been trying to find these again for a few days
14 03 07 - 13:39 Category: default.
some statistics from the 2005 rally i think. taken off operation panda's website.
hee hee :)
43 Cars left London
27 Cars reached Mongolia
14 Cars reached the finish in Ulaanbaatar
2 Teams were robbed at knife point
1 Car snapped in half
3 Engines fell completely out
3 Teams attended weddings
1 Team were held for five days in no-man's land
1 Team cycled for 200km to get to the finish when their car gave in
100s of tyres were blown
1 Team were rammed off the road after an argument over water melons
1 Person spent a day in a Turkish hospital
1 Team got engaged
1 Team found a 10ft deep pothole
1 Team had to reverse up a mountain having lost all forward gears
2 Cars flipped in Mongolia
0 Teams died
Everyone had a very memorable trip!