An accident in the tenth stage knocked out the tricolor. The mishap had no consequences for his integrity and that of his navigator Ricardo Torlaschi.
“Bad news”, the Ecuadorian pilot detailed this Wednesday Sebastian Guayasamin after suffering a mishap on the tenth stage of the Dakar Rally, met this Wednesday between Wadi Ad-Dawasir and Bisha, Saudi Arabia.
Vehicle 335 was “totally destroyed”the national pilot said from the site of the accident. “Very bad news for Ecuador and Argentina, for everyone,” said the runner who until the ninth day was fighting the Top 10 of the light prototypes.
“There is a double hazard cut that is not marked on the roadmap. We came in a train with four cars, with a lot of dust and on top of it the helicopter comes right up and fills our cabin with dust. We have flown almost 10 meters“Guayasamín commented.
With the mishap The options to fight the Top 10 of the general classification for the Ecuadorian disappeared, his goal this year in the rally most extreme in the world.
“I think the race is over. I’m very sorry, “said Guayasamín, while preparing the vehicle to be lifted from the place.
The Ecuadorian driver Sebastián Guayasamin suffered an accident on the tenth stage of the Rally @dakar, although without consequences for the tricolor and his Argentine navigator Ricardo Torlaschi, “I think the race is over,” he said from Arabia. pic.twitter.com/97YH69BsFh
– Marcelo Gallo O. (@Marcelo_GalloO) January 12, 2022
Torlaschi was also upset with the mishap. “It was a very strong blow. We fly. Our windshield blew out, “said the Argentine., who, like Guayasamín, did not suffer injuries.
Late into the night in Arabia, “We pulled the car off the special, we tied it up with wire, literally, as it could and we got to the asphalt. We are arriving at the bivouac, let’s go tomorrow we leave, send strength, we are still here, ”Torlaschi posted on his social networks.
On motorcycles, the tricolor performance continues. Mauricio Cueva was the best located when arriving 106 to the goal, Juan José Puga was 118 and Juan Carlos Puga 119.
“It was great, we took the rhythm with Juan José and we were able to do the stage calmly. We are living the race from within. I really like this experience because I feel that it is like the Dakar of 20 years ago ”, said Juan Carlos.
“More solid in the dunes, with a middle section of many rocks and narrow canyons of great danger from the cars that come behind. With calm, there is little left, “said Cueva, who remains the best tricolor in the general, in position 107. (D)
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