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ON THIERRY SABINE'S FOOTSTEPS

The AFRICA ECO RACE was created in 2008 thanks to the combined experience of two men who marked the history of the biggest off-road rallies, Jean-Louis SCHLESSER and René METGE, but also thanks to the close collaboration of Morocco, Mauritania and Senegal.

Their goal:

Rediscover Africa, this continent which welcomed so many legendary rallies, and join the mythical Dakar Pink Lake in Senegal, following the footsteps of Thierry SABINE
Put forward the true values of this motorsport, human values, conviviality, authenticity, solidarity and sportsmanship
Lighten the regulations to allow a maximum of competitors to arrive at the mythical Pink Lake in Dakar.

Since the first edition in 2009, the AFRICA ECO RACE has seen its number of competitors increase yearly. Proof of the enthusiasm for such rally with traditional values.

The AFRICA ECO RACE immerses its participants in an authentic atmosphere, along exclusive tracks focusing on navigation and driving skills, surrounded unforgettable scenery that only Africa can offer.

This event created by Jean Louis SCHLESSER and René METGE is a precise cocktail where the pleasure of racing bonds with the beauty of the landscapes and the nice atmosphere between everyone on the bivouacs
Franck ALLARD - AMV assurances

Africa is an happy continent with smiling people, with freedom for racing, thanks a lot to orga work to preserve classic African event based on values from first Dakars... Good luck AER!
Tomas Tomecek - Winner Truck AER 2022

Solidarity and unity, the AFRICA ECO RACE is a rally at the origin of our values and this must remains...
Abdou THIAM - Président de la FSAM

You dream of dunes and beautiful landscapes, follow us to the Lac Rose !
René METGE

AFRICA ECO RACE is also mutual help and friendship between the competitors
Jean Louis SCHLESSER

We congratulate AFRICA ECO RACE for their support AMADE and enabling Mauritanian and Senegalese students to have access to solar lamps. A child with light at home, is a child able to do his homework when night comes.
Jérôme FROISSART - Directeur AMADE Mondiale

It's a race with values , human values, eco-responsable values… A true and efficient aid for the Children of Africa and that is important !
SAS Prince Albert II

It is always a pleasure for the population of Menton to witness the arrival of all these vehicles: trucks, cars, buggies, motorbikes… It is also all about the human and convivial aspect of this race which races through the city of Menton.
Fabrice PINET - Ville de Menton

I am glad that I was standing at the finish line of AER 22 in Dakar at the Pink Lake. It is the goal and dream of all racers who do cross-country races all over the world.
Team Barth Racing

The AFRICA ECO RACE is a true human organisation, you really fell that you're a part of a global project with an open and very initimate feeling. So you sleep with very simple thoughts while you reach your goal: Dakar
Franco Acerbis - ACERBIS