{"id":17074,"date":"2025-01-04T13:55:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T13:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anicecommunication.com\/en\/castrol-sfruttera-lesperienza-del-rally-dakar-2025-per-orientare-lo-sviluppo-dei-futuri-lubrificanti-per-veicoli-commerciali\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T09:44:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T09:44:23","slug":"castrol-to-use-dakar-rally-2025-to-help-shape-development-of-the-future-commercial-vehicle-lubricants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anicecommunication.com\/en\/castrol-to-use-dakar-rally-2025-to-help-shape-development-of-the-future-commercial-vehicle-lubricants\/","title":{"rendered":"Castrol to use Dakar Rally 2025 to help shape development of future commercial vehicle lubricants"},"content":{"rendered":"
Castrol is partnering with a leading non-works truck racing team participating in the 2025 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia to further evaluate the performance of its engine oils in extreme conditions, using the findings to help guide the development of future advanced commercial vehicle lubricants.<\/p>\n
Castrol has signed a one-year sponsorship agreement with the Netherlands-based Firemen Dakarteam, which will use Castrol\u2019s products to lubricate its racer, built by custom rally truck specialist, MM Technology. This same vehicle clinched overall victory in the truck category at the 2024 Dakar Rally, when it was piloted by Martin Macik.<\/p>\n
Throughout the Dakar Rally 2025, which runs for three weeks between 3 and 17 January, the Firemen Dakarteam\u2019s challenger will use Castrol lubricants supplied via local distributor, Schouten Energy to help keep its race vehicle operating reliably at the limit. Team mechanics will then take daily lubricant samples for comprehensive analysis by the Castrol research and development team based at the company\u2019s headquarters in Pangbourne, UK. The results will be used to further optimise Castrol\u2019s existing range of advanced commercial vehicle lubricants and will help inform the development of future products.<\/p>\n The Dakar Rally is seen as one of the toughest tests in global motorsport for competing vehicles, their critical components and fluids. The gruelling 2025 race will stretch for almost 8,000 kilometres from Bisha to Shubaytah in Saudi Arabia, with trucks, like the one to be piloted by Firemen Dakarteam\u2019s Richard de Groot, crossing the desert at speeds of up to 140 km\/h.<\/p>\n
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