CRISTIANO BATISTA
(bra)2023: DNF (1 stage win)
2023: FIA Baja World Cup winner in T4
2022: FIA Baja World Cup winner in T4
“I’m more confident and wiser now”
As a warm up for Cristiano Batista’s first Dakar in 2022 he and his co-driver Fausto Mota decided to enter every round of the FIA Baja World Cup. And despite Cristiano’s jetlag they won the T4 class and finished 4th overall. The 2023 Dakar was more of an up and down affair. They were second in class on the prologue, were P1 in stage 4 and P2 in stage 7. Unfortunately, in between those impressive performances there were quite a few breakages that saw them yoyoing up and down the rankings. Then on stage 12 they broke their gearbox and arrived out of time at the next bivouac. That didn’t however stop them finishing P2 again on the last day, although by then they were off course out of the rankings. Undiscouraged they again decided to go after Baja World Cup glory and won every 2023 round except the Qatar where they finished 2nd! With their second Baja world title under their belt, not to mention what they learnt in Saudi Arabia last year, they are confident of being able to put in a more consistent performance on the 2023 Dakar…
Cristiano Batista: “For my second Dakar I’m more confident and wiser and now know how to drive the dunes. I hope we will have a good race.”
Fausto Mota: “I think we could do a good result in 2023. Last year Cristiano was full gas everywhere and broke a lot of things. Now he has understood that you can’t finish the Dakar driving like that and has learnt a lot.”
Vehículo
SOUTH RACING CAN-AM
CAN-AM CAN-AM MAVERICK XRS TURBO
SOUTH RACING CAN-AM
- Marca CAN-AM
- Modelo CAN-AM MAVERICK XRS TURBO
- Preparador South Racing Can-Am
- Asistencia South Racing Can-Am
- Clase T4 SSV de serie modificado
Clasificación 2024
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Batista aguanta
En la categoría SSV, Cristiano Batista sigue siendo el más rápido en el km 135. El brasileño saca 52'' a Yasir Seaidan y en 55'' a Xavier De Soultrait. El francés está claramente en buena racha al volante de su nuevo Polaris. Gerard Farrés, ganador de ayer, ha perdido más de 2' respecto a Bastista.
Batista a la cabeza en SSV
Cristiano Batista, ganador de una etapa el año pasado en su primer Dakar, ha sido el más rápido en llegar al km 38 de la especial de hoy. El brasileño, por delante del suizo Jérôme De Sadeleer, regresa al Dakar tras su primera participación en 2022 y registra el segundo mejor tiempo provisional. Sebastián Guayasamín...
Batista se pone en cabeza
Después de João Ferreira, ha sido el turno de otro Can-Am de ponerse en cabeza en la categoría Challenger, el de Cristiano Batista en el kilómetro 226 con 8'' de ventaja sobre Xavier De Soultrait. El brasileño ya ha ganado si tenemos en cuenta que el año pasado en su primer Dakar tuvo que retirarse en la 12ª etapa.
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