MADRID, 25 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish pilot Joan ‘Nani’ Roma is confident of performing “a good role” in the 2022 Dakar Rally, which takes place from January 1 to 14, and believes that he can “opt for victory” in a test that will be “different “for the change of regulation.
“I am prepared. I have worked hard and I feel physically well. Worried, like everyone else, about COVID. We are confident that we will be able to travel without problems to Arabia next Monday,” said the Catalan rider, who faces his twenty-sixth participation in the Dakar . “Yes, I already have a few on my back,” he added.
Rome will start with the car tests on Wednesday, December 29, followed by the verifications; On January 1 the prologue stage is held and on January 2 is the start of the race. “From now on everything will go very fast,” said the one from Folgueroles.
For the Prodrive team rider, “this is going to be a different Dakar.” “We have a regulation change and a different car, pleasant to drive and that works very well; a wider car, with bigger wheels and more suspension. A different T1 + than the one we had raced,” he commented.
“We have worked very hard in recent months, and although for different reasons we have not been able to run any races, so we do not know how our rivals are doing, we are confident of doing a good job and opting for victory,” acknowledged Roma.
Regarding this edition of the race, the experienced driver considers that “it is going to be a difficult and fast Dakar, as always”. “There are not very long stages, but without a doubt they will be complex, in a country with a very interesting desert, with large spaces, a bit like in Africa, where I like to compete,” he said.
In addition, ‘Nani’ Roma was “happy to be one more year in the fight, with Sébastien Loeb and Orlando Terranova, two teammates with whom I think we can make a good team, and looking forward to the start of the race. “, sentenced the Catalan, who wished his” best wishes to all “for a” merry Christmas and a super year 2022 “.