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Performance, practice, personalities.

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You roll to the start, the engine runs
and the clock counts down.

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Thrills for off-road pros:
the Rallye Breslau.

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And then it starts to tingle.

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On the road to success.
The Unimog Racing Team.

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We definitely want to be on the podium,
and to be on top would be great.

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Now we just hope that all
the technical changes will last this year

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so that we don't fail
again or have to give up,

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because something cannot be solved 
like last year.

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We took part with an untested prototype.

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On the fourth day it showed
its weak points.

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It left the workshop to be directly loaded
and transported to Breslau.

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We didn't have the opportunity
to test it adequately.

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This time: Rehearsal at the
Mercedes-Benz demonstration area

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We look forward, not back.

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We now have a new monitoring system

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that measures various temperatures
and operating conditions.

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That's what we want to test here.

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We also have a new wheel-tyre combination
that we want to try out.

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And just drive a little to get
the right feeling again.

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The demonstration area here in Ötigheim
has very good conditions

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to test the car.

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And it demands anything
the Unimog can show.

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New in the Race-Mog II: the mid-engine.

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The base is the same as in 2017,
an Unimog U 1300 L.

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We installed an OM906
and it has a good torque.

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The intention was to achieve
a better weight distribution:

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In the ideal case
front axle/rear axle 50/50.

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That means the engine has to move,
because that's the heaviest part.

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That's why we thought about
putting it behind the cabin

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and turning it 180 degrees.

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If you leave the ground,
and that happens now and then,

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it doesn't hit the front axle so hard
when landing.

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The reason is that this is
relatively uncontrollable when driving.

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From what we know,
we are the only mid-engine Unimog.

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We think that our vehicle
can maintain a high basic speed

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and is still very off-road.

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Where you need a lot of engine power,
we hope

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that the new engine and the increased power

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will give us an advantage
 over our competitors.

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Test: passed!
And in the race: too!

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Winning is about teamwork.

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To win Breslau doesn't just mean

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you have a very fast
and powerful Unimog,

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but you also need a great team behind it
and members that are all pulling along.

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We all know each other and
we know how the others tick

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and everyone knows
what is possible for each other

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and I think that makes us quite strong.

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Leaving their competitors behind:
Unimog and the Racing Team.