The Hero Motosports staff concluded its Rally du Maroc (Rally of Morocco) marketing campaign with a top-10 end within the total rankings.
Joaquim Rodrigues, who gained the prologue stage, was awarded eighth place within the total rating.
“It was a good rally for me and I am really happy with my performance. All the teams here are testing for Dakar and our bikes are doing well against the competition,” Rodrigues mentioned in a media launch.
Franco Cami achieved two top-5 phases in the course of the rally. However, the technical issues he confronted within the first phases value him a great total end. He completed thirteenth using a measured stage 5.
“This race taught me a lot, and some technical difficulties too. From here on out, we’ll continue to work on solutions together and prepare for the biggest race of the year, the Dakar Rally,” mentioned Cami.
Sebastian Bühler completed within the top-10 on this last leg of the rally. However, he too had earlier misplaced a spot within the total rankings attributable to his technical points. The spotlight of the rally for him was his resurgence to complete second in Stage 3.
Stage 5 of the rally, initially scheduled to run for 290 km, was shortened to 166 km. In complete, in the course of the rally, the rivals coated a race distance of 1500 km.
With the completion of the Rally du Maroc, the groups have now set their eyes on the forty fourth version of the Dakar Rally, which is ready to start on January 2 in Hal, Saudi Arabia.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
