mobanmarketMadrid: Fernando Alonso has completed 700 kilometres (435 miles) in two days of training in Poland as he prepares for next year’s Dakar Rally.
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Toyota says Alonso ran on a rally course that mixed hard and soft soil along with sand tracks and bumpy terrain.
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Alonso says it was “definitely a positive couple of days” in which he could “experiment with a different sort of terrain.” He says it “has been really fun to drive and I’m enjoying every test.”
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Toyota said last month Alonso would be undergoing an intense training programme to “familiarise himself with the challenging rigours of rally raid.”
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The two-time Formula One champion completed a three-day test session in the deserts of southern Africa in late August. He is expected to be back in action from September 13-14 in South Africa, when he will be a non-competitive participant in the Lichtenburg 400.
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Alonso’s participation in the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia still hasn’t been officially confirmed. The 38-year-old Spaniard took a test drive in March in the Toyota Hilux truck that won the Dakar Rally this year.
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Toyota team principal Glyn Hall says “we are focused on getting quality kilometres as Fernando continues to familiarise himself with the Hilux and rally raid.”
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