After eight years away from cross-country rally, Nunzio Coffaro will make his return on the Rallye du Maroc. He’ll function the co-driver of the #421 Polaris RZR piloted by Andrea Schiumarini, which is entered within the SSV class by TH-Vehicles.
Coffaro final did a global rally rad in 2016, when the self-discipline was held underneath the FIA World Cup for Cross-Nation Rallies previous to the present World Rally-Raid Championship. As a Toyota Motorsport driver, he gained the 2012 World Cup within the T1.2 subcategory for 4×2 vehicles adopted by the T1.1 4×4 title the next yr.
The Venezuelan made his cross-country début in 2009 after competing in off-road races just like the Outback Problem in Australia and different occasions in South America.
2012 additionally noticed his first Dakar Rally, ending thirty-eighth and finest amongst T1.2 entries in a Toyota Hilux with Daniel Meneses as navigator. After shifting as much as T1.1, the 2 improved their end to twentieth in 2013.
His most up-to-date motion got here in 2016, ending thirty-first total at Dakar adopted by the World Cup’s Baja Russia Northern Forest and Abu Dhabi Desert Problem. Regardless of the hiatus, he hopes to renew his profession and head to the Dakar once more.
“Cross-country rallying is my life,” mentioned Coffaro. “I’ve been competing in these off-road occasions for over twenty years, perfecting my abilities to succeed in the very best stage. It’s the right mixture of adrenaline, technique, and keenness that drives me to maintain going.”
Whereas navigation is completely different from driving and he needed to be taught Italian to talk with Schiumarini, he feels “proper at house with these acquainted groups. We’ve practiced with roadbooks we created ourselves to maximise communication and understanding between driver and navigator.”
Schiumarini raced a T1.2 Century CR6 on the newest Dakar Rally in January, the place he completed twenty-fourth in Final.
The 2024 Rallye du Maroc will happen on 6–11 October.
