Timo Gottschalk and Boris Garafulic /
    Filipe Palmero also to compete in Morocco as part of final
    pre-Dakar 2019 testing.

 

Munich.
Round ten of the 2018 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup is the
Rallye du Maroc, an annual long-distance rally raid race held in
Moroccan desert regions. Rallye du Maroc is renowned for its close
racing because the leading FIA World Cup competitors fight hard to
capture the few remaining race series points to end the season with
a high ranking.

 

For the MINI Family crew of Jakub ‘Kuba’ Przygonski (POL) and
co-driver Tom Colsoul (BEL), the penultimate round of the FIA World
Cup series is especially important. Przygonski requires only 19 points
to lift the title trophy and go one better than the second place he
achieved in 2017. However, with one race in hand, Baja Portalegre 500,
Przygonski could very well play a tactical race in Morocco to simply
gain points and reduce any possible pressure going into the final
round held in Portugal.

 

Joining Przygonski and Colsoul in Morocco will be two other MINI
Family crews competing in the same specification MINI John Cooper
Works Rally cars from the stable of MINI Motorsport partner X-raid.

 

Yazeed Al Rajhi (KSA) and co-driver Timo Gottschalk (GER) will be
joined by Boris Garafulic (CHL) and Filipe Palmero (POR) on the
startline for Rallye du Maroc. Their aim is not only to underline the
race-winning ability of their MINI John Cooper Works Rally Cars but to
further race development of the MINI Cars in readiness for the 2019
Dakar Rally.

 

Erfoud is an oasis town in eastern Morocco and main location for
Rallye du Maroc 2018. This area is an ideal test bed for X-raid
because the Sahara Desert landscape will provide car and driver
feedback to help deal with the sand and dunes competitors will face in
Peru, scene of the 2019 Dakar Rally, 6th-17th
January 2019.

 

Rallye du Maroc will consist of five days of racing action across
three main loops that take in desert and hard-packed tracks. The race
distance is over 2,051 km, of which 1,362 km are Special Stages. Stage
1 is the opening race and begins 5th October.

 

For more information about Rallye du Maroc 2018, please visit the
host’s event home page here.

 

FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup 2018 calendar