DAKAR 2020

FILIPE PALMEIRO: "we are focused on the TOP 10 but aware that we have very fast drivers behind" 

Top 10 for Benediktas Vanagas/Filipe Palmeiro. For a foreign language, this would be an all-time high, the advancement that are given to those who wheel in the back is not great, and the last two stages didn't go too well for the duo, but the fact is that, in spite of the better sort of stages, which they managed in the Dakar rally has been the only one to 15th place, they are tenth in the standings, which means they have been able to get away from the problems, and continue to be regular, and this is a recipe that I usually pay good dividends.
Never having run together, the first two stages were "to adapt because there was no time to make shakedown” began by telling us Filipe Palmeiro, who made a balance of the week:" so far everything is going well, with some setbacks that at least one of the days forced us to leave behind some trucks, which made the movement more difficult. It has been a faster Dakar, with some dunes and very complicated stone zones. Now it is preparing for another week that will be interesting in particular the marathon stage that is very close to the end and that can change the rating. We will be focused on the top 10 but aware that we have some very fast pilots behind us, " he concluded.


Benediktas Vanagas/Filipe Palmeiro

by José Luis Abreu, Portugal