16th Dresden-Breslau Rally 2010

1. Omnipresent dust and unearthly heat – this is how you can shortly describe this year’s edition of Dresden-Breslau rally.

2. Murderous struggle against difficult terrain, extreme temperatures and dust getting everywhere, was a real challenge for the team and for the car’s components. However, the teams experience and MS car parts – already put to a test in the sands of Moroccan and Namibian desert – placed them in the forefront of the 170 teams starting in the passenger cars? category.

3. As always, every trip of the MS team is an opportunity to test the manufactured parts and implemented solutions. Therefore, before and after every stage, the car and its components undergo an inspection by our experts and the drivers share their insight on the functioning of the mounted MS parts.

4. Unfortunately, the “Mad Corrida” as MS team had called the Dresden-Breslau rally, beat the gearbox housing, which fell apart during an attempt at one of terrain obstacles. The servicing team rose to the occasion, saying : “We had replaced the differential in the middle of a desert, so we can weld a gearbox knee-deep in mud?”.

5. The loss of 3 hours was impossible to make up at this stage. The team, determined to catch up, held their position in the top 10 in the following stages, which gave them the 18th position in the General Classification.

6. Had it not been for the gearbox failure, our team would have taken the 2nd position.

7. The car – as always – was passed on to our design and implementation department – to increase innovation and the quality of Master-Sport products.