Antoine Morel‘s MD Rallye Sport has pulled again the curtain on their latest rally raid challenger, the MD Optimus EVO 5, that can make its début on the Rallye du Maroc.
Because the identify suggests, the EVO 5 is the fifth version in MD’s Optimus T1 line first launched in 2010; the EVO collection débuted with the EVO 3 in 2018. Improvement came about over a yr, and it options “radical technical modifications” from its predecessors resembling upgraded chassis, drivetrain, engine, and a extra aerodynamic physique.
A prototype examined in Morocco final week previous to its reveal on Sunday. Simon Vitse will race the EVO 5 on the Rallye du Maroc.
The workforce had primarily been fielding the EVO 4 since 2020, although older fashions have additionally seen motion as not too long ago because the 2023 Dakar Rally in January. Eleven Optimuses, seven of which had been in-built MD’s store in Fleury, took half within the T1.2 class for 4×2 automobiles, the place Christian Lavieille led the way in which in second total (eleventh amongst all T1 entries).
Vitse, who piloted an EVO 4 at Dakar however retired after crashing, is certainly one of 4 MD Optimus automobiles entered on the Rallye du Maroc alongside Jean-Luc Ceccaldi, Jean-Rémy Bergounhe, and Gintas Petrus.
The Rallye du Maroc will run from 13 to 18 October.
