Fernando Alonso: Accident at the first official rally in South Africa

Fernando Alonso, twice the world Formula 1 champion, is in his first official rally appearance - this is the fifth race South African Cross Country championships Lichtberg 400 - experienced two horrifying moments. Two-time race winner 24 hours Le Mans, who raced with rally star Dakar Marco Como, he with his Toyota Hilux overturned several times, but fortunately no one was injured.

Alonso competed in South Africa with compatriot Marco Como, a Dakar Rally legend
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Alonso and Coma had to drive to the service zone without a windshield

Pri overturning the car, the windshield was destroyed, causing them to Alonso and his co-driver Coma continue racing with goggles. They managed to get all the way to service zones, where they repaired their Toyota. However Alonso in Coma they were unlucky because it flew into the windshield flock of birds, so he had to Coma hold the glass in position all the way to the target. Because lost time, the racers were not included.

According to those in charge of the Toyota Hilux team, Fernando Alonso did well in his first official rally.
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Until his final goal, participating in the Dakar 2020 rally, Marc Coma will offer him enough help to be best prepared for this great challenge.

Sleep is his own first performance participated in a real rally mainly in terms of the set goal and this is a performance on the legendary Dakar 2020 rally v Saudi Arabia, where a routine will race next to him Marc Coma. When it's Alonso arrived at the destination, immediately responded to the social network Twitterwhere he wrote: “These were great three days in South Africa with Marco Como and the Hilux team. I’ve learned and discovered a lot, but I feel good."     

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