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During the live broadcast, he shared his thoughts on the technical condition of the commissioned MINI, his immediate plans and the decision not to start over at this year’s Dakar Rally.
– Everyone cares what decisions have been made and what the X-Raid team representatives who inspected the damaged car said.
– Theoretically it is possible to disassemble the entire motor, clean the system, the grease contains metal shavings. But basically I worked at work, because the chances of the car rolling after this are slim.
That decision to backtrack on the track has no walkie-talkie. I think even if we go back to Dakar, it is with the very clear objective of driving fast.
Vaidotas injury
Replacing the motor is a very difficult option. In any case, that trip could only be subject to certain Dakar rules, not qualifying. I would start last, there are a number of complications in that rule that severely limit the ability of that sport.
For the remaining days, I would never start above 25th place, 15 minutes would be added to my score after each finish. After all, it wouldn’t have been sporty.
And the investment and work to get back to normal would be a great resource, it seems that it is not in our pocket at the moment. There is also no movement by the X-Raid, because it is logical, it does not make sense. We discuss, we discuss the situation, what to do next.
That decision to backtrack on the track doesn’t have a walkie-talkie. I think even if we go back to Dakar, it is with the very clear objective of driving fast.
– We saw you can do that. Is this probably the best face of this Dakar?
– Okay, yes. My vision of what we come here for has changed radically in recent days.
If in the past I thought we had to get closer to a better result, focus on the finish line, keep a reserve, move forward conservatively, then I think the goal now is to start aggressively and monitor myself to see if I have a place in this sport or not.
We decided to look for other ways to settle accounts in this sport. Maybe in January next year, or maybe we’ll find some solutions soon, but that won’t be this year’s Dakar.
Vaidotas injury
– What happened today that the engine still emitted the last smoke?
– My theory, which has the most walkie-talkies, is that when trying to get to the finish line on Sunday, a slippery clutch really gets really hot.
When we stopped 20 km earlier, it seemed that the clutch was not fully released. It seemed to me that I had left the engine in neutral, but that did not seem to have happened.
This means that when Benedict took us to the finish, we started the engine. At low revs, when the engine is started, or when it moves easily into the speed section, you will not understand the state of the engine.
It might have looked like there was no problem. But when we gave the load, it became clear that the motor was receiving that negative load. That fear of ours was confirmed: when we returned to the bivouac, we squeezed the ointment and noticed strange shavings on it.
In the exhaust system, the smoke and sounds are not what they should be.
The X-Raid representatives came and said that it is possible to try to dismantle the engine, clean the system, but still driving for the first year, there would be a lot of work for the probability that the engine is still alive.
We decided to look for other ways to settle accounts in this sport. Maybe in January next year, or maybe we will find some solutions soon, but this year it won’t be the Dakar.
– What’s next, what are your plans?
– We will pack our bags, we will move 800 km to the port of Jeda. There we will see if we wait for the flight scheduled for January 16 or find a solution to get home earlier.
As a reminder, the Agrorodeo team announced sad news on Monday: after a few kilometers on the second stage, the MINI engine broke down.
“It just came to our knowledge then. However, only after starting, after covering only 2 km did we enter the dunes and the engine started to stall. There were strange sounds and smells that indicated the latter was approaching. We pulled off the road , we turn off the engine and so much knowledge.
Since the beginning of the Dakar, such adventures have, of course, hit our heads, but sooner or later we will come up with a plan. Now we go to the bivouac. “X-Raid wants to see the car,” V. Žala said on the track the other day.
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