Mitsubishi will no longer compete in the Dakar Rally for financial reasons, the company said Wednesday.

4日，日本第4大汽车制造商三菱公司宣布，因财政原因，将不再参加达喀尔拉力赛。

youdao

The Dakar Rally is likely to start in a different location in 2009 after its three-year contract with Portugal comes to an end.

BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Rallying | Dakar Rally welcomes record entry

The Galgorm man now plans to take part in the Dakar Rally in 2013 along with other wounded soldiers in the fundraising 'Race2Recovery' initiative.

BBC: Ballymena soldier Phillip Gillespie back to fitness

Lyndon Poskitt, a BAE Systems engineer from Garstang in Lancashire, is preparing to compete in the Dakar Rally on a motorbike he built himself.

BBC: Engineer's Dakar Rally challenge on self-built bike