Dutch hot favourites for solar car race.

Dutch hot favourites for solar car race. :

"The Dutch are being touted as early race favourites to take out this year's race, after they won the last two races with their multi-million dollar entry."

The Dutch field a strong team with plenty of expertise and enthusiasm, but Australia's Victorian team is emerging as a favourite. The Belgians are in the race for the first time with the aim of finishing. Not such a silly aim. It's 3000 Km from Darwin to Adelaide and when people look at maps of Australia they just do not comprehend the size of it. It's a tough race through tough country , so the entrants have to have a real pioneer spirit as well as plenty of outback expertise. It's not just a technological race. We enjoy following the trek from Darwin down to here and each year more excitement has been generated. These people are doing the field work on solar powered vehicles. What started as an oddball race now has a lot of significance.