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Eat sand: everything is ready for the opening of the Decker Rally Race Israel today

2021-12-31T09:28:44.084Z


The deserts of Saudi Arabia will host tomorrow the 44th edition of the tough rally Decker race • On motorcycles, cars or trucks, the best drivers will try to reach the finish line in one week in one piece


On January 1, as most of the world's rest from New Year's Eve celebrations, the Decker Rally 2022 will take place.

The route will start in the city of Hail in the northwest of the kingdom, pass through the cliffs and canyons of Naum district, descend close to the coastal strip of the Persian Gulf and from there ascend around the capital Riyadh, meander in the sand dunes of the Rob al-Khali desert and end on January 14 in the port city of G. Dha.

Due to the combination of physical and mental loads, and of course due to the difficulty produced by the track for the vehicles, Rally Decker is considered the most demanding motor race, and it is not uncommon for almost half of the sprinters to fail to reach the finish line.

Corona restrictions this year have prevented the possibility of including more countries to Saudi Arabia along the rally route, but it is doubtful that anyone will complain that it lacks challenges as a result.

The greatest difficulties await the participants in the sands full of mystery and beauty of Rob al-Hali.

The convoys of large professional groups, which carry a lot of aids, bring technicians and even provide the tired competitors with relatively comfortable accommodation options - will not be able to reach the area.

Therefore, during the three sections of this desert, rally participants will return to the basics, as they were in the early days of the 1970s and 1980s, when the race from Paris to Dakar passed through the Sahara Desert: they would have to spend the night in encampments in the field.

Rally Decker.

Trucks will also be there, Photo: Reuters,

Just do not get lost

The route, which this year is divided into a prologue and 12 sections, includes about 4,000 km of competitive sections, known as "special sections", and another 3,000 km of link sections.

The final ranking of the competitors is determined by adding the "special sections" times, plus penalty times.

The navigation component is re-validated in "special sections", where participants are required to make their way from the starting point to the end point between the obstacles as quickly as possible, and all this - without crashing, absorbing punishment or getting lost.

The details of the route are kept secret until the last minute - every morning before the jump, the organizers provide the "road map" of the future section, so that the navigation work is done in real time, without being able to prepare for it.

If that's not enough, then the "road map" is not a real map - it includes instructions for the route (length of sections, angles of turns between them and warnings of dangers), written using symbols, but does not actually outline the route.

The Rally Decker competition is held in five categories and three sub-categories of vehicles, and includes professionals and amateurs alike.

This year, for the first time, electric vehicles made by Audi will also take part in it, which will surely attract special attention.

However, the main interest is traditionally drawn by three categories: motorcycles, race cars and trucks.

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Source: israelhayom

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