Eryk Goczał: “I’ve never seen dunes like that; they were the size of skyscrapers”

Dakar 2024 | Stage 3 | BISHA > AL HENAKIYAH
January 8 ^th 2024 - 19:34 [GMT + 3]

The young Polish driver fell short of a 4th consecutive victory, including the prologue, but still leads in the Challenger category.

“I think it was fantastic. For sure I can’t explain why it looks easy because it very much isn’t especially the middle part today where I’ve never seen dunes like that; they were the size of skyscrapers. We were really challenged to get past them. But I think that’s the part where we gained the most time, which I’m very happy and proud of. Just at the end, we lost a little bit of time with the waypoints, but we turned back, we passed everything, so no penalties and that’s good. I’ll be honest, I’m not a good strategist, so I’ll just do what I do and have fun in the car. We keep the car safe. Every day everything is how it’s supposed to be. That’s how I want to continue, and maybe have a good race with my family. Compared to the car I drove last year, there’s no comparison, because this one feels like a real rally car. It has the sequential gearbox which is a step closer to the T1 cars, which I really also want to learn to drive, which I dream of and I think the durability of it after three stages like this is incredible. With the T4, maybe we would have it in pieces”.