Manolo and Monica Plaza will resume tomorrow the Dakar in the seventh stage of the toughest rally in the world. The Nebrija-Sodicars team has tested the car today on the 600 kilometers road trip to Riyadh, from where the race will start tomorrow.
The Plaza team is "excited and anxious" to be able to return to the competition, for which they have been preparing all year. "We have to thank the team of mechanics at Sodicars who have worked hard to check the whole car and change those parts that could be causing the technical problems".
Among them are the transmissions, one of which has broken repeatedly. The new generation parts have been replaced by the older models, which seem to be responding well. The mechanical problems broke the good race plan developed by the Plaza team and caused them to repeatedly arrive at the bivouac after nightfall.
During today's day the vehicle has responded well on the road course. "We hope that tomorrow's stage will continue to have the same behavior. We are excited to be able to enjoy the Dakar again. In a rally there are always complications. The important thing is to overcome them and move on," say father and daughter.
The Nebrija-Sodicars team is "aware that this Dakar is being especially hard and that we have to be very good at navigating and driving to avoid accidents".
In addition, Manolo and Monica wished a speedy recovery to Edouard Boulanger, Peterhansel's co-driver, who was evacuated by helicopter after his vehicle fell into a hole.
Automatic translation from the original Spanish version
Source Official press release Monica e Manolo Plaza
