Eduard Pons said goodbye to Dakar 2025 due to a crack in the chassis of his Taurus T3 Max

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The day of rest Dakar 2025 brings unexpected news Eduard Pons and Jaume Betriu. The team Pons Rallysport was forced to abandon the competition due to a crack found in a bar of the safety arch of Taurus T3 Max of structure Nasser’s careercause after a small rollover in the fifth phase. This return ends with a Dakar marked by ups and downs, where Pons and Betriu They have shown their ability to overcome many difficulties that have come their way.

The incident that led to the abandonment of the pilot from Ilerda occurred during yesterday’s stage, the second part of the marathon. While overtaking a truck around kilometer 330, in the midst of dust, the darkness of the night and the absence of lights on his car, he did not see a ditch and rolled over at low speed. Although at first there seemed to be no serious damage, a complete examination carried out by the mechanics this evening revealed a structural crack in the chassis, making it impossible to continue for safety reasons.

“It’s a message I don’t want to give, but the harsh reality is that we are out of Dakar. Yesterday’s stage was real hell. After the steering problems we suffered and spent more than three hours trying to fix them, we had to complete the special at night and without lights. It was under these conditions that we overtook a truck in the middle of the dust. We were going slowly, but we didn’t see a hole in the ground, the car got stuck and we rolled forward. It was a slight rollover, at low speed, and we landed on our feet, which allowed us to continue without major complications and without thinking that the chassis might have been damaged. However, in the evening, the mechanics found a crack in a bar that forced us to abandon the race,” explained the rider. Lleida.

The rally started with great expectations for the Catalan team after a brilliant 2024, where Pons is revealed Champion of FIA world of Casualties in the category Challenger and finished third overall in the general classification. However, difficulties did not take long to appear. Mechanical problems in the early stages, including turbo, steering and brake failures, as well as several punctures, affected the team’s performance. Added to these technical challenges was the fact that both pilot and co-pilot had to deal with the flu in the early days, further complicating their difficult start.

Despite these difficulties, Pons and Betriu They showed their speed and fought for third place in the first part of the marathon stage, although two holes delayed them to an equally creditable seventh position in their category. Without the help of the bivouac, the team had to face, with its own resources, the problems; They fixed the tires and headed into the fifth stage with great speed, until a steering failure cost them more than three hours. To make matters worse, the flashback suffered in the end, which at first did not seem serious, which ended up unexpectedly cutting off his participation.

“It’s a message I don’t want to give, but the harsh reality is that we are out of Dakar. Yesterday’s stage was real hell. After the steering problems we suffered and spent more than three hours trying to fix them, we had to complete the special at night and without lights. It was under these conditions that we overtook a truck in the middle of the dust. We were going slowly, but we didn’t see a hole in the ground, the car got stuck and we rolled forward. It was a slight rollover, at low speed, and we landed on our feet, which allowed us to continue without major complications and without thinking that the chassis might have been damaged. However, in the evening, the mechanics found a crack in a bar that forced us to abandon the race,” explained the rider. Lleida.

The rally started with great expectations for the Catalan team after a brilliant 2024, where Pons is revealed FIA World Champion of Drops in the category Challenger and finished third overall in the general classification. However, difficulties did not take long to appear. Mechanical problems in the early stages, including turbo, steering and brake failures, as well as several punctures, affected the team’s performance. Added to these technical challenges was the fact that the pilot and co-pilot had to deal with the flu in the early days, further complicating their difficult start.

Despite these difficulties, Pons and Betriu They showed their speed and fought for third place in the first part of the marathon stage, although two holes delayed them to an equally creditable seventh position in their category. Without the help of the bivouac, the team had to face, with its own resources, the problems; They fixed the tires and headed into the fifth stage with great speed, until a steering failure cost them more than three hours. To make matters worse, the flashback suffered in the end, which at first did not seem serious, which ended up unexpectedly cutting off his participation.

Source: La Verdad

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