“I’m just Pamela’s husband”

Enio Bozzano Junior is a keen sportsman with a huge lust for life -skydiving, scuba diving, beach tennis- whatever he does, he does 100%. Three years ago he tried racing an SSV in his native Brazil and went at it with the same enthusiasm he has for everything he embarks upon. A year after he started racing in his national championship his wife decided she’d also like to have a go and it turns out she is rather good. So good in fact that she won the production SSV class on this year’s Rally dos Sertoes with husband Enio as co-driver! Apparently, Mr Bozzano’s ‘bull in a china shop’ approach to life means he is a little hard on the material and doesn’t always make it to the finish line. Mrs Bozzano is a little more cautious -a useful trait in cross-country rallies- and therefore has a considerably higher finishing rate. Consistency that has also seen her crowned this year’s Brazilian SSV production class champion with one round to go, again with her husband in the ‘passenger’ seat. With her finish rate and his enthusiasm the Dakar was the next logical step and after a shake down on this year’s Rallye du Maroc their can’t wait for next January. For reasons of matrimonial harmony however they’ll be in separate vehicles. He’ll be navigated by ex-cross country motorcycle racer and poker buddy (!) Luciano Gomes while Mrs Bozzano (Pamela to her friends) will be co-driven by the experienced Carlos Sachs with French outfit Team BBR / Pole Position 77 providing assistance for both.

“I think it was a very good idea to go to Morocco as preparation for Dakar because back home we don’t have any sand and not so many rocks either! It was tough but we had a great time. As usual my wife Pamela beat me -she is becoming famous now in Brazil in racing, I’m just Pamela’s husband…. She was 8th in class and me 17th- my excuse is that I had a difficult 2 stage… Anyway for the Dakar I’m going to take it easy. I’m super competitive but the most important thing on the Dakar is to finish… and to beat my wife (haha). Finishing is also important because my kids Theo and Julia really like it when I bring a trophy home!”