DAKAR 2018 | STARTING BLOCKS Team PEUGEOT Total is in the blocks for the start of the 40th edition of the Dakar Rally in Lima (Peru) tomorrow, with four PEUGEOT 3008DKR Maxi entries for the crews of Peterhansel/Cottret, Sainz/Cruz, Loeb/Elena and Despres/Castera. • As soon as they arrived in Peru, the Team PEUGEOT Total crews took part in a final shakedown session on Thursday at the Autodromo de La Chuntana, south of the capital city, Lima. The four PEUGEOT 3008DKR Maxi cars all covered a few dozen kilometres to get the drivers back into the rhythm of competition and to ensure that the cars were all working properly after their long journey by air freight. Everything went without a hitch. • Following a successful shakedown, each PEUGEOT 3008DKR Maxi passed scrutineering smoothly on Friday before returning to parc fermé. The crews of Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul Cottret (n°300), Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz (n°303), Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena (n°306) and Cyril Despres/David Castera ...