Ibiza Rider Toni Vingut revs up his engine for his most ambitious Dakar Rally yet

Toni Vingut, an Ibizan rider, has already prepared his quad in Saudi Arabia for his third participation in the prestigious and demanding Dakar Rally with guarantees and all the illusions of the world, in a 2022 edition to which the islander rider goes with an ambitious plan and aspirations to make “a good role,” as assured by this Sant Antoni rider in Ibiza on the day of the presentation of his new sporting project.

The Dakar Rally race in Saudi Arabia, which is also the race’s third consecutive year as a venue, will begin with the arrival of the new year, offering the riders and teams a great challenge of 12 stages in which sand and dunes will once again play a major role in the different days of the competition, which will take place from January 1 to 14th.

“We are already placed in the paddock, and the organization has made us a PCR test in which both Ivan, my mechanic, and I tested negative, so we can continue,” Toni Vingut said this Wednesday from Saudi Arabia, happy, while adding: “We have been doing some final touches and adjustments to the quad, and I went out to test it in the’shakedown,’ which is a small route that the organization gives us to test.”

The Dakar Rally will be hosted in Saudi Arabia for the 44th time, with 1,065 participants (25 women)

For the 2022 event, 065 competitors (25 women), including the drivers, co-drivers, and competitors of the Dakar Classic, will start and finish at the same point in Jeddah, following a prologue stage with a timed section of about 10 kilometers on Saturday, ending in Ha’il, where the fight for the final victory and podium glory will truly begin.

The drivers in what has been labeled “the toughest rally on the earth” will have to cover and complete a total of 8,375 kilometers, 4,300 of which will be against the clock, in an edition that includes, among other things, the use of an electronic roadbook for all four-wheeled vehicles.

“I’ve been working on various elements that I believe should be improved based on my experience,” the Ibizan driver explained, before adding, “I’ve been working on navigation, which I’ve been practicing in Morocco.” And I’ve also tried to fix some mechanical issues that cost me a lot of technical stops, which, although they didn’t force me to quit, did lead me to lose a lot of time in order to continue in the race, such as punctures and minor breakdowns, which we’ve tried to remedy.”