“It hurts me a lot to say that I won’t be able to drive the Dakar rally this year,” Koen Wauters told Maarten and Dorothée on Qmusic this morning, as you can see above. Marseille and our cars have been rejected.” However, Koen and his team had already (unofficially) inspected the cars in advance by someone from the organization, but in Marseille things turned out to be wrong with the older cars they wanted to use. sent us walking.” Seven other cars of an older type were also rejected.
“Our mechanics then worked ‘full house’ for two days and two nights, but when we arrived yesterday it was still not in order,” Koen continued. “Very strict. They were unrelenting, albeit with a lot of compassion.” The Clouseau singer didn’t know yet whether he would aim for next year. “It’s really still too fresh. We’ve been working on this for a whole year and everyone is heartbroken. I even have bad We’re not giving up, but this is a hard blow.”
Koen Wauters would participate in the Dakar rally for the fourteenth time this year. Soon he will also publish a book on the subject.