-- Despite starting the day already feeling the accumulated fatigue of a challenging event, she brought her Red-Lined REVO T1+ through a demanding stage without major issues, finishing 37th.
“Today’s stage was about 480 kilometers and it was really long. The car worked well, and we didn’t have any big problem,” Aliyyah said at the finish. Once again, dust was the key factor, affecting both pace and navigation: “We spent most of the time in dust, and it was tough. At one point, we even got a little lost because of it. Sometimes there were five or six cars together, and when you’re driving in a group like that, it’s not pleasant.”
The stage also featured several very narrow sections. “There were parts between trees, and in some places there was no room to avoid them. We scratched the car a bit, but nothing serious,” she added. Even so, the crew kept moving forward and made up ground: “We overtook a few cars, and towards the end it got better. We were on our own for a while with no dust, so I was happy.” Her time loss to the stage winner was 43 minutes.
On Tuesday, the Dakar heads from from Wadi Ad Dawasir to Bivouac Refuge for stage 9, featuring 410 kilometers of special stage and 122 kilometers of liaison. As the rally enters its decisive phase, Aliyyah continues her steady and resilient march toward the finish as Buggyra’s only remaining competitor in the car category.
TRUCK: Unlucky eight. Buggyra trucks slowed down by technical problems in the Saudi desert
The loop that made up today’s eighth stage of the Dakar Rally turned into a nightmare for the Buggyra ZM Racing truck drivers after a promising start. Martin Šoltys, driving the Buggyra Invictus truck, returned prematurely to the bivouac in Wadi ad-Dawasir due to a technical failure. Karel Poslední was also slowed down by complications with his vehicle, but the Tatra Buggyra EVO3 crew managed to complete the entire route and reached the finish line.
According to Šoltys’s on-board mechanic Tomáš Šikola, the stage began positively. “We were driving really well, there were beautiful dunes. We also came across a dangerous section where a buggy overturned right in front of us. We were lucky to come down the dune and land right next to the completely wrecked car,” he said.
Unfortunately, a turbo failure then brought Martin Šoltys’s stage to an early end. “We had to stop and change the turbo. There were still about 30 kilometres to the next dunes. Martin decided we wouldn’t risk anything else happening. All the fast assistance vehicles had already passed, so we chose to return to the start, and that was the end of the day for us. But we’ll repair the car and tomorrow we’ll head out into the second marathon stage of this year’s race. We’re not giving up and we’ll keep fighting,” added Tomáš Šikola.
Karel Poslední also endured a demanding day. “We were flying through the dunes, then we missed one waypoint that was hidden behind a rock. After that we got going again, but in the evening the turbo failed, so we worked on it. We eventually made it to the bivouac, but we’re slowly running out of positive energy,” said the tired driver of the Tatra Buggyra EVO3.
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