Guy Botterill: “We were trying really hard to get a win but second is good”

Dakar 2025 | Stage 8 | AL DUWADIMI > RIYADH
January 13 ^th 2025 - 14:19 [GMT + 3]

Guy Botterill, who was second today, 1’47’’ behind his team-mate and countryman Henk Lategan, has achieved his best result on the race since the start in Bisha.

“It went well. Unfortunately, on the last hundred kilometres we had a tyre that was going flat, so we had to take it a bit easy and then just before we got to the dunes we had to put air in the tyre. So, we lost about a minute there, maybe a minute and a half. I think a win was on the cards today, it’s just unfortunate. We were trying really hard to get a win but second is good. The car felt really good and we’re looking forward to the last few days of the Dakar. South Africa is doing really well. We’ve built most of the cars and I’m not sure where Henk finished but we’re in the top three for the Dakar overall”.