Hummer driver Nasser Al-Attiyah, right, of Qatar, and co-driver Lucas Cruz of Spain pose next to their vehicle during the technical verification of the 2012 Dakar Rally in Mar del Plata, some 400km south of Buenos Aires, yesterday. The race will start in Mar Del Plata, on Argentina’s Atlantic coast, will have five stages in Chile and will end on the Pacific coast at Lima in Peru on January 15.