Dream Dakar

Dream Dakar

Ali Gharib, Major (ret.) of the German Armed Forces organizes and finances his long-standing dream of the participation in Dakar Rally mainly privately. He and his team of  friends have only nine months for all preparations, outfitting, car-testing and physical training. Will Ali and his co-driver H.C. Maurer make their private funded Dakar start in front of one million people in Buenos Aires?

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  • Episode 1

    The Dakar Rally is the most brutal and spectacular rally in the world. Sand, blood, sweat, tears, success and defeat aren't far apart. The best German racers are all being helped by factories and company groups. All of them? No! Ali Gharib, self-made business man and major in the German army, sponsors himself his everlasting dream, which is the participation in the Dakar Rally 2015 as a private racer with a few sponsors. A ten-part series produced by Volkmar Balensiefer.

  • Episode 2

    The team about the German racer Ali Gharib planted in its mind that they initially want to participate in the 9.000 kilometer-long Dakar Rally in 2015 with a Land Rover Defender. Still of good cheer the duties will be defined in the first project meeting, 9 months before the start of the rally. None of the drivers can imagine in what he's engaged in. The project is being escorted by a film team. Ten episodes will be produced until the start of the rally in Buenos Aires.

  • Episode 4

    Private driver Ali Gharib from Germany wants to take part at the Dakar 2015. He has to undergo high altitude training and a tough physical program. As the first fire suits are ready for Ali and his co-driver Hans-Christian the team will take part at the 24-hours rally of Gorm. The event is a serious test for the Dakar newbies.

  • Episode 7

    The Dakar Rally is the most brutal and spectacular rally in the world. Sand, blood, sweat, tears, success and defeat aren't far apart. The best German racers are all being helped by factories and company groups. All of them? No! Ali Gharib, self-made business man and major in the German army, sponsors himself his everlasting dream, which is the participation in the Dakar Rally 2015 as a private racer with a few sponsors. A ten-part series produced by Volkmar Balensiefer.