Dakar, who broke the circle in the Dakar prologue, flew faster than the duo of Vanago and Palmeir

An interesting detail is that in the prologue, the leader’s lag is multiplied by 4. All because leaders like to drive slower here, so they don’t have to start the next day first. This motivates the participants to make an effort.

The first of the Lithuanians was Benediktas Vanagas and the crew of Filipe Palmeiro (Inbank TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Baltics). He was 23 seconds behind the leaders. and for some time it was ranked 15th in the rankings.

They maintained this position until the arrival of the pair of Vaidotas Žala and Paul Fiuza (Agrorodeo), who were 20 seconds behind the leader. and 3 sec. they were faster than B. Vanaga and F. Palmeiro.

It is true that in the first kilometers the Agrorodeo team managed to break the circle when they covered one of the curves with two wheels. After the end, V. Žala said that the prologue section was strange: he wanted to fly, but now is not the time to get rid of nonsense.

“We drove on two wheels in one lap for a while. Dismantled rear wheel. But everything is in order, we maneuver. Tomorrow will be a more serious stage, and here a few kilometers away, many emotions in the head. He also wants to fly, but he doesn’t want to win nonsense

With Paul, everything is fine, we were not mistaken, they did not deceive me, that is the most important thing “, said V. Žala. The Agrorodeo team remained in 19th place after the prologue, B. Vanagas and F. Palmeiro – in 20th place.

After the ending, B. Vanagas claimed that everything in the prologue was according to plan. “Conservative but fast. He didn’t know the car, in a good way. We had no such conditions during testing, it was revealed here.

The SUV has a lot of potential. We have a comfortable starting position for tomorrow. It is possible to move calmly to the podium ”, – said B. Vanagas after the finish line.

So far Nasser Al-Attiyah (Toyota Gazoo Racing) has probably won the prologue.

Antanas Juknevičius and Darius Vaičiulis (Kreda) were 1:24 minutes behind the leader.

“It just came to our notice then. We waited a week and here, although the prologue, but still a stretch of speed”, A. Juknevičius was happy to greet co-driver D. Vaičiulis after the finish.

The crew admitted before departure that they did not avoid any problems.

“Already standing on the starting line, we turn on the microphones and we cannot hear each other. There was a bit of stress, because everything happened almost at the beginning,” admitted A. Juknevičius.

Speaking of prologue kilometers, the pilot called them “fun.”

Kilometers “typical of the” dakar. It is true, today it is only 10 km, and on a rally scale it is a drop in the bucket, we are just warming up “, said A. Jukevičius. Kreda is in 48th place after the kilometers of the Foreword.

Asked about the result, how important is it today, the pilot did not value it. It is important not to make a mistake in the prologue, because those first 10 kilometers before the waiting marathon mean nothing.

The crew of Edvinas Juškauskas and Aisvydas Paliukėnas (Heston Airlines Pitlane team) started the fourth of our forewords. He was 56 seconds behind the leaders, surpassed Kreda’s team in the overall standings and currently ranks 42nd.

In the Baggy class, Lithuania is represented by Gintas Petrus with Jose Marques “Petrus Kombucha team”. The Lithuanian team was 2:10 minutes behind the leaders. and the 57th remained in the general classification.