Gumball 2007

Our friends from Latvia released the Gumball 2007 videos of their journey in the Team 50 BMW M6. The Gumball 2007 lead them from London through France, Belgium and Germany by plane to Turkey and Greece before finishing in Albania. Anyway here’s their video in 4 parts:

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The first cars are approaching the Gumball checkpoint in Dubrovnik. You can see the cars arrive at the webcam in Dubrovnik! This years checkpoint location is the same as back in 2005 when the cars stopped in Dubrovnik before taking the ferry to Italy.

Update 15:01 CET:

It seems a lot of teams skipped the checkpoint, while others are having lunch in Dubrovnik. The live tracker keeps you informed on the next stage from Dubrovnik to Bratislava.

Due to treacherous weather and road conditions plus for the safety of both Gumball participants and local citizens, Team Polizei would like to announce that today they are taking a leisurely drive. It has come to our attention that several drivers have consistently been trying to “push� in order to catch up with Alex and Michael. Team Polizei would like to firmly remind all Gumballers that Team Polizei has spent months preparing and planning for such events as Gumball; our success is thanks to proper navigation and efficiency, not speed. In order to lead by example, Mater Piloten Ross and Herr Roy will be enjoying the beautiful geography of today’s stage.

Longest leg this Gumball 3000: over 1.489 kilometers through 6 countries, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia, Croatia, Hungary and Slovakia. This morning they will have a breakfast / lunch checkpoint in Dubrovnik, followed by an amazing drive through Croatia. In Bratislava they can finally catch up again with Jay Kay who drove from Frankfurt over Munich to Bratislava two days ago.

Note: Live tracker is back online!

Tirana to Dubrovnik Updates:

Team Polizei Update 9:45 CET:

Team Polizei leading convoy towards the Albanian border. Commander Kokolari of Albania National Security is with them to lead the way.

Team Polizei Update 10:13 CET:

Dinner with the Prime Minister of Albania and the city of Tirana were incredible. Team Polizei still driving towards the border with Commander Kokolari of Albania National Security. First stop: Dubrovnik!

Team Polizei Update 11:55 CET:

Stopped by Monternegro Police for overtaking. Back on the road, approaching Croatian border!

Team Polizei Update 12:07 CET:

Being taken to police station by cops in the town of Budva in Montenegro.

Team Polizei Update 12:25 CET:

Team Gomex (#45) is taking it easy today, the Speedart exhaust makes the noise of a fighter plane reaching the limiter.

Update 13:23 CET:

Team 80 arrived in Dubrovnik with their Porsche 911 Turbo.

Team Polizei offered a truce to the Albanian Ministry of Transportation and Livestock this evening; this was only after successfully navigating the Polizei M5 across a few hundred miles of goat paths. It seems that the only true enemy to Team Polizei is the quality of Eastern European roads and wild packs of dogs. Alex Roy and Michael Ross were the first to enter Albania, taking an alternative route through central Greece which confused many other Gumballers. Team Polizei entered Albania only to find that the roads were more like dirt paths. According to Master Piloten Ross, Albania has the worst roads he has ever seen. Despite such treacherous conditions and a low average speed, Alex and Ross still managed to arrive in the top ten into Tirana. This was, of course, without the UN escort provided to the rest of the Gumballers. Sad news though; it seems that a Porsche 997TT crashed this afternoon just shy of the eastern border entry into Albania.