PRODRIVE with a new project for RALLY DAKAR

At the rally Dakar 2021, which will again held in Saudi Arabia, there will also be a new team at the start with a brand new car. Kingdom of Bahrain namely to the company Prodrive commissioned the development and manufacture of a race car. The project is financed by a holding company mumtalakat, the state fund of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

The name of the new team is Bahrain Raid Xtreme (BRX). Prodrive has been developing a new prototype at its factory in Banbury (UK) since mid-2019. It is a four-wheel drive vehicle and will be powered by a 6-liter naturally aspirated petrol V3,5 engine.

They will be on in January Dakar Rally started at least two cars with a mark BRX-T1. "We haven't decided on a third vehicle yet," is in an interview for Motosport-Total.com said the head of the company Penetration by David Richards: "Two cars will definitely be at the start, the third is an option."

The new coronavirus pandemic has postponed plans for six weeks. Still, he wants to Prodrive the first test runs start soon, as the first race car was completed last week. They still have six months before the premiere in Dakar. Already in September in the Middle East BRX-T1 also tested for the first time in the desert. They then plan the first competitions at Moroccan Rally (October 8 and 13) and The Desert Challenge in Abu Dhabi (November 20 and 26) will be able to assess for the first time where they are compared to Toyota in Mini X-Raid.

It is not yet clear who will drive both cars. There are two possible candidates Nani Rome in Chris Meeke. "It's true that there aren't many drivers on the market right now," he said. says Richards. "So it might be a good idea to find drivers you wouldn't expect in Dakar."