N°538 Truck RIWALD DAKAR TEAM

ADWIN HOONDERT

(nld) 1.85m / 108kg

Hobbies

Rallies, mountain biking and watersports

Sponsors

Riwald Eurol / Smiley Apple

2016: 20th
2015: 27th
2014: 34th
2013: ab (stage 2)

2015: Baja Aragon (5th)
Dutch Rally Champion in 2012 TDC Rally 2022, 3rd place

Interview

“Everyone is telling me it’ll be a tough one”

Adwin Hoondert isn’t new to the Dakar, having started the first of four consecutive South American events back in 2013, but the sands of Saudi Arabia will be a step into the unknown. While the Dakar is a lifelong dream for many motorsport fanatics, Hoondert first arrived in the desert seeking to escape the pressures of work and have ‘two weeks away from the telephone’. Having sold his business, the former rally driver is able to indulge his Dakar passion once again, assisted by co-driver Erwin De Vos and mechanic Jasper Riezebos.


A.H.: “The opportunity was there to do the Dakar again so I said, ‘let's do it’. I’ve never been to Saudi Arabia, so we'll see. Everyone is telling me it’ll be a tough one this year, but I’m ready for it. We’ve got a good team together. I’ve already done the Tunisea Desert Challenge with my navigator and it went perfectly. I’ll do everything possible to stay with the top ten trucks.”

Vehicle

RIWALD DAKAR TEAM

RENAULT K 520
RIWALD DAKAR TEAM

  • RENAULT
  • K 520
  • MKR Racing
  • MKR Racing and 3 mechanics from Holland
  • T5.2: Production Cross-Country Trucks

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