A compilation of all ways to follow the 2012 Dakar live online. If you have any recommendations, shoot me an email at jim@desertdingo.com.
Update 8: Added Andrew_Coley to the Twitter feed. This is what happens when your driver apparently falls asleep. Some great Dakar photos here.
Update 7: How could I forget MINI Motorsport? And the Red Bull blog? Also, What’s Dakar without controversy?
Update 6: Added ExciteDakarGB to the Twitter list.
Favorite moments from Dakar Stage 3: Top Gear’s take on the oddest cars in the rally. Quin Cody wakes up with a broken collar bone and a helicopter landing near him. (He’s ok, but out of the race). Jaco with Dakar Team GB took a spill but doesn’t look too bad in this screen capture from the Eurosport coverage. David Mills is running a Spot Tracker you can follow here. Also his blog is pretty good. Mark Mcmillan out of the race. That sucks. Darkcyd posts a lot to the Twitter. Dakar’s official Stage 3 report. Live TV in Argentina (Sometimes with race coverage). Eurosports coverage for Day 1 and Day 2 is online.
Update 5: Added timcoroneldakar, JacobBlackWords, Foraggio, and SpeedTVAus to the Twitter list. Robby Gordon’s Stage One recap. Mischa Visser’s Tracking Dakar time split updates page.
Update 4: Live rally tracking is live. Added RallyPanAm to the twitter list.
Update 3: Added Rally Raid Review to the daily updates list and HondaXtreme and TobiasYounger (who could use a miracle right now) to the Twitter list.
Update 2: Added Afinechaos, konstruktors, DakarTeamGB, Topcar_Ashley, MiniMotorSport, LarsTH, DakarRallyNews, RallyRAIDio, NaniRoma, MischaDakar, MOTORESS, Pewano, Jago0, PatsyQuick and DakarNut to the Twitter list.
Update 1: Added Dakar_Ben, BenConsty, TeamDarkcyd, AllanKarl, Vekaracing, Marhes, MarathonRally, MiniAll4Racing, AntonRally, WorldRallySport, USADakarTeam, TheDakar, TheRealGiniel, and racedezertcom to the Twitter list.
- Official website
- Facebook page
- Mobile apps (ZOMG! 99 cents!)
- Daily email newsletter
- The route
Daily updates
- Marathon Rally
- Race Dezert (news) & (discussion)
- Eurosport
- Dakar Rally Raid (and on Google+)
- Adventure Rider (Great “Dakar 101” backgrounder here)
- Rally Raid Review
- Planet Robby
- MINI Motorsport
- Red Bull
- Red Bull rider Cyril Despres
- Manuel Lucchese
Visiting the Kamaz factory is on my bucket list, so here is some Kamaz news:
Kamaz Dakar 2012 story on Marathon Rally
Dakar On the Twitter
Follow Dakar on the Twitter using the #Dakar hash tag or subscribe to this Dakar Twitter list. Follow all the tweets in newspaper format here.
Folks commenting on Dakar on the Twitter (I’ll add more as I become aware of them:
Afinechaos, AllanKarl, Andrew_Coley, AntonRally, Bel_Ray, BenConsty, Dakar_Ben, DakarNut, dakarofficial, DakarRally2012, Dakar_Rally, DakarRallyNews, DakarTeamGB, ExciteDakarGB, Foraggio, HondaXtreme, HondaPowersprts, JacobBlackWords, Jago0, JCRHonda, konstruktors, LarsTH, MarathonRally, Marcel_VanVliet, Marhes, MiniAll4Racing, MiniMotorSport, MischaDakar, MOTORESS, NaniRoma, Offroad_Union, PatsyQuick, Pewano, PlanetRobby, QuinCody, racedezertcom, RallyDakar2012, RallyPanAm, RallyRAIDio, RallyRaidReview, RobbyGordon, Sebadepunta, Speed_Energy, SpeedTVAus, TheDakar, TheRealGiniel, TeamDarkCyd, TobiasYounger, Topcar_Ashley, USADakarTeam, Vekaracing, WorldRallySport, XRaidTeam.