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Alonso: Everything feels incredible in Dakar Toyota

Double Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso has taken a test drive in the Toyota Hilux truck that won the Dakar Rally this year. The Spanish driver was in South Africa for the two-test along with former Dakar Rally champion Giniel de Villiers. Toyota won this year's race with three-time winner Nasser Al-Attiyah. Alonso says the session in the Kalahari desert 'was definitely fun, different,' and added it was interesting to see how much beating the vehicle could take while going over rocks and bumps. 'I have tried different series and different cars over the past two years and it is an opportunity to try something very different to what I am used to driving,' Alonso reported after the test....
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