Photo by: XPB Images
Brazil WRT to challenge Jordan’s desert
The Brazil World Rally team and his Brazilian representative Daniel Oliveira have already embarked on their second compromise within the World Rally Championship to be held in the Middle East. The next stop will be the torrid desert of the Jordan Valley where the crews will tackle a unique event.
The Jordan Rally, fourth round of the WRC, will be located on the shores of the Dead Sea, where the competitors will race through the earth’s lowest land point - more than 400 metres below the sea level with temperatures reaching 40ºC (104ºF). The roads featuring hard-packed gravel also represent a great challenge for both the drivers and the machines.
After a positive season-opener round in Portugal, Daniel Oliveira alongside his Portuguese navigator Carlos Magalhaes, come to Jordan with much enthusiasm. They expect to cover a large number of race kilometres and gain valuable experience as well prior to jump to the MINI’s WRC version in Italy.
For sure, the Jordan test will be a good opportunity for the MINI John Cooper Works S2000 to reaffirm its fast pace and high reliability shown two weeks ago in its worldwide debut in Portugal.
Daniel Oliveira (Driver)
Jordan Rally will be another great challenge for us. This will be our second race so far, so there are still a lot of new things to experience. We’ll have to cope with some extreme conditions which will be good to continue the development of the MINI John Cooper Works S2000. Also driving on the desert is something new to me and that’s why I’m looking forward to make as much as I can out of of this opportunity. The strategy is to adopt a cautious approach to the event and see how we’re feeling over the stages. Once again, the main objective is to finish the race, keep on learning and and improve our pace.
More Info
Citroen’s Sebastien Loeb and Ford’s Mikko Hirvonen match in the standings first position
Rally of Jordan will be the second round for the SWRC class (S2000 cars)
A total of 31 cars have entered the race
-source: brazil wrt
Be part of Motorsport community
Join the conversationShare Or Save This Story
Loeb had "no chance" against three-car Audi team in Dakar after Al-Attiyah exit
Loeb: “No plan at the moment’ for 2023 WRC return
Why Loeb v Ogier duel gave the WRC's new hybrid era the ideal start
Ostberg gets full WRC2 season with Citroen
Citroen open to making WRC car available to privateers
How Ogier's Citroen dream died
The plot twist that gave Arrow McLaren’s Ward his first win as team principal
WRC looking to add F1-style team radio to TV broadcasts
Formula E’s new Gen3 Evo car breaks cover
Adrian Newey set to leave Red Bull F1 team
The eight minutes of madness that saw Ogier strike in Croatia
How Rovanpera showed his class above his WRC rivals in Kenya
How a new 'old' challenge is capturing the spirit of British rallying lore
How Lappi survived Swedish snow carnage to snap his lengthy WRC drought
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
Top Comments