Sacha Fenestraz can call himself now also a rally raid driver. The Formula E driver went more than well in his debut on gravel and sand, in Brazil's Sertões BRB Rally. As the first stage was cancelled, the second, between Formosa (Goiás state) and Santa Maria da Vitória (Bahia) turned out to be the real start of the race. The longest timed stage of this year's edition, with 430 kms (670 in total). Not the best condition to a debut, but one that he enjoyed a lot.
With his mother Stephanie (a Dakar veteran codriver) alongside him, the franco-argentinian driver spent almost a half day on his Can-Am Maverick X3 seat in a day full of fast paths, sand and narrow gravel roads. A little off didn't sand deter him to complete the stage in a very promising 33rd position among the 89 UTVs (the 11th in UTV 2 class).
"It is a completely different universe compared to the tracks. I'm exausted, mentally and phisically, but I enjoyed that quite a lot, and I'm ready for more", said Sacha. The Sertões BRB 2024 has a 3.070 km total route, that started and will end in Brasilia, national capital. On this monday, the caravan reached Luís Eduardo Magalhães, in Bahia, where will happen the marathon stage, on tuesday.
Sertões BRB Rally
23/8 – Prologue / Super Prime: Brasília (DF)
24/8 – Stage 1: Brasília (DF) / Formosa (GO)
IL: 38 km / SS: 236 km (* cancelled) / FL: 253 km – Total: 535 km
25/8 – Stage 2: Formosa (GO) / Santa Maria da Vitória (BA)
IL: 29 km / SS: 433 km / FL: 208 km – Total: 670 km
26/8 – Stage 3: Santa Maria da Vitória / Luís Eduardo Magalhães (BA)
IL: 3 km / SS: 336 km / FL: 47 km – Total: 386 km
27/8 – Stage 4: Luís Eduardo Magalhães / Luís Eduardo Magalhães (Marathon)
IL: 6 km / SS: 418 km / FL: 10 km – Total: 434 km * bikes, quads and SSVs CBM
IL: 16 km / SS: 236 km / FL: 14 km – Total: 293 km * cars and SSVs CBA
28/8 – Stage 5: Luís Eduardo Magalhães / Luís Eduardo Magalhães (Marathon)
IL: 16 km / SS: 236 km / FL: 14 km – Total: 293 km * bikes, quads and SSVs CBM
IL: 6 km / SS: 418 km / FL: 10 km – Total: 434 km * cars and SSVs CBA
29/8 – Stage 6: Luís Eduardo Magalhães / Formosa (GO)
IL: 139 km / SS: 218 km / FL: 277 km – Total: 634 km
30/8 – Stage 7: Formosa / Formosa
IL: 85 km / SS: 349 km / FL: 63 km – Total: 497 km
31/8 – Stage 8: Formosa / Brasília
IL: 29 km / SS: 133 km / FL: 101 km – Total: 263 km
IL: initial liaison/ SS: special stages/ FL: final liaison
Total distance: 3.704 km
Timed distance: 2.386 km
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