Guerlain Chicherit: “A genuine mini-special with navigation, difficulties and danger”

Dakar 2024 | Prologue | BISHA > BISHA
January 5 ^th 2024 - 15:42 [GMT + 3]

Chicherit finished 11th today, a little less than one minute behind Ekström, producing a performance on the prologue similar to Al Attiyah, achieved virtually the same time. The Frenchman will start in 11th place tomorrow, just in front of the Qatari, putting him in a good position to catch the first drivers to set off on a stage that is set to be long and difficult.

“It was a real prologue. We haven’t seen many like that before, a genuine mini-special with navigation, difficulties and danger. In fact, we got a bit caught up in the dust of the car in front and went left in a canyon before we had to do an about turn. On a stage like that, it’s a costly mistake, but that’s motorsport and it’s not too serious. We’ve had a nice warm-up and are feeling good”.