Wadi Al Dawasir > Wadi Al Dawasir
Liaison > 239 km – Special > 477 km
In the absence of the bikes opening the way following the cancellation of their stage in homage to Paulo Gonçalves, the usual leading lights of the car category had a difficult time with navigation. This allowed new names to come to the fore in the classification of the stage, which was won by a devilishly fast amateur driver, Mathieu Serradori.
Mathieu Serradori, the winner of the stage in the car race, is first and foremost the manager of a company specialised in electricity… who spends his holidays on the Dakar. He is the first amateur driver to beat the professional drivers and teams for 32 years. The last competitor to achieve a similar feat was Belgian garage owner Guy Deladrière, who achieved the best time in Senegal on the penultimate special on the Dakar 1988.
Starting Order @ DSS For Stage 8 (SAST)
🇿🇦#304 G. De Villiers P7 07:03:00
🇿🇦#354 H. De Klerk / 🇿🇦J. Smalberger P30 07:43:30
🇿🇼#404 C. Rautenbach P66 08:01:30
