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“So far it sounds good” – after a few hours, full of tension, Vaidotas Žala, the leader of the Agrorodeo team, sighed more calmly. The athlete from the first stage of the Dakar Rally arrived at the bivouac not on his own route, but on a stage.
The athlete’s failure reached a seemingly level point. After a great ride and even leading for a while, beating all the stars, V. Žala, 100 km before the end of the speed section, felt the clutch start to slip. Finally, the car stopped running and I had to stop and ask for help 20 km before the finish.
Benediktas Vanagas, director of Inbank Toyota Gazoo Racing Baltics, agreed to help and support his colleague. But there were strange noises and the engine stopped.
Within hours the bivake was replaced with a new clutch, a new gearbox, and then an attempt was made to start the engine. This wasn’t the first time, but it started and the team sighed more easily.
“He hit the sensor and, since the car is smart, he turned off the engine. Strange sounds were heard, the orchestra. That’s why I had such a strange feeling. But there was a situation here that would be very bad or not at all. Because they (X-Raid – DELFI) tried to tell me that I left him with the gear on, but definitely not, “said V. Žala.
Easier by sighing that the car was working again in a couple of hours, V. Damage joked that it was time to go to sleep, because tomorrow he would have to go to the race. It is true that it is not clear from the position raised.
Paulo Fiuza, the team’s co-pilot, went to write a request to raise the crew up, but it is not yet clear whether the Lithuanians’ wishes will be heard.
“But nothing here, today Carlos Sainz started from behind and finished ahead. And here still through the dust. And tomorrow our dunes are waiting for us ”, V. Žala reassured himself.
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