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Fernando Alonso gives his first reaction after testing a TOYOTA GAZOO Racing South Africa Hilux for the first time. The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing rider, Fernando Alonso, completed a test on 27 and 28 March at the wheel of the TOYOTA Hilux winner of the last Dakar.Fernando Alonso, who currently leads the classification of World Resistance Championship (WEC) riders with his teammates Sebastian Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima, spent two days learning how to drive a rally raid car during an exclusive test in the Kalahari desert.TOYOTA GAZOO Racing South Africa organized the test for Fernando Alonso to experience what a rally raid is. Dakar winner Giniel de Villiers and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing driver mentored Alonso.The TOYOTA Hilux that won the Dakar Rally in January 2019 with Nasser Al Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel equipped a 5-liter V8 engine delivering 385CV and producing 620Nm of torque.Fernando Alonso drove the Toyota Hilux in two sections through the desert, one 8 kilometers long and the other 17 kilometers long.Fernando Alonso: "I followed the Dakar and thanks to TOYOTA GAZOO Racing I had the opportunity to come here to South Africa to try the Toyota Hilux winner of the Dakar 2019. I have been able to test many disciplines and drive many vehicles in the last two years and this was a great opportunity. It has been fun; certainly very different from what I'm used to driving, but very interesting. We have gradually increased the speed learning from pass to pass. It is not easy to read the irregularities of the terrain and to know what is the maximum speed that I can pass but I have taken a lot of confidence in each section. The behavior of the Toyota Hilux is exceptional, has a good grip and balance, a lot of power and impressive braking. It's amazing to drive this car. "
Fernando Alonso gives his first reaction after testing a TOYOTA GAZOO Racing South Africa Hilux for the first time. The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing rider, Fernando Alonso, completed a test on 27 and 28 March at the wheel of the TOYOTA Hilux winner of the last Dakar.Fernando Alonso, who currently leads the classification of World Resistance Championship (WEC) riders with his teammates Sebastian Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima, spent two days learning how to drive a rally raid car during an exclusive test in the Kalahari desert.TOYOTA GAZOO Racing South Africa organized the test for Fernando Alonso to experience what a rally raid is. Dakar winner Giniel de Villiers and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing driver mentored Alonso.The TOYOTA Hilux that won the Dakar Rally in January 2019 with Nasser Al Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel equipped a 5-liter V8 engine delivering 385CV and producing 620Nm of torque.Fernando Alonso drove the Toyota Hilux in two sections through the desert, one 8 kilometers long and the other 17 kilometers long.Fernando Alonso: "I followed the Dakar and thanks to TOYOTA GAZOO Racing I had the opportunity to come here to South Africa to try the Toyota Hilux winner of the Dakar 2019. I have been able to test many disciplines and drive many vehicles in the last two years and this was a great opportunity. It has been fun; certainly very different from what I'm used to driving, but very interesting. We have gradually increased the speed learning from pass to pass. It is not easy to read the irregularities of the terrain and to know what is the maximum speed that I can pass but I have taken a lot of confidence in each section. The behavior of the Toyota Hilux is exceptional, has a good grip and balance, a lot of power and impressive braking. It's amazing to drive this car. "
After a successful campaign in the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship, Fernando Alonso and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will join forces once again in the upcoming months for a series of tests with the Toyota Hilux, the car that is expected to compete in the next Dakar Rally.
After a successful campaign in the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship, Fernando Alonso and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will join forces once again in the upcoming months for a series of tests with the Toyota Hilux, the car that is expected to compete in the next Dakar Rally.
Two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso says climbing the Namibia dunes for the first time with the Toyota Hilux was "shocking", as his Dakar Rally preparation programme began in earnest.Alonso has been testing the Hilux in Namibia since Tuesday, following Toyota's announcement that he would embark on a rally-raid initiation programme with the view to potentially making his debut in motorsport's most prestigious cross-country marathon next January.The 38-year-old ex-F1 star had already trialled the Hilux in the Kalahari Desert back in March, but has been given much more complicated terrain to navigate for the current four-day test.It has also served as a first rehearsal of authentic rally-raid conditions for Alonso, as he was given open terrain to navigate using a roadbook by his Toyota Gazoo Racing team.
The Toyota Hilux Dakar with which Fernando Alonso debuted in the Dakar Rally, in the 2020 edition, has just become part of the collection of the Fernando Alonso Circuit and Museum, the sports complex where it is possible to carry out an exhaustive review of the professional career of the Asturian pilot.The Hilux Dakar that Fernando Alonso has received in his museum, located on the outskirts of Oviedo (Asturias), is not a replica, it is exactly the unit with which the Asturian rider competed in the Dakar 2020, where he signed a prominent role at the end in the 13th position of the general classification and set some of the best times in many stages, becoming the best rookie in cars of that edition of the toughest rally in the world.Fernando Alonso has personally received the new member of his permanent collection, which joins, among other competition prototypes, the Toyota TS050 HYBRID with which the Asturian driver won the World Endurance Championship - World Endurance Championship (WEC) - in the 2019-2020 super season and twice won the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Marc Coma, five-time Dakar Rally winner in the motorbike class and six-time FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Champion, has teamed up with Fernando Alonso as his navigator at TOYOTA GAZOO Racing as the pair continues with an intensive rally raid training programme in the Toyota Hilux.An experienced rally raid campaigner, Marc, 42, first competed in the Dakar Rally in 2002 when the event was still held in Africa. With nearly two decades in the sport, most recently as Sporting Director of the Dakar Rally, Marc is perfectly positioned to work closely with Fernando, two-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner, reigning FIA World Endurance Championship title holder, two-time Formula 1 World Champion, and winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona, as both motorsport veterans push their own limits and transition into a new motorsport discipline—Fernando in rally raid and Marc on four wheels.
Marc Coma, five-time Dakar Rally winner in the motorbike class and six-time FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Champion, has teamed up with Fernando Alonso as his navigator at TOYOTA GAZOO Racing as the pair continues with an intensive rally raid training programme in the Toyota Hilux.An experienced rally raid campaigner, Marc, 42, first competed in the Dakar Rally in 2002 when the event was still held in Africa. With nearly two decades in the sport, most recently as Sporting Director of the Dakar Rally, Marc is perfectly positioned to work closely with Fernando, two-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner, reigning FIA World Endurance Championship title holder, two-time Formula 1 World Champion, and winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona, as both motorsport veterans push their own limits and transition into a new motorsport discipline—Fernando in rally raid and Marc on four wheels.
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