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Land Rover Defender to play supporting role in 2021 Dakar Rally PA 22 December 2020, 4:43 pm A pair of Land Rover Defenders will be making an appearance as support vehicles for the Bahrain Raid Xtreme team as it competes in the gruelling 2021 Dakar Rally. The two Defender 110 models will be used to support the team as it races through the 4,751-mile event in Saudi Arabia next month, carrying vital supplies, crew and equipment over desert dunes, mud and through the harshest of conditions. Bahrain Raid Xtreme’s drivers includes nine-time World Rally Champion Sebastian Loeb and two-time Dakar ...

The 2021 Dakar Rally is just around the corner and the new Land Rover Defender will be present, sadly not to race but to support the efforts of the Prodrive-backed Bahrain Raid XTreme team, or BRX for short. A pair of production-spec Defender 110 P400 models will act as support vehicles for the BRX team, who will enter the iconic race with nine-time World Rally champion Sébastien Loeb and two-time Dakar Rally winner Nani Roma. BRX’s Land Rover Defenders will be driven on the definition of extreme conditions, traversing desert dunes, mud, and rocks, carrying vital supplies and equipment, as...

And they'll be totally stock standard. Land Rover has a pretty good history when it comes to off-roading. The brand's Defender was one of the best 4x4s of the 20th century, and even the Range Rover Evoque crossover is pretty handy at tackling tricky terrain. A Range Rover also won the first-ever Dakar Rally back in 1979, so the British marque knows a thing or two about building a capable SUV. Although not competing in the 2021 edition of the iconic race, Land Rover is sending two Defenders as support vehicles, and they're completely unmodified. Land Rover certainly has a lot of faith in the l...