Since the Dakar arrived in South America in 2009, the German X-Raid team has strengthened its presence in the competition and is currently the most winning team at this stage.
For a long time he raced with BMW vehicles, but in 2011 he began with the development of the MINI All4Racing, a vehicle that is a benchmark in the Dakar after the successes achieved with the Frenchman Stéphane Peterhansel (2012 and 2013), the Spanish Nani Roma (2014) and Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah (2015).