Karel Loprais comments on Ales Loprais’ stage victory

16.1.2014

NEWSLETTER INSTAFOREX LOPRAIS TEAM
Karel Loprais is happy about the golden tenth stage and adds that there is no recipe for fesh-fesh.

After yesterday’s tenth stage of the Dakar competition we again asked a few questions Karel Loprais, the truck legend, who won the toughest race in the world for six times.

Have you got a recipe for fesh-fesh?
There is no recipe.

Aleš probably found it, yesterday he won the stage.
That’s great! We were waiting for that for long time, finally it comes!

Aleš said that the team struggled with the truck settings. Is it really such  a big deal?
The guys scored with damping in Iquique.

Winning kicks them before the remaining stages up, isn’t it?
This is needed, it came at the right time.

We can expect the battle in the truck category. Three Kamaz trucks attack the leading de Rooy.
That’s good. Such a competition would be the spice of each race. It is good, that someone chases de Rooy.

And Aleš is behind the Kamaz on the fourth place. Are chances to podium still alive?
It will be very difficult till the end, but as long as it’s racing a chance is still here.

In Tuesday’s stage finished the third Nikolajev only one second earlier before the fourth Sotnikov. Was it the team strategy, or did they really fight?
I would say they fought. Competitors don’t see each other on the track and don’t know what are the differences between them. And when they race that way, difference can be even this small.

Kamaz is on the first places in the each stage. Aleš said that they are really good in difficult passages. What does make them so good?
At the start they have five cars, now they have to choose from too. One car quitted, but I am sure it is somewhere around and racers can take from it what they need.

In the tenth stage had problems even the Kamaz – Sotnikov had a great loss. Aleš could move to the fourth place because of it.
We do not know if it due to technical problems or he got stuck in dunes. They are really tricky for everyone.

Organizers prepared for the participants in the final stages the sand and fesh-fesh. How to ride in this tricky terrain?
On Dakar there has each stage its guile. There is not guaranteed recipe how to ride fesh-fesh. The surface is constantly changing, you don’t know, where are you going to. You have to pass it, otherwise it will not work. I hope that guys will not be fed with anyone on the track and I believe that they will race good again.

We remind our guessing competition with attractive prizes. Everything you need you can find here: http://www.loprais.cz/dakar/en/event

You can answer the question: “What will be the highest heart rate measured to co-pilot Serge Bruynkens within the last stage of the2014 Dakar Rally by the eVito active health system?” to Sunday January 19 to 12 pm. The results will be announced at a press conference after the return of the team which is planed on Tuesday January 21 in Prague. The winners will be awarded at the After Dakar Party and a meeting with fans, which will be held on Saturday February 1 in Troyer Hotel in Trojanovice. Program of the Saturday afternoon we will prepare in cooperation with our partners and we will of course keep you informed.

Don’t wait for anything, support our team and compete with us!

Ing. Lucie Houthoofdtová