Chinese racers of 2011 Dakar Rally
- Source: Global Times
- [14:38 December 30 2010]
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The 2011 Dakar Rally will kick off in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires, on January 1, 2011. Adventurous racers from all over the world will be faced with a ten-thousand-kilometer long new journey in the desert.
China will have a strong lineup with 11 racers and 2 navigators competing.
Members of Car group:
No. 358: Lu Ningjun (Rely-Doublestar), Roberto Dipersio as the navigator.
No. 372: Zhou Yong (Great Wall Haval), Sylvain Poncet as the navigator.
No. 378: Ma Junkun (Hongyun Honghe), Sebastien Delaunay as the navigator.
No. 389: Zhou Yuande (Zhongzhi branch of Chengdu Rural Commercial Bank), Du Taiguang as the navigator.
No. 426: Liu Kun (Rely-Doublestar), Maurizio Dominella as the navigator.
No. 427: Jiang Yaohuan (Rely-Doublestar), Lv Yiyu as the navigator.
No. 434: Guo Hongzhi (French Dessoude), Denis Schurger as the navigator.
Members of Motorbike group:
No. 81: Su Wenmin (Jincheng)
No. 149: Han Baohua (Jincheng)
Members of Truck group:
No. 539: Chen Hehuang (Roc Tawain 100), Huang Ko Hsiao as the navigator, Hoebeke Roland as the mechanic. No. 554: Li Yang (Sarl Sodicar), Jose Joaquim de Campos Martins as the navigator and mechanic.
Different from the former rallies, there will be 10 racers from the Chinese mainland and 1 from Taiwan racing on the vaste land of Buenos Aires.
