Eric Vigouroux The successful off-road racing driver and team manager Eric Vigouroux has given his support to 80 Day Race. The 50-year-old Dakar Rally veteran shares the passion for adventure and does feel the need to promote e-mobility. Vigouroux was intrigued by the adventure of the Dakar Rally when it Read more…
Adventurer and entrepreneur Albert Bosch becomes an ambassador 80 Day Race welcomes Albert Bosch (48) as a new ambassador. The successful Spanish adventurer and entrepreneur has given his support to the event where participants circumnavigate the globe in 80 days fully sustainable. Bosch has an extensive track record in sustainability, Read more…
Albert Bosch The successful Spanish adventurer and entrepreneur Albert Bosch has proudly given his support to 80 Day Race. Bosch has an extensive track record in sustainability, business and extreme sports. He became world’s first participant attempting to complete the Dakar Rally with a 100% electric vehicle in 2015. Bosch Read more…
Electric aviation pioneer Erik Lindbergh becomes an ambassador 80 Day Race welcomes Erik Lindbergh as a new ambassador supporting the event in which participants race around the world in 80 days fully sustainable. Lindbergh is the grandson of Charles Lindbergh who was the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean by Read more…
Erik Lindbergh As the CEO of Powering Imagination and grandson of aviation pioneers Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Erik has a long history as a visionary in the aviation community and promoter of new technologies. His own aviation accomplishments include: formation of LEAP to encourage electric flight, active roles with Read more…
Significance of December 21. And our season’s greetings Do you know the significance of the date 21st of December? Exactly on this day Phileas Fogg, the main character in Jules Verne’s novel ‘Around the World in Eighty Days’, returned to London after completing his epic journey within this time frame. Read more…
Javier de Rocafort A successful entrepreneur and strategic advisor but Rocafort has a proven track record in sustainable racing as well. He therefore became a passionate 80 Day Race ambassador. “I’m delighted, pleased and honoured to join this unique and thrilling endeavour inspired by Frank [Manders] with adventurous and pushing Read more…
New video: Bleekemolen family embraces 80 Day Race The Bleekemolen family recently became ambassador of 80 Day Race. Father Michael Bleekemolen and his sons Sebastiaan and Jeroen Bleekemolen are successful entrepreneurs and race car drivers. The Dutch family realises that we need to embrace sustainable mobility for our future. “I Read more…
Q & A with Hubert Auriol: Succeeding in 80 Day Race is a strong signal for our future Hubert Auriol was the first to win the Dakar Rally both on a bike and with a car. Nowadays he is organising the China Grand Rally and he is a passionate ambassador Read more…
Bleekemolen family The Bleekemolen family has celebrated great successes in motor racing. Michael has a former Formula 1 competitor and raced against Alain Prost in Formula 3 in 1978. He passed on his skills to his sons Sebastiaan and Jeroen Bleekemolen. Jeroen, the youngest of the two, has become one Read more…