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Farrés, leader but with a dilemma

Farrés con el Can-Am en el Dakar 2022.

Reaching the lead in the last stage of a Dakar should be a dream, but, as strange as it may seem, in the case of Gerard Farres it’s more of a dilemma. The Catalan achieved a place in extremis at South Racing’s Can-Am team because he struck a deal: They would give him a seat on the condition that he help Austin Jones, the row leader. Everything was going well for him… until in the penultimate stage The American had a drive shaft broken and the Spaniard rose to the lead of T4 for almost two minutes. And now, the question is… what will happen?

Will the team let him win or will he have to stop for his teammate to do so? Well, we asked him himself and he doesn’t really know what to answer. “The race goes on, I can’t say much either… I think we have won the Dakar in some way because of how we have done with Diego (Ortega, his co-pilot) and after having spent a year without running. We come at the last minute. We are very happy”, he told the Spanish media, AS among them, in Bisha. Until before leaving for the last stage they will not tell him what he has to do.

‘Farreti’ will do what they ask of him, even if it means letting him win: “Nothing happens, nobody takes away the satisfaction of everything we’ve done. It’s a different trophy. We are doing a very good job, if we are leaders it is because we are, nobody has given it to us. Another thing is what happens tomorrow, but it doesn’t matter, we’re happy”. His dream “is to win the Dakar” of course, but “it’s not an obsession”: “I’m aware that we haven’t raced all year and this is a miracle. I don’t even know how we can be ahead here in the most difficult category.”

“I offered to help them, otherwise I wouldn’t be here. We have to be very grateful for what we have, no one takes away what we have done,” Add. He hopes that everything he has done “serves to grow” and that the team takes it into account: “But it is a difficult world. I do not expect anything, life has given us to be here, I have 15 dakars, I never thought about it, I have done two podiums and fighting for a third”. Whatever happens, one thing is clear: “If there is one thing that stands out about us, it is our professionalism, and that is the most important thing for me.” The ball is in another court.

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