2018 AFRICA ECO RACE: EVERYTHING GOES AS PLANNED!

A little more than two months from the start of the 2018 AFRICA ECO RACE, all the lights are green for this 10th edition to start in the best possible conditions on December 31st from the Principality of Monaco. Currently and until November 15th (closing date for registrations) there is some organizational turmoil. Indeed, the staff for the event is complete and the organizing team is in the process of preparing all the necessary equipment and planning all the logistics.

Entries are still coming in via the online app and it can already be said that this 2018 edition will be a record in terms of participants. The recos team came back and announced that they had found some interesting new features as to the course. The TV broadcasting agreements with the different countries are finalized and again, there is excellent news about the broadcasts of the AFRICA ECO RACE. To sum it up, everything is on the right path.

ALREADY THE 10Th ANNIVERSARY OF THE AFRICA ECO RACE

The AFRICA ECO RACE was created by three lovers of Africa and Cross-Country Rallies, Jean Louis SCHLESSER, Hubert AURIOL and René METGE, who simply answered to the “call” of Morocco, Mauritania and Senegal wanted to see a great auto, motorbike, quad and truck adventure on fabulous playgrounds. Obviously, everything was not simple and in December 2008, the caravan of the Rally’s first edition was represented by a hundred vehicles and 300 people.

But the race grew quietly, respecting the rules of safety and environment, but also considering the populations of the crossed countries. Today, nearly 250 vehicles and 600 people will board on the ferry on Sunday December 31st 2017 in Sète.

FIRST TWO DAYS IN MENTON

Like last year, the town of Menton will be the starting point of the 2018 AFRICA ECO RACE as the administrative and technical scrutineering will take place on December 29th and 30th. The sunniest town in France will once more set everything nicely to welcome all the participants as they should.

Starting with the Tourism Office which negotiates the best rates with the various hotels in Menton. For the participants, a person from the Tourism Office will be in charge of reservations. The technical team of the town will also be arranging everything at the Rondelli stadium so that the visitors can be as close as possible to the competitors and their fabulous vehicles. After the scrutineering, competitors will head towards Monaco and place their vehicles in the Parc Ferme.

MONACO, 3rd YEAR FOR THE START

On Sunday December 31st 2017, in Monaco, the first motorcycle will be passing under the arch of the AFRICA ECO RACE on the Quai Antoine 1er, just in front of the Stars’N’Bars, a famous sportsbar restaurant in Monaco and also partner of the Rally since its first start in Monaco. One by one, each competitor in motorbike, atv, car and truck category, will be presented to the visitors attending the start ceremony before passing under the official arch in one of motorsport’s most representative place which is Monaco. A great moment of emotion at the beginning of the adventure, just like for the laureates and finishers, who will pass under the official arch for the finish at the Rose Lake in Dakar on Sunday January 14th 2018.