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Stéphane Peterhansel: "The directions were hard to understand in English"

Dakar 2020 | Stage 1 | Jeddah > Al Wajh
January 5 th 2020 - 15:33 [GMT + 3]

Peterhansel clocked the second fastest time of the day, behind upset winner Vaidotas Žala, despite the teething pains of his partnership with new co-driver Paulo Fiúza.

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"We wandered around a bit and must have lost three to five minutes looking for a hidden waypoint. The directions were hard to understand in English… I must be going soft in the head. In 21 editions of the Dakar, I've never had a co-driver talk to me in English, so I need to get used to it. There were dunes, sandy plateaus and rocky sectors where we had to walk on eggshells. We're good at adapting to these conditions, we're nimble!"

#302 Peterhansel StŽphane (fra), Fiuza Paulo (prt), Mini John Cooper Works Buggy, Bahrain JCW X-Raid Team, Auto, Car, action during Stage 1 of the Dakar 2020 between Jeddah and Al Wajh, 752 km - SS 319km, in Saudi Arabia, on January 5, 2020
#302 Peterhansel StŽphane (fra), Fiuza Paulo (prt), Mini John Cooper Works Buggy, Bahrain JCW X-Raid Team, Auto, Car, action during Stage 1 of the Dakar 2020 between Jeddah and Al Wajh, 752 km - SS 319km, in Saudi Arabia, on January 5, 2020 © DPPI Media
Stage 1 STÉPHANE PETERHANSEL

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