They met by chance, they went to experience in Andalusia and ended up winning the Dakar 2022 classification for being the best ‘rookies’.
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“Winning the Road To Dakar is spectacular and an opportunity that we do not want to miss”
The meeting was unexpected but fate brought them together to experience the South American Rally Race 2021 together. David Zille has his path in race cars, in times when the Group N Class 4 of the conventional rally gathered dozens of Japanese vehicles in the world of drifts and, later, in the environment of the rally raid. While Bruno Jacomy has been a two-wheeler, predominantly, always ‘hardening’ until later accompanying his friend Franco Caimi to the world of cross country. Until one day, each on their own side of the road, they agreed …
“The experience we have with Bruno is beautiful, because we met by chance by a coincidence that we gave to run the SARR. From then on everything went very well, quickly and we gained confidence”, Zille told Champions from Andalusia, barely assimilating the achievement achieved this week.
The duo made their way into the Dakarian environment seeking to orient themselves in the face of the Andalusia Rally experience. “Together with Bruno we contacted teams until we got to South Racing and with this experience we have become very good twinned, we have made a good synergy and the results are in sight“, said the pilot.
Pase directo al Dakar
“After having participated in this world championship rally and having achieved the ‘Road To Dakar’ we have a spectacular incentive and the perfect excuse to race the Dakar”, highlighted the native of May 25, La Pampa, based in Neuquén. “This is an opportunity that we do not want to miss, we will do everything possible to achieve it,” he reaffirmed, although leaving the clarification that the trip to Saudi Arabia has not yet been confirmed one hundred percent. “It is an objective that we have set ourselves and we are going to face it from now on with more complete things“, said Zille.
A race that mixes the ultra-professional experiences of drivers who have the sole objective of victory with those who face the challenge of finishing the toughest raid in the world, is a summary of the spirit of the Dakar Rally. The experience is extreme, so even newbies have to meet a number of parameters to be admitted. In this context, there are preparatory competitions and those that reward the best of the ‘rookies’ with a direct pass to the Dakar, after evaluating results and performance.
The trip to Dakar will be with South Racing, there is no doubt about that after the shared week in Villamartín. “Because of the way they work, the professionalism, the cars, the competitiveness within the category, it is the best team”, Jacomy told Campeones, accompanying the talk. The original idea is to experience one more race in the World Cup and then go to the big goal in January.