Fernando Alonso seeks “a great day” in the 'marathon stage' of the Dakar

The Spanish pilot Fernando Alonso (Toyota) was satisfied to have lived another “good morning” in the Dakar Rally and celebr have finished nineth, “a very good position” to start the marathon stage that will mean “a big challenge and another new adventure” where you should also “maintain a high level of concentration” due to fatigue.

“It has been a good day and with another new experience since we have opened track because Serradori was going very slow and we have passed soon. We have gone 300 kms being the first, so I am happy because we have also ended up in a very good position for this Wednesday that there are dunes, “Alonso said to the media after the day.

El ovetense, who lived “another day of punctures“, I recognized that it is more the co-pilot who has” extra tension “when it comes to open track.” But Marc (Coma) has been great again and we did not go anywhere with doubts, and the car also, “he explained, noting that finally” it was not so much penalty “when finishing again among the top ten.

Alonso is going “a little more comfortable“In this second week, but he knows that the keys are coming now.” On Wednesday we enter the marathon stage and we have two hard days left and they will be decisive, “he warned.

“The marathon stage Be another new adventure in this Dakar. We will have to cross our fingers so that everything goes well and they are two days clean of mechanical problems and errors. It is a big challenge, but we are ready, “added the ovetense, to try to work with Coma” in the basic things of the car or those that most often can be broken “to face these two days.

The two-time world champion of Formula 1 warned that participants will run into “very difficult dunes with many surprises “.” I don't know how the stage is because they haven't given us the 'roadbook' and we only have the indications that they give us in the 'briefing', but it always helps if you leave late, “consider.

“The novena is an ideal position and everyone will love it, but I will not think that tomorrow is going to be my big day. If it is the dunes of the Abu Dhabi test, there will be surprises because it will be harder, I got stuck three or four times and broke the front suspension twice, while the ones we have passed so far have been easy for me, ” The Asturian underlined, who foresees “complicated stages for all.” “We will sleep little, we will be tired and the error may come, we must maintain a high level of concentration,” he said.

Finally, despite being installed in the 'Top 10' of the general, still calm and without pressing. “I am happy, but I have no objective goal in terms of position. In car races, you win or lose and it does not change much being sixth, so it does not obsess me, but I think we deserve to be in the 'Top 10', hopefully let's not lose it, “wish.