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Old 31 Dec 2021, 16:36 (Ref:4091958)   #179
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Originally Posted by E.B View Post
Dumas has stood aside to allow the Rebellion President (who was to be driving the burnt out car) to run in the Dakar.

But, in a game of musical chairs, Dumas will not be spectating.... he will now be driving an ex Al-Attiyah Toyota Hilux.

Al-Attiyah is apparently a Rebellion Ambassador and has pulled a few strings within Toyota to have his FIA Cross-Country Rallies World Cup winning Hilux prepared and made available for Dumas to drive. All 4 of the works Hilux entries, of which Al-Attiyah is one, have all had new cars built for the Dakar, thus the Hilux Al-Attiya used up until a month ago was sitting in a corner somewhere....
Nice Good to see this sort of thing happens even at the top level of the sport.
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