LUCAS MORAES
(bra)Hobbies
motocross, cycling and tennis
Sponsors
Red Bull, PneuStore, Motul, Venkon
1st participation
2022: 3rd Baja Aragon 2022
2 x winner Rally the Sertões (youngest ever winner)
2 x Mitsubishi Cup Champion (youngest ever winner)
3 x Brazilian National Champion (youngest ever winner)
“Tipped for the top”
Many people have high hopes for Brazilian Dakar ‘rookie’ Lucas Moraes, not least Red Bull, with whom he’s just signed a coveted sponsorship deal. After twice winning the Mitsubishi Cup, the biggest single-make competition in South America, Lucas went on to win the Brazilian national championship three times and South America’s toughest race, the Rally dos Sertoes twice, first in 2019 and then this year with Toyota Overdrive. With such a race tally, competing outside of South America was virtually inevitable. He put a toe in the water early this year with an impressive performance at the Baja Aragon, finishing third overall behind Nasser Al Attiyah and Yazeed Al-Rajhi! By his own admission, he lacks desert racing experience, a situation that was partially redressed by taking part in the recent Dubai Baja in the company of the hugely experienced German co-driver Timo Gottschalk, the man who co-drove Al Attiyah to his first Dakar victory in 2011… And despite never having raced in the desert before, the 32-year-old acquitted himself admirably, winning the first day and finishing second on the second day, behind Yazeed. Despite such impressive performances, Lucas has his feet on the ground and keeps his expectations reasonable.
“Obviously, like every Dakar rookie, my main goal is ‘just’ to finish. This has been my big dream ever since I started racing and I don’t want to blow it. If we could finish in the top 15 that would be amazing. I told Timo it would be nice if we could finish one stage in the top 10. He was a little bit skeptical, but since the Dubai Baja, he thinks that it is a not unreasonable ambition. Clearly, for me Timo is key piece of the Dakar jigsaw puzzle. He’s navigated for so many top drivers, Nasser, Przygonski, Yazeed, Sainz… He has the skill to navigate using cap heading, something we don’t have in South America, and can teach me so much about driving in the dunes.”
Vehicle
OVERDRIVE RACING
TOYOTA HILUX OVERDRIVE
OVERDRIVE RACING
- Mark TOYOTA
- Model HILUX OVERDRIVE
- Performance tuner Toyota Overdrive
- Assistance Toyota Overdrive
- Class T1+: Prototype Cross-Country Cars 4x4
Ranking 2023
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Lucas Moraes: "The podium is important for the rally community in Brazil"
Rookies who finish on the podium of the category are few and far between, and when it's a Brazilian who does it, it's samba time! Lucas Moraes put in a flawless performance in his Toyota Overdrive.
"It was important for the rally community in Brazil because it had never happened before. I'm going to celebrate with all the Brazilian photographers....
Moraes loses second place
Lucas Moraes ground to a halt for a short while and lost a sufficient amount of time to allow Sébastien Loeb to take second in the general rankings. The Brazilian is now on the third step of the provisional podium, a little more than 2 minutes behind the French driver.
Moraes under pressure?
For his first participation on the Dakar, Brazilian Lucas Moraes is still in second position in the general rankings after stage 11. However, thanks to a fifth victory and his fourth consecutive one, Sébastien Loeb is only 9 minutes behind his Brazilian rival. “I’ll keep pushing and see how Loeb will react,” he said yesterday...
Lucas Moraes: “One more, one less, as we say in Brazil”
For his first participation on the Dakar, Brazilian Lucas Moraes is still in second position in the general rankings after stage 11, with a lead of 9 minutes over Sébastien Loeb.
“One more, one less, as we say in Brazil. It’s great to finish the eleventh stage, the first part of the marathon stage. It was quite a tricky...
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