“It was really complicated ”

Dakar 2019 | Stage 8 | San Juan de Marcona > Pisco
January 15 th 2019 - 13:45 [GMT -5]

The Mini driver was second in the general standings at the start in San Juan de Marcona, but has been overtaken by his team-mate Nani Roma due to two driving mistakes.

“It was not an easy stage this morning. The first part was really fast and we overtook a few motorcycles, so we entered the dunes first. It was really complicated to do the navigation with no lines to follow at all. When we got stuck the first time we lost probably around ten minutes. After that, we continued to push a little bit, but I got stuck a second time and we lost ten minutes another time. It was not easy. The sand was really, really soft and with not too many lines left by motorcycles it’s not really easy to anticipate the good line or trajectory. It was not a good day for us”.

Stéphane Peterhansel / Et.8 (FR)
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Stéphane Peterhansel / Et.8 (GB)
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