The rally season 2016 is in its closing stages with the grand finale being held in the coming days in Northern Africa.
Basically all top teams and riders have now gathered in Agadir for the prestigious OiLybia Rally Morocco, which traditionally draws the curtain of the FIM Cross Country Rally World Championship.
The Hero MotoSports Team Rally is eagerly awaiting their second outing on the international rally scene. Both team riders CS Santosh and Joaquim Rodrigues have tasted what the Moroccon desert is all about in May, now the OiLybia marks a final and crucial test before getting ready for the Rally Dakar.
The race begins with a very short super special stage on Sunday (2 October). But thatå«s not even a warm-up compared to the brutal five stages that follow throughout next week. Temperatures in Morocco are still above 30 degrees celcius at that time of the year. Most importantly though, the athletes will be facing 1.317 km of special stages racing against the clock. Add the distance of the various liason sections and the whole rally covers nearly 1.900 km.
