Rali dos Sertões 2021: After an epic fight between the Baumgart brothers, X Rally Team returns to fight for the fifth victory

Rali dos Sertões 2021: After an epic fight between the Baumgart brothers, X Rally Team returns to fight for the fifth victory

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Winners of four of the last five editions, the team defends last year's title with Marcos Baumgart/Kleber Cincea with Toyota Hilux. But the three-time champions Cristian Baumgart/Beco Andreotti seek to regain the reign


The moment every off-road enthusiast has been waiting for has arrived: the 29th edition of the Sertões Rally, one of the biggest in the world, will start at the weekend. The race will be around 3.5 thousand kilometres and will cross only the Northeastern states in 2021, which does not change the size of the challenge for teams, pilots and navigators. The X Rally Team, the most successful in recent years in the race, bets on the continuity with Toyota Hilux prepared by the Belgian company Overdrive to maintain its reign in the Sertões.

In 2020, the victory went to the duo formed by Marcos Baumgart and Kleber Cincea, who fought an epic dispute for seconds against the three-time champion duo formed by Cristian Baumgart - Marcos' older brother - and Beco Andreotti.

"It's a challenging and different edition for being totally in the Northeast and also for being more compact in terms of distances for the teams. This is very positive because everyone rests more and better with the shorter displacements", says navigator Kleber Cincea who, like Marcos, is defending a Sertões title for the first time. "Every edition is special. Since 1999 we have fed this passion with the same intensity, and the team has always been growing, bringing new competitors. The fact that I won last year makes this year's edition even more challenging, and I feel motivated to defend the title," adds Marcos.

"It's going to be nice to start and arrive in different places than we're used to and covering only the Northeast. It's the kind of terrain I most like to ride, with the most beautiful landscapes. We've never had a similar route," comments Cristian Baumgart, winner of the race in 2016, 2017, and 2018. "The displacements for the teams will be smaller than last year, and this is also very positive for all employees because everyone gains time and work yields better. I'm looking forward to it and I think it's going to be very special, especially as we're going through the heart of the North East, without passing through any capital cities. It has everything to be one of the best in history", concludes Beco Andreotti.

The X Rally Team will have one of the biggest structures of the Brazilian rally in the competition. There will be 10 competition vehicles and 90 people working among mechanics, engineers, chefs, drivers, physiotherapists, and other collaborators.

There will be three Toyota Hilux, those of Marcos/Kleber, Cristian/Beco, and Sylvio de Barros/Rafael Capoani. The team will have five more X Rally Rangers with Adroaldo Weisheimer/Fred Budtikevitz, Mauro Guedes/Eduardo Bampi, Pedro Padro/Patrick Prado, Michel Terpins/Fabrício Bianchini, and Fernando Rosset/Marcelo Haseyama; the team will also bring the prototype X10 with Zeca Sawaia/Eduardo Lara and a UTV with Gunter Hinkelman/Neurivan Calado.

Source: X Rally Team official press release
Automatic translation from the official press release 

 

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