The tenth stage of the 2024 Dakar Rally left a bitter taste Laia Sanzwho is on the verge of making a splash and achieving an unprecedented result in his career since he moved to the car category in 2022. He managed to ride in fourth overall position, but two holes due to a technical problem in auto-inflation system of the tires delayed his progress to finish 21st in Ultimate, the best Spanish driver of the day, and just ahead of Carlos Sainz who he was ahead of by eight seconds.
This is how he explained the episode in the statements given by his main sponsor KH-7: “We started well; I felt confident and Maurizio sailed perfectly. We went fast, but safe, taking care not to puncture and not make a mistake. .” .
At kilometer 39 they set the fourth best time, 34 seconds behind Guerlain Chicherit, who was leading the special at the time, a first place from which he did not drop. But “at about kilometer 50, we stopped to change a tire, and after about 90 kilometers, we had to change another one on both sides. That’s when we saw that we had a problem with the auto-inflation system and we ” We had to dismantle it. Between one thing and another, we lost about 12 minutes.”
“Also, the last 200 kilometers, we had to go slower and with a lot of stress to avoid another puncture, because we no longer had spare wheels. It’s a shame and it leaves us with a bittersweet taste, because we did very well, and Today is one of those days to finish in the top ten, but sometimes there is no prize. Anyway, we are happy, because we resolved the situation well and, despite everything, we were able to recover a lot of time for Lavieille,” commented Laia Sanz.
Laia Sanz and Maurizio Gerini They recovered 6’25” from the second classified in the two-wheel drive category, Frenchman Christian Lavieille, who had them only 45 seconds behind, the same distance that now separates them from the top-15 held by the Frenchman from MD, to whom they gave the important place.
Source: La Verdad
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