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A sharp stone concealed in deep sand or a massive rock boulder lying on the track are the trigger – during the 2010 Dakar Rally replacing tyres numbers among the typical challenges facing Volkswagen factory drivers Carlos Sainz, Giniel de Villiers, Nasser Al-Attiyah, Mark Miller and Maurício Neves. Statistically it affects every team between three and four times throughout the approximate 9,000 kilometre cross country rally through Argentina and Chile. During the stages the drivers and co-drivers must handle in the absence of their qualified service crew and instead tackle the issues on their own
‘Thanks to the ever -standing association with BFGoodrich the Race Touareg is armed with a 1st class tyre: The All Terrain offers outstanding fohttp://www.seolinkvine.com/member.edit.post.php?id=129561oting on various surfaces and is also highly resistant. Punctures nevertheless occur – hidden stones or small errors are in inescapable thought the Dakar,’ explains Volkswagen Motorsport Director and van leasing expert Kris Nissen. ‘As ~ Since ~ Because} the timer does not stops during a tyre stop the expertise is to lose as modest time as possible. It is all the more significant to be completely ready : Through the drivers’ extensive exercise , but also as a outcome of modern tools and well-thought out installations and devices on the Volkswagen Race Touareg.’
Replacing the near 40-kilogram wheel and tyre is done according to an precise choreography. ‘Every step is defined and trained ,’ explains Dirk von Zitzewitz 2009 Dakar winner, and co-driver to the South African Giniel de Villiers.
The first step is to get organized for the task: ‘Even as we are still looking for level ground to stop, I put on gloves as the wheels can be red-hot,’ explains Timo Gottschalk co-pilot of VW works driver Nasser Al-Attiyah. ‘In the incident of a puncture to the right-rear tyre I pass the heavy duty battery-operated wrench to Nasser. We swap the jobs if the puncture is on the left.’ Drives are also trained on Dropside Vans and 17 Seater Minibus
Things happen very quickly the minute the car is stationary. Gottschalk gets rid of the seat belts, hops out of the vehicle , runs around to the back cover, loosens one of the two to 4 spare wheels and carries it to the right-hand rear corner of the vehicle . Meanwhile Al-Attiyah has jacked up the rally car with the built-in hydraulic car jack, removed the five wheel nuts and taken off the flat tyre. While the co-driver loads the punctured tyre and clears away the tools, the driver bolts the new wheel on. ‘The most difficult thing is to lift the wheel and to mount it onto the five wheel-studs without jamming it,’ explains Al-Attiyah. Both jump back into the cockpit and the journey can then continue.
‘1 minute 16 seconds is our best time, obviously including loading the wheel and belting up,’ explains Timo Gottschalk. ‘It is important to stay under 2 minutes to avoid having to drive in the dust cloud kicked-up by the next car and losing time.’