RODRIGO VARELA
(bra)First participation
2022: Rally dos Sertoes (1st SSV)
3 X Brazilian Baja Rally Champion (2015, 2018, 2021)
“It is just like playing poker”
Rodrigo Varela is none of than the son of Reinaldo Varela, who’s a bit of an off-road legend both at home and abroad. Dad is one of the very few competitors to have raced the Dakar on three different continents and won the race in South America aboard a Can Am Maverick. According to other Brazilian competitors, Rodrigo is cut from the same cloth, and according to his co-driver at least, he is the fastest driver in Brazil right now. Rodrigo has so far only raced once outside of Brazil, on this year’s Morocco Desert Challenge, where he won the prologue before breaking the car on stage 1 -something that apparently wasn’t his fault. His co-driver is a bit of a legend too and surely one of the more colourful characters on this year’s event. A professional poker player, Enio was co-driver for his wife Pamela when she won her class on the 2023 Rally dos Sertoes. Then on the 2023 Dakar she finished 32nd in the T3 class, beating ‘hubby’ by two places...
Enio Bozzano Junior: “We made a few navigation mistakes on the 2023 Dakar and after that experience navigating for my wife I got really interested in the subject. I realised that it is just like playing poker: you have to stay concentrated for long periods of time and not make any mistakes. It might sound a bit crazy but I think we could win this year. Rodrigo is a really good driver and I think together we could create a big surprise.”
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TEAM BBR
CAN-AM CAN-AM MAVERICK XRS TURBO
TEAM BBR
- Marque CAN-AM
- Modèle CAN-AM MAVERICK XRS TURBO
- Préparateur BBR Team
- Assistance BBR Team
- Classe T4 SSV de série modifié
Classement 2024
Toute l'actualité de R. Varela
Varela, tel père tel fils
Reinaldo Varela est un pilote bien connu du Dakar, mais hier ce n’est pas lui qui a fait les gros titres, mais bien son fils Rodrigo. Hier, le rookie brésilien s’est imposé pour la toute première fois sur le Dakar. Avant de se rendre en Arabie Saoudite, Varela n’avait roulé qu’une seule fois en dehors du Brésil, c’était...
Varela s’impose en SSV
Après Reinaldo Varela, au tour de son fils, Rodrigo, de gagner sur le Dakar. Tout comme De Mevius en Ultimate, il lui a fallu deux jours pour s’imposer. Le Brésilien s’est hissé en tête au km 367 et ne l’a plus quité jusqu’à l’arrivée. Gerard Farres signe le deuxième temps provisoire en SSV...
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