Rallying-Dakar racers ready for Saudi desert after COVID quarantine
By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read (Reuters) - The Dakar Rally, the first major motorsport event of 2021, heads into the dunes and remote deserts of Saudi Arabia in a bivouac ‘bubble’ this weekend. Slideshow ( 5 images ) All participants in the gruelling event, which starts in Jeddah on Sunday and ends in the Red Sea port on Jan. 15, have had to quarantine for COVID-19 after arriving on charter flights. Spaniard Nani Roma, a past winner on two wheels and four, had to change co-driver after compatriot Dani Oliveras tested positive at home before Christmas and was unable to travel to the Middle Ea...