Ignacio Casale: "You've got to stay focused"

Dakar 2020 | Stage 1 | Jeddah > Al Wajh
January 5 ^th 2020 - 15:41 [GMT + 3]

After experimenting with an SSV in 2019, the two-time winner from Chile is back to his winning ways in the quad category.

"It was a really tough stage, the terrain reminded me of the Rally of Morocco, which I took part in last October. I rode fast, without making any mistakes. Navigation was fiendishly difficult. The road book has changed from previous years and now you have to move up from one entry to the next much more cautiously. They're really close, so you've got to stay focused. It's really easy to get lost or crash, but I did everything properly. I think it was a good special for me because I felt in my element. We made a few tweaks to the front suspension and now it works even better. I had fun, at any rate."