Francisco “Chaleco” López: “As if I was starting again from scratch”

Dakar 2022 | Stage 6 | SHUBAYTAH > SHUBAYTAH
January 7 ^th 2022 - 15:30 [GMT + 3]

Distanced in terms of victories by Seth Quintero, the South Racing team leader still dominates the general rankings at the rest day, with a lead of more than 20 minutes over Sebastian Eriksson, also behind the wheel of a Can-Am.

“Today, I broke the differential and lost time at the end of the stage, but I’m still happy. I’m still leading the general rankings after one week so it’s perfect. For the rest of the rally, I’m going to treat it as if I was starting again from scratch, but with a lead of twenty minutes! For the moment, I haven’t won a single stage, but I will try to win one next week. Quintero is very strong and very fast. In my opinion, he needs to learn to drive a little more carefully and then he’ll have all that it takes!”