To be honest, I’m still processing my experiences at the Dakar. First, I’m very happy to have driven so much to get to witness the worldwide rally raid, here, around Saudi.
As mentioned in my last Youtube video of yesterday, I probably had this wrong image of the Dakar. I had the impressions that the crazy rally of Thierry Sabine was becoming more commercial than rock’n’roll…
I will never know. But one thing I’m sure about: the Dakar 2024 was just as rock’n’roll as I would dream about! Castera wanted to make it higher, crazier, wilder. He nailed it. I still can’t really compare with the first Paris-Dakar ones (too young for that!) but I had a massive crush on watching it in real…
Also, I could enter the camp, I could bring Rafiki and camp in Rafiki right next to the podium, I could have a privilege talk with Sebastien Loeb, I could witness the emotions of Carlos Sainz, the satisfaction of Castera, and many more…
I could openly talk about my passion for 4x4ing, racing, and challenges. The Dakar is actually a big family competing for the same thing: to go beyond one self’s limits, and to enjoy, to enjoy deeply…
Today, I’m trying hard to step back from the Dakar event, to see the big picture of the solo expedition, and of its evolution…
It’s a bit tough to be back to reality after it, but these emotions are necessary. Necessary to grow, to understand, and to become even more…
Ps: look at Rafiki, sitting first row! (But he was a bit jealous sometimes though…)
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