Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm: A look back
Participants are already en route the 2018 Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm. This is the first time that competitors have to use roadbooks to navigate, while in the past they were allowed to use GPS units to help them along the way. There have already been a few retirements from the rally, with the stages already providing challenges to everyone on two wheels and four alike. But as the participants are busy at the rally, we take a look back at the 2017 and 2016 editions of the event.
Suresh Rana claimed his sixth Desert Storm title with victory in 2017 (06/02/2017)
TVS Racing's R Nataraj took victory in the Moto class of the 2017 Desert Storm (06/02/2017)
Action from Leg 2 of the 2017 Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm (01/02/2017)
Aabhishek Mishra making his way through the first leg of 2016 Desert Storm (05/04/2016)
Overtaking during a stage can be quite risky with all the dust reducing visibility to barely a few feet (13/04/2016)
Overtaking during a stage can be quite risky with all the dust reducing visibility to barely a few feet (13/04/2016)
The Polaris' weren't the fastest vehicles in the rally. However, they managed to get through all the stages quite comfortably (14/04/2016)
The service crews were in a race of their own. They had to make it to the end of each SS to be able to service the vehicles in time (14/04/2016)