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The Dakar There's a New Sheriff in the Woods AUTOMOTIVE SPECIAL 2009 The Dakar Follow in the footprints of two Öhlins engineers as they find their way deep inside the Moroccan desert, in pursuit of the ultimate suspension in the most gruelling racing competition in the world. There’s a new Sheriff in the woods Robin Hood and Friar Tuck have long left the forests but their descendants better look out. The bad boys of Rally racing can now lay their hands on the ultimate weapon to conquer the forests. Proud racing traditions since 1976 For more than 30 years Öhlins Racing has been an intricate part of high-end motorsport. Our relentless search for perfection and top quality products have given us solid reputation amongst OEM manufacturers and top level racing teams around the world. Today we can boast with cooperation’s with Ferrari, Lamborghini, Pagani Zonda and Lotus. Our racing commitments are a vital part of our R&D philosophy and the combined knowledge from different types of high-end racing teams gives us tremendous inspiration and the unique opportunity to test new ideas in the most challenging environment. Racing is in our blood Performance is our core value Winning is our business Over 200 World Champions are a part of our devoted family TTR30 TTX40 TTX46 McPherson Audi DTM 2008 Peugeot Le Mans 2008 Chevrolet WTCC 2008 2 23 04 14 Print: Intellecta Infolog/Sweden Features: The Dakar SWRT choose Öhlins Follow in the footprints of two Öhlins It is one of the hardest, toughest and engineers as they find their way deep most roll-cage crunching motorsports Cover photo: Subaru SWRT 04 inside the Moroccan desert, in pursuit 20 in the World. WRC is the Crème de la of the ultimate suspension in the most Crème of rally racing and Öhlins has gruelling racing competition in the world. earned the trust to deliver suspension to one of the most respected teams. TTX36 proves that less is more... There’s a new Sheriff in the woods! Imagine a shock absorber that is light- Robin Hood and Friar Tuck have long left Art Director: Fredrik Ljungkvist weight, price efficient and built with the the forests but their descendants better 23 same rigorous demands as all other 14 look out. The bad boys of Rally racing high-end automotive racing shock ab- can now lay their hands on the ultimate sorbers from Öhlins Racing. The TTX36 weapon to conquer the forests. is the perfect choice for the picky week- end race driver with serious ambitions. PERFORMANCE Automotive Special 2009 PERFORMANCE Magazine is produced & published by Öhlins Racing AB, Upplands Väsby/Sweden Editor in chief & Publisher: Henrik Samuelson, [email protected] 3 - A challengeThe forDakar those who go, a dream for those who stay behind. Text and photo by Johan Jarl, R&D Engineer at Öhlins Racing AB It was somewhere in the middle of the Libyan desert in 977 that the Dakar race was born. The French motorcycle rider Thierry Sabine got lost in the Abidjan-Nice rally and when he came back to civilisation he was determined to one day return. The fascinating landscapes of the African desert was the perfect scenery for a race and Thierry wanted as many participants as possible to go into the unknown world of the deserts of Northern Africa. On 26 December 978, the first Paris-Dakar race took off from the French capital on Place du Trocadéro. Over 000 kilometres on roads, tracks and paths in Algeria, Niger, Mali, Upper Volta and Senegal lay before the 70 competitors in the first race. Cyril Neveu was the first motorcycle rider to cross the finish line on his Yamaha XT00 and Genestier, Terbiaut and Lemordant made the Range Rover brand historic by becoming the first car team to see the red lake in Dakar. The most challenging racing competition on earth was born. 2 1 4 THE DAKAR TODAY been one of the most important areas for and they have been using Öhlins products This year the rally started on January 6 in our car distributors in the Öhlins family. The for many years now. They have two proto- Lisbon, Portugal, and ended January 2 in dampers are built mainly by using the kit type cars, one less modified car, one race Dakar, Senegal. It covered a total distance system or the ORQ series dampers. Our truck and two service trucks. Öhlins did of 7 9 kilometres of which 309 were French distributor PFP and Spanish col- two tests with the prototypes before the special stages. The entrants are divided into bikes, cars, trucks and quads. THE INDEPENDENTS ON THE OTHER HAND BATTLE The Dakar is a challenge for both man and THEIR WAY THROUGH THE SAME HEAT, OFTEN TAKING machine. The top riders have their fair share TWICE AS MUCH TIME TO FIND THEIR WAY. of the pounding heat and endless hours of 00 % concentration finding some sort of leagues at HRG have done this for many Dakar and their dampers, 6PRCQ, were way through the wastelands of the desert. years with good results and for this year the upgraded to the latest specs and new set- The difference between these lucky ones “English guys at Aurok also were involved, tings were developed. Major improvements and the horde of independent riders is the providing most of the Bowler Wildcat cars were made to the car and the test gave a fact that the former can look forward to a with dampers. [1] From Öhlins in Sweden lot of valuable experience. well deserved rest after every stage. The it was many years since there was any real service technicians will take care of the involvement in any team, Mitsubishi in -96 The Isuzu drivers for this year were Edi Ori- rest. was the last time. In 2007 we saw the new oli, a four-time Dakar winner, on bike and TTX concept making its introduction into Markku Alén, the rally world champion of The independents on the other hand bat- the off road market and it was time to start 978. tle their way through the same heat, often focusing on this market. The first batch of taking twice as much time to find their way. the TTX had just been produced and the To gain even more experience about the By the time they have reached the end of TTX7 had been shown at both the PRI and rally, I and Magnus Danek, Automotive the stage all service must be taken care of Autosport shows. These are two dampers Racing R&D Manager at Öhlins Racing, de- and in the end they get a couple of hours very suitable for this type of racing but there cided to go to see the rally. The toughest sleep before the next 700 kilometre stage. is yet more to come from this product line. stages for the dampers are in Morocco, so I guess they are quite happy to see the sil- that was where we went. houette of Dakar. To build up experience we started working with the Isuzu Europe team. The Bologna THE TRIP BACKGROUND based team is an experienced team fighting 8/1 Rally raid or off road racing has always for the positions just behind the top teams This is not a rally that is easy to follow, since 6 The Dakar... 3 they move around 700 kilometres each bers at least ten words. The communica- in Morocco due to its amazing landscape day, so I was expecting one week of travel. tion should not be a big problem but we and old villages where it looks like time It all started with one full day in airplanes made a plan where to go and what to see. has stood still during hundreds of years. and airports… very exciting. We left Öhlins So instead of driving around with Angelina headquarters in Stockholm at ten o’clock in We went to bed quite early. Magnus is ly- Jolie or Penelope Cruz he is now guiding the morning and we arrived in Marrakech at ing 20 centimetres to my right, scary. Just two Swedish engineers. I wonder what he nine p.m. During the trip Magnus asked me hope I get a good night sleep. prefers? if I would do the rally as a service technician if I got the chance. I answered that probably 9/1 - 8 AM The five hour trip to Ouarzazate goes over I would, but I really don’t know. It is a very After a good night’s sleep and a good break- the Atlas Mountains. It is the most incred- tough rally for the service personnel, also. fast we start our trip. The plan today is to go ible road I have ever seen with serpentine to the service area in Ouarzazate to meet roads up and down the mountains where I had arranged for a driver and a x Toyota up with the team and to see how things are we reach the highest point of 2 260 me- before we left, necessary to be able to go going. It is a five hour drive to Ouarzazate tres. [3] The part of the Atlas Mountains out on the stages and to find our way in Mo- so we have some time to take a quick tour around Marrakech is a lot greener than rocco. [2] The travel agency that the Isuzu around Marrakech. Sholien is with us dur- I had expected, but as we get closer to team uses had fixed everything and they told ing the morning in Marrakech and it is very Ouarzazate it becomes stonier and with us that a driver would be very good to have.
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