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Southeast Asia’s biggest economy is a motorcycle-crazed nation, with President Joko Widodo himself an avid rider. This weekend’s Lombok race is the country’s first motorcycle Grand Prix since 1996-1997.
Han Wei and co-driver Li Ma closed out stage six of the 2022 Dakar Rally in ninth position, edging closer towards China’s best result ever in a Dakar Rally.
Chinese competitors have been steadily improving in the race in recent years, but perhaps no driver looks better placed to mix it up with the very best than Han Wei.
The 44th Dakar Rally is under way in Saudi Arabia, and a handful of veteran Chinese drivers are looking to make their mark like never before.
Last year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally was characterised as a coronavirus superspreader event by US health officials. With the highly contagious Covid-19 Delta variant spreading, they hope there isn’t a repeat.