Facebook, Twitter and Co: Throughout the Dakar Rally Volkswagen is also active in the so-called Web 2.0.
During the world’s toughest rally, which runs between the 1 and 15 January from Buenos Aires through Argentina across the Andes and back, a unique Volkswagen Motorsport fan page on Facebook delivers exclusive looks behind the scenes. Just how does the daily "Dakar” routine look from outside the cockpit of Carlos Sainz, Giniel de Villiers and Co? Which stories and anecdotes happen around the four Race Touareg 3 fielded in the event? How does the physical exertion of the Volkswagen Service Crew look on the more than two-week loop through South America? www.facebook.com/volkswagenmotorsport supplies the answers to these and other questions.
Daily video summaries from events on the stages can be viewed on a Volkswagen Youtube channel. The three minute highlights of the day are available on www.youtube.com/user/myvolkswagen immediately after the day’s respective stage.
In addition to the Volkswagen Motorsport team the drivers and co-drivers also offer their own contributions via Web 2.0 service Twitter. For example, Dirk von Zitzewitz gives an insight into the daily "Dakar” routine of a co-driver at www.twitter.com/rallyedakar. The 2009 Dakar Rally winner posts a comprehensive blog at www.zitzewitz.com/dakar.
Mark Miller provides a driver’s eye view Tweet. The US American reports daily at www.twitter.com/MarkMillerDakar.
Links to the individual contributions in Web 2.0 can be found on the public Volkswagen Motorsport website – as well as various other information about the Wolfsburg based squad’s "Dakar” event. During the Dakar Rally text, photo, audio and video contributions as well as useful background information are available at www.volkswagen-motorsport.com.