Red Bull KTM's Cyril Despres of France, last year's winner in moto
David Casteu, a Frenchman with Kastle KTM, third last year (figured it out yet?)
Jonah before the first special stage (specials are full-on races, liaisons are for getting from place to place. The latter are timed, and technicall are a race, but speed limits must be followed and they're on public roads.
Jonah fires up the ERTF. It keeps time and location but doesn't provide nav data to the rider for the most part. It's mostly used so they can penalize the rider for speeding in liaisons, etc.
Latvian Janis Vinters, of JV Moto Team Riga, looking dashing
Jonah installs the day's road book into the reader. It's a scroll, and the reader is a motorized deal for scrolling the paper through it. The road book shows mileage and a diagram of the intersection or other features as well as notes on the spot. The riders take notes on the paper scroll, sometimes extensively. The road book is given to the competitors the night before each stage.
Rally-raid ain't just about going fast. To do well at all you have to be a great navigator, and Jonah is particularly good at it.
The scroll goes in
Keep scrolling it in
Richard Kaye of Kayesport, UK
Rally Pan Am's David Schwarz
David feeds the road book
Road book close up. Sometimes the directions come fast & furious
Jonah Street at the pre-start, about to roll around the plaza to the starting bridge
KTM Repsol's Marc Coma, of France, heading to the starting bridge
Francisco Lopez of France, riding for Moviestar KTM, on the starting bridge
Jonah Street about to get the countdown on the bridge
