POLARIS

 What makes a legend? Dakarians who make it to ten participations are distinguished with the coveted status of “Legend”, highlighting their skills and craft to face the desert again and again. With the 2024 edition of the world’s greatest rally, Michele Antonio Cinotto is up to nine participations… But there is no doubt the Italian driver is already an icon. His racing career began in the 1980s, as a rally driver for Audi and Lancia. In the 2010s, the great outdoors called him into the Dakar, where he showed how much he still is up to date with the latest technological evolutions, with a victory in the T3 class of the Dakar 2016. Aboard the fast and furious RZR Pro R, he is gearing for a new assault with Maurizio Dominella has done the Dakar twice with his son Pietro, but who where is usual partner since tehy won together the SSV world serie in 2016. 25th in SSV class in Yanbu, the Italians were one of three SSVs from Marco Piana's team to have beaten the toughest edition ever contested in Saudi Arabia, won by another Polaris, that of Xavier de Soultrait.