A great ending for Desafío Ruta 40 YPF
The fourth round of the World Rally Raid Championship finished on Friday in the city of Salta, with the winners of all the categories celebrating at the podium. Tosha Schareina (Honda Team) won the race but Luciano Benavides (Husqvarna Racing Factory) achieved the best result in the RallyGP category. Nasser Al Attiyah and
Claude Fournier: the voice of experience at Desafío Ruta 40
Claude Fournier is the oldest competitor in this 11th edition of Desafío Ruta 40 YPF. The Frenchman is 71 years old (in a month he turns 72), and he races with a Can-Am Maverick X3 of the BBR team in the T3 FIA category. His co-driver is the Polish Symon Gospodarczyk, who told
Road To Dakar Challenge: everything to be decided in the final stage
Desafío Ruta 40 YPF is going on and after the 4th stage, Belén-Belén, Santiago Rostan and the crew of Juan Jose Semino/Gonzalo Oltra arrive as leaders, in their search for a place in Dakar 2024. In the car category, Semino/Oltra, from Xcorpion Rally Racing finished the 345 km of selective section in 4h38m49s. After
González Ferioli and Debeljuh arrive as leaders to the last day
The Open category, for cars and bikes, finished the 4th stage of this Desafío Ruta 40 YPF. In the cars category, Jeremías González Ferioli won the stage again with a time of 3h25m02s and stretched the lead in the Overall. The second to arrive was Chilean Rodrigo Caballero, 5m37s behind the leader. Caballero’s co-driver
Fiambalá never disappoints
Desafío Ruta 40 YPF had its fourth stage in the mythical dunes of Fiambalá. Luciano Benavides wins the stage and discounts. Nasser does not slow down in the dunes. Tomorrow the competition ends in Salta where a crowd is expected to witness the definition of the race. The fourth stage, Belén-Belén, had a total
Jose Marcio Yampa: the local rider in Belén
The local rider José Marcio Yampa is the credit of the city of Belén in this Desafío Ruta 40. The MEB Belén Rally driver won stage 3, which was precisely a loop around the city. “Knowing the terrain was good for me, although I got stuck in a dune and fell behind a bit,
Rostan and Semino consolidate in the Road To Dakar
After stage 3 of Desafío Ruta 40 YPF Challenge, Santiago Rostan and Juan José Semino continue leading the Road To Dakar Challenge, for a ticket to Dakar 2024. In Bikes, Rostan from Pampa Rental Rally Team, is the leader after finishing the Belén – Belén loop with 265km of timed sector in 3h40m58s. In
Desafío Ruta 40 YPF: A duel in the heights
Desafío Ruta 40 YPF 2023, valid for the fourth round of the World Rally Raid Championship, reached the halfway point of the competition. Stage 3 Belén-Belén consolidated the leads of Tosha Schareina (bikes) and Nasser Al Attiyah (cars). But tomorrow the dunes of Fiambalá are awaiting and everything can change. A duel in the
#GirlPower At Desafio ruta 40
This edition of the Desafío Ruta 40 YPF has 6 women participating in different categories. The Spanish driver Cristina Gutiérrez is driving the #303 Can-Am Maverick X3, with co-driver Pablo Moreno Huete as part of the Red Bull Can-Am Factory Team. Yéssica Gentile, co-drives her father Rubén in a prototype of the HV Racing team
Road To Dakar Challenge progresses in Catamarca
The 11th edition of Desafío Ruta 40 YPF will be of great attraction for a new generation of riders and drivers who dream of competing in the Dakar Rally as DR40 is part of the Road to Dakar Challenge programme, both for bikes and T4s. After starting in La Rioja and arriving in Belen