Wide deployment of TVE on the occasion of the 2012 Dakar Rally

Javier Grima will be responsible for the operation, completing the team with Albert Palau and Laura Lázaro for production and Ana Ruiz for production.

From January 1 to January 15, Spanish Television will broadcast the special program daily on Teledeporte Rally Dakar 2012, from 9:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. In addition, viewers will also find out the last hour of the Rally from the news programs on TVE, RNE and RTVE.es.

The program, produced live from the TVE Center in Catalonia, will be directed and presented by Marc Martín, TVE's special envoy to the Dakar Rally in 2006, 2007 and 2009 and with extensive experience in the world of motorsport, who has stated that "some of the drivers have said that it is the most African rally held in South America." Montse Busquets, editor of TVE, will also participate in the presentation, who will update the classifications, since at the time the program is broadcast some participants are still crossing the finish line; He will ask the guests questions from the program's viewers through the Rtve.es website dedicated to the Dakar and through Twitter and will outline what characteristics will define the next day's stage.

Along with them will be Carlos Sotelo, triple Spanish enduro champion, participant in the Rally eight times, always in the motorcycle category, whose best classification occurred in 1996, when he finished in third position. In addition to his experience as a driver, Carlos Sotelo has in his background having manufactured the motorcycle with which Marc Coma debuted in the Dakar Rally in the 2002 edition. And every day a special guest will sit next to Marc and Carlos: a former participant in the Dakar, an active rider, a team leader, a mechanic, a journalist...; In any case, a character known to the general public and a lover of the most intense and exciting race in the world of motorsport.

El programa contará con las mejores imágenes del Rally, entrevistas y reportajes especiales. Para ello, se desplazará a Argentina, Chile y Perú un equipo de Televisión Española, compuesto por Izaskun Ruiz y Jesús Cebrián, informadores; Javier González, productor; y Ashley Plá y Pol Graell, operadores de cámara, quienes nos aportarán la información más completa, las entrevistas a los participantes, los detalles más curiosos y las claves de todo lo que se produzca durante la carrera y en los campamentos de final de etapa. Izaskun Ruiz que cambia el asfalto de Moto GP por la tierra del Dakar afronta este nuevo reto con “la experiencia de esos años en el mundo del motor y la ilusión que alguien que empieza algo nuevo”.

The other side of the Dakar

And, in this edition of the Rally, Jesús and Ashley will travel in the Rally aboard a truck. The presence of a TVE truck at the Dakar 2012 will be used for the production of a series of reports called The other side of the Dakar. Este equipo seguirá la competición buscando aquellos puntos más duros del recorrido, realizando un seguimiento en paralelo de aquellos participantes que encuentran mayores dificultades y aportando imágenes inéditas y curiosas del Rally que habitualmente pasan desapercibidas. El vehículo en el que este equipo seguirá el Rally estará pilotado por Rafa Tibau, un experto en el Dakar, con 25 ediciones del Rally a sus espaldas, con la ayuda fundamental de Facundo Vitoria, su navegante.

Jesús Cebrián ha explicado que con el camión “veremos lo que habitualmente no vemos, los pilotos que se quedan tirados…”. Pero según Rafa Tibau “el problema es saber en qué punto hay que estar para conseguir estas imágenes interesantes o distintas”. Los dos ha coincidido: “Vamos a dormir muy poco pero nos lo vamos a pasar muy bien”.

Javier Grima es el responsable del operativo y completan el equipo Albert Palau y Laura Lázaro de realización y Ana Ruíz de producción.

The information on Spanish Television will also be permanently updated in the different editions of the News News (Matinal, TD1 and TD2) and on Channel 24H, with live connections and chronicles from the special envoys to know the last hour of the Rally.

Spanish National Radio will also follow the Dakar Rally closely. Paco Peña will offer continuous information in the news bulletins and sports programs of RNE (Radio Gaceta de Deportes and Boardo Deportes) and will connect daily with our special envoys to inform listeners of everything that happens in South American lands. A special 5-minute program on Radio 5 at 7:30 p.m., on Ràdio 4 at 6:30 p.m. and a 10-minute program on Radio Exterior between 1 and 2 p.m.

And, as is usual in major sporting events, the page web RTVE will dedicate a specific space to the Dakar Rally, with news, classifications, videos, blogs and all the information on this essential event in the motor calendar. In addition, as has been noted, both Rtve.es and the social network Twitter will have a participation space so that viewers and Internet users can learn first-hand about the ins and outs of the Rally and send their questions to the specialized journalists of TVE.