Mitchell Guthrie: “I think we’ve kept ourselves in a good lead overall”

Dakar 2024 | Stage 8 | AL DUWADIMI > HAIL
January 15 ^th 2024 - 16:27 [GMT + 3]

Mitchell Guthrie, second on the stage between Al Duwadimi and Hail, behind Saleh Alsaif, has consolidated his position as general rankings leader. There are now 34 minutes separating the American from Spain's Christina Gutiérrez.  

“It wasn’t a bad day. The stage was a lot of fun. It had a lot of sand and dunes at the beginning, which was great, and then after that, after the transfer, it was really, really rocky, tough and rough. So, I’m excited to get to the finishing line in one piece. I think we’ve kept ourselves in a good lead overall. So, overall, it was a good day and we kept it clean. We have four long stages to go. We have keep doing what we did today, which was keeping the car in one piece and trying not to lose too much time. I did that today, so I’m happy and we’ll just have to keep doing that every day so we can hopefully get the win”.