Turn up the volume and listen to Ricky Carmichael hold his 2005 Factory RM 250 2-stroke wide open and he prepares for the 2017 AUS-X Open.
As the Womens, Vets and Masters competed from the YZ450FX test gate it would be Wilson, Hutton and Grundy to come out on top for their respective classes.
Toby Price's five-minute time penalty has been removed, placing the KTM rider third for Stage 3 and fourth overall according to the official Dakar Rally results.
See how the Monster Energy Kawasaki team communicates during a race and off the track.