MADRID, 7 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The pilot Laia Sanz will make her debut this Wednesday at the Hail Rally, in Saudi Arabia, the pre-Dakar 2022 test, where she hopes to “take more ease” and “arrive with more filming” in what she considers to be the “key” race of the season.
“The objective will not be to go for any results, but to learn as much as possible, try different set-ups of the car, take more ease at the wheel of this MINI ALL4Racing and arrive with a little more running in on January 1, which will be when it begins. our key event (Dakar Rally), “Laia Sanz told KH-7.
The Spanish driver will finalize her first participation in the 2022 Dakar Rally in the Saudi event, scoring for the FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies. And he will do so at the wheel of the MINI ALL4 Racing of the Primax X-raid Team, together with the Italian driver Maurizio Gerini, who will make his debut as a co-driver.
“I am looking forward to the Hail Rally, since it is our last test prior to the Dakar. It was an appointment that we could not skip, because it will allow us to get used to the car, prepare details and adapt Maurizio and I in terms of navigation and driving. communication between us a few weeks after our debut in the Dakar, “he analyzed.
The Hail Rally will be held in the surroundings of the Saudi city, in the northwest of the country, where the first real stage of the Dakar 2022 will also start on January 2, after the Jeddah to Hail Prologue on January 1. This Tuesday the start ceremony will take place, after yesterday the teams passed the technical and administrative verifications, a day in which Laia Sanz also took the opportunity to do a test in the dunes and test some settings before the start of the competition.
The four stages that will make up the event will be held on December 8, 9, 10 and 11 over a total of 1,753 kilometers, of which 969 will be timed. The Catalan will face about 30 rivals in the race, including names of the caliber of Nasser Al Attiyah, local Yazeed Al Rajhi or Vladimir Vasilyev, among others. Your MINI ALL4Racing, in category T1.1, will have the number 208 on its doors.
The KH-7 rider will culminate an intense 2021 in which she has been proclaimed for the 14th time Women’s Trial World Champion and Women’s Enduro World Champion for the sixth time, adding 20 total world championships.