Prodrive Hunter Shines at the Dakar Rally

The Prodrive Hunter has been making waves in the automotive market as it is quite literally a rally car for the road. Back on the rally stage, the Hunter made its mark with a fighting comeback for the Bahrain Raid Xtreme at the Dakar Rally.

With Guerlain Chicherit and Alex Winocq at the wheel, the Hunter secured a stage win by 3 minutes 26 seconds over the Toyota of South African Henk Lategan.

The action in Saudi Arabia was cut short due to pools of water along the 447km stage from Alula to Ha'il. This came as a blessing in disguise for the Bahrain Raid Xtreme team, as a series of unfortunate punctures had dropped all four Prodrive Hunters from contention the previous day.

Lithuanians Vaidotas Zala and Paulo Fiuza also impressed in the other Prodrive Hunter, as they recorded the seventh fastest stage time in their vehicle.

A delighted Chicherit commented: “It’s great. We were on a good pace without pushing especially hard, just keeping the same strategy that we had from the start of this rally.”

He added: “Sure it’s upsetting what happened yesterday, but now we’ve proved what we can do so we’ll stay focused and do the rally the way we planned by getting some good times, and some points for the World Rally Raid Championship.”

Vaidotas Zala remarked: “That was a good day. We’re really happy with the car in the stage, trying to be careful in the rocky sections, but after some tweaks overnight we’ve turned a corner.”