DAKAR 2025
Hot on the heels of the Australian rider was Tosha Shareina, just 15 seconds behind the leader, moving up to second place overall. Rounding out the Top 3 was Jose Ignacio Cornejo Florimo, 7 minutes and 49 seconds behind Sanders.
Within the top five, there was a Portuguese presence, with Rui Gonçalves (+08:55) finishing in P5 just behind Adrien Van Beveren (+08:08) in P4.
Cornejo blames Dakar: “Do you have to come from a first world country to be taken into account?”
The start of the 2025 Dakar Rally is leaving a multitude of open wounds. In addition to the discussions that have been generated around the safety cages of the cars (a sterile controversy because the regulations are clear), in the motorcycle category there is another technical element that has raised controversy: digital roadbooks.
Although it is a device that has been working for some time in cars/trucks/light prototypes and that has already been tested by amateur motorcycle riders, this year it was also introduced in professionals. And that is where the problems are multiplying since they can affect the result of the race.
Sanders makes up time and Cornejo explodes...In the third stage, the most extreme situation occurred, which affected the leader of the category, Daniel Sanders. The Australian lost his tablet at 130 kilometers and had to complete the stage by following other riders. In this process, he lost more than 14 minutes to yesterday's winner, Lorenzo Santolino.
KTM complained to the FIM about this case and received a compensation of five minutes which, although it did not fully satisfy the Austrian brand, what it did do was to arouse the anger of rivals who were also affected by problems in previous days.
I had problems in two stages in a row, but today they are giving time back to the affected riders. Why some and not others?
The most explicit was Nacho Cornejo(image above), Chilean Hero rider, who exploded on social networks: "What is happening, Dakar Rally? Many riders have had problems with the electronic roadbooks these days, and none of us have had time given back, I personally had problems in two stages in a row. I had to follow dust and lines blindly without knowing when the dangers were coming and get lost following others because I did not have my navigation instruments," he said. Something very similar to what Sanders suffered yesterday.
He then launched a serious accusation against the race organisers: "Today they did give time back to other affected drivers... Why some and not others? Do you have to come from a first world country to be taken into account?" he said.
Whatever the case, what is certain is that the teams feared that something like this could happen, as they requested the installation of GoPro cameras to record the operation of the tablets in order to demonstrate the faults and have the option of recovering time if this happened. And yesterday it was applied for the first time with the leader of the race.
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