The Spanish pilot of the X-Raid team, Pau Navarro He had to leave the Dakar Rally due to the consequences of an accident in the second stage that caused damage to his hand. After being evacuated from the camp, the Dakar medical team carried out tests to determine the extent of the injury and the results of the tests determined that Pau had a scaphoid fracture in his right hand and for this reason he could not continue to career, didn’t even think about using a ‘joker’ and retraining to gain experience.
The debut of Pau, 19 years old, in the main category of the Dakar ends here and he has done so after showing many things in a short time, including a quick adaptation to the terrain in his first attack with this car and an upward speed. , reached to break into the top 30.
Pau will return home in the next few days.
“First of all I want to thank everyone for your support; to the mechanics for their work yesterday because when I arrived they were fixing the car to try to get out; to the sponsors who have helped us compete throughout the year, as well as in this Dakar; and to the Quandt family and the entire X-Raid team because without them none of this would have been possible. As a result of the accident, I was diagnosed with a scaphoid fracture. We will try as soon as possible to get back on track, continue studying and prepare for the next Dakar,” explained the young man from Llagostera.
Navarro, son of the owner of the FN Speed team -light vehicles category-, Santi Navarro, made his debut in the 2021 Dakar Rally as co-driver of an FN Speedteam truck, which became the youngest participant in history to participate in the event.
In the 2022 Dakar he was repeated as co-driver and made the leap as a driver in the 2023 Dakar Rally after some training in a T4 series light vehicle. In that edition he finished in ninth position overall with several stage performances inside the Top 10. In the same year he was proclaimed European T4 champion and achieved victory in Baja Hail and second position in Baja Aragón , Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge and third place in Baja Qatar. His debut in the premier category with the car took place at the Morocco Rally, achieving victory in the T1.1 category reserved for all-wheel drive and small wheel cars.
Source: La Verdad
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