Pictures from Lisbon

So it is starting to sink in, there won’t be a Dakar rally this year, and it is not clear whether there will be another one in the coming years, at least not in the same format of North-African countries, scale and scope, etc.

Nadav and I are going to put our heads together and figure out what race/races we can do in 2008 instead of the Dakar.  So I won’t be writing much in the next few months until we figure out what’s next.

In the meantime, here are a few pictures from Lisbon, where until Friday morning was a the scene of a huge, adrenalin-filled gathering of hundreds of drivers & mechanics, and hundreds of thousands of rally enthusiasts and desert lovers.  Hope to see everyone again next year!

Cars & trucks checked by the officials before acceptance into the race:

The CRV car, proudly features some of the technology startups we invest in:

 

You can learn  more about those startups’ products and services by going to CRV, or directly at: Vlingo, iSkoot, Virtusa, Geni, ThinkFire, Optaros, Gridstone Research, BusRadio, Intellectual Ventures, July Systems, Twitter, Eons, Maxthon, and Groove Mobile.

All ready to go: our car, one of our team’s 4×4 race support trucks, and an assistant support vehicle:

And this sums up our attitude re our own navigation capabilities: