RED-LINED

M.K. 

• Martin Koloc is the CEO of Buggyra ZM Racing and has been coming to the Dakar since the 1990s, but it is only in 2026 that he will finally be making his competitive debut in the Ultimate class.
• The 58-year-old always dreamed of being a racing driver and began competing in truck circuit races in the early 1990s, going on to win two European championship titles. In 1993 he set up his own racing team and later joined forces with Buggyra, founded in 1969 by the illustrious Czech car designer Vaclav Kral.
• Martin worked as a support driver when the Dakar was held in Africa, then started attending regularly during the South American era, when Buggyra began taking part in the trucks class. 
• This year he will be competing alongside his 21-year-old daughter Aliyyah Koloc, who is preparing for her fourth Dakar outing. She will be getting behind the wheel of a turbo-charged Red-Lined Revo T1+, while Martin will drive a non-turbo version of the same car, which Aliyyah drove last year. Meanwhile, her twin sister Yasmeen Koloc will be working as Martin's race engineer.
• The Czech entrepreneur will be joined in car #251 by navigator Mirko Brun and describes the young Italian as "resilient" and "a fast learner".