Earlier this year, BMW launched a high-profile rally in Dakar. Unfortunately, the team's signing driver, British racing star McRae, was killed in a helicopter and the game was cancelled due to the threat of terrorist attacks. However, BMW has not relaxed its preparations for the 2009 season.

This Dutch-based team has four drivers, two of whom are the most experienced Nasser Al-attiya (Qatar) and Sesing, and the other two are from the Netherlands, using BMW X3CC Dakar, which was delayed in the Dakar rally.

Before the car was shipped to Argentina, the team also conducted a test drive at the racing base in Van Mekstein in 65438+February 65438+March. The base is located in Nau, Fausten. The purpose of this test run is mainly to test the suspension system.

Al attiya is the number one driver of BMW X-Raid team, and his car number is 302. As the local temperature is very low, the ground has frozen. However, this has little impact on the test run. The test results are also very satisfactory.

René Kuypers (car number 330) joined BMW for the first time. He is very interested in the test run. In fact, he first participated in the Dakar Rally in 2006, when it was a motorcycle race.

Peter van Merksteijn (car number 3 18) entered the test run very early, and he specially made a jump test on the car. He said afterwards: "The car feels very good. This car is very strong, incredibly strong. I won the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year, and then I started preparing for Dakar. With BMW X3CC, we can challenge powerful rivals. But my goal is still to see my ranking after playing the game. "