Meeke will drive PH Sport’s Zephyr T3 in next month’s Dakar Rally, which will take place in Saudi Arabia across a total of 7646km (4750 miles).The Northern Irishman is competing in the world-famous rally raid event for the first time, and had originally linked up with PH Sport in talks to compete in the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge and Dubai Baja, before both events were axed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Prior to lockdowns across the world, Meeke had tested the Zephyr in the sand dunes around Dubai, and had also conducted further testing in the south of France over the summer. Meeke likened the original Dubai test to snowboarding, and that driving amid the dunes was a “really special feeling”. “I’m 41 now, but if you’d seen my face after I drove the first dunes, I was like almost a young boy – I felt like a kid at Christmas!,” said Meeke.”I love the snow, I’ve done in the past lots of snowboarding; snowboarding in the fresh snow when you can use all the mountain.”I describe the dunes like you have as many kilometres as you want of fresh snow, and you can flow and surf. “For me the feeling… Read full this story
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