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Luciano Benavidez and the Dakar full of achievements: “When the desire is so great, the pain takes a backseat”
story of luciano benavides This is another example of the improvements they have made. dakar Something much bigger than just a sports competition. The spirit surrounding the world’s toughest rally can be seen in examples like the Argentine KTM rider who, despite breaking his cross two and a half months ago, has established himself as the new leader of the motorcycling world, despite having no one to rely on.
Luciano, younger brother of two-time Dakar champion Kevin Benavidez, at the Morocco rallyHe suffered a fall so severe that he was forced to undergo surgery to repair damage sustained to his knee.. But that meant missing out on a new adventure in Saudi Arabia. The Argentine had no intention of not competing in the world’s toughest rally and did not undergo surgery to achieve his goal. And now, having won three of the last four stages and become the new leader of the competition, I am dreaming big.
“For me, this Dakar started two months ago when I crashed, two and a half months ago when I crashed in Morocco. I broke my shoulder and broke my knee. My knee is also badly fractured. In fact, I’m pretty sure I need surgery. I think it’s already my turn after the Dakar. But well, after that fall it was almost difficult to get here. For me, the Dakar started that day, it started with recovery, and I did everything I could every day to maximize my recovery. And I also convinced myself that I had to just focus on myself, my body, and what I could do. So it was unbelievable,” he explained to the media upon arriving at camp.
“Yes, yes, I’m worried about my knees. My shoulders are also tired.”. I have suffered so much physically, but I knew I was going to suffer, which makes it even more special. I bent my knee again today, and it may have swollen a little again.. But hey, he’s holding his ground, so there’s no going back from here until the end. “We came into today doing what we could. We just have to keep moving forward and do our best every day.”
Questions are required. How do you endure all the pain that an injury suggests? This is where the mental effort required to participate in the Dakar comes into play.
“This pain can be tolerated if you do a lot of mental training. I think everything is going through your head and you have prepared a lot mentally to come to this Dakar. It’s something I really want and I’ve been looking for for a long time,” he said. I think when the desire is too great, the pain takes a backseat and you put your tension elsewhere, your energy elsewhere. If I had been thinking about my knees and shoulders, I wouldn’t have been able to lead. There were a few more issues that may have caused us to be 30 minutes late.
He almost retired in the first week
Benavidez knows he’s “starting a career where I have to be smart and attack when necessary.” The Argentine knows Saunders, his biggest rival and teammate at KTM, and it is clear that beating him will not be easy. But that’s already a lot considering he almost retired in the first week. First I had a problem with the shakedown and then on stage two I had a problem with my rear tire.
“I didn’t talk about the shakedown openly, I didn’t talk about it in public, but they asked me to take a photo and I grabbed a rock and jumped. I had a bad knee and fell and a lot of blood had to be taken.. I probably damaged my meniscus to the max. And in fact, I could barely walk, I mean, I didn’t know if I would ever be able to go outside. So imagine the millions of things that happened between that moment and where I am today. ”
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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Thomas Berman, the younger brother of Haas Formula 1 team driver Oliver Berman, will officially take part in Italian Formula 4 and Euro 4 in the 2026 season.
Thomas will represent the VAR team colours.
The 16-year-old Briton spent last year in British Formula 4, where he scored one win and finished eighth in the final season standings.
But the ones that are considered the most prestigious and promising are the Italian and European Formula 4 championships. They are often chosen by young pilots for further career advancement. In addition, Thomas’ older brother Oliver Berman also competed in these series and became the Italian Formula 4 champion in 2021 with 11 wins.
Let us also remind you that Ukrainian Alexander Bondarev will compete in the same championships with the Prima Racing team in the 2026 season. The Ukrainian pilot does not hide his ambitions and has repeatedly expressed his intention to fight for the championship title.
Bondarev now participates in Middle East Formula 4 in preparation for the European leg of the season. After the first stage, he took first place in the general rankings and became the leader in the rankings.
Thomas Berman will compete in the Formula Winter Series as part of his preparations.
The competition between the current “four” promises to be extremely high, and the appearance of the younger brother of the Formula 1 pilot will only increase interest in the series.
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Former Ferrari boss Ross Brawn said the team was at a disadvantage due to the FIA’s changes to the rules.
The Scuderia was virtually unbeatable in the early 2000s. Michael Schumacher single-handedly won 48 of 85 races in the first half of the decade, while Rubens Barrichello added nine more victories.
In an interview with F1.com, Brown named the 2004 Ferrari car as his favorite. That year the team won not only three races but confidently won its sixth consecutive title in the Constructors’ Championship.
The legendary designer and strategist admitted that Ferrari was stopped after that due to changes in tire rules and that the team had become too dominant.
“Every year we put in extra effort and every year we did things a little better. That made the 2004 car, in my opinion, the best ever.”
“We were disappointed by the changes to the tire rules after that, but I think we did so well and had to be stopped somehow. This incredible car could not have been stopped any other way because everything worked so well for us.”
“Having lived on the other side of the fence ever since, I can understand Bernie’s frustration. [Экклстоуна, тогдашнего руководителя Формулы-1]Max [Мосли, тогдашнего президента FIA] and supporters. It was a shock when we didn’t win, not a shock when we won. “It was a very special car.”
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Formula 1 is preparing to enter a new era of regulations. Starting from the 2026 season, the aerodynamics and power plants of the vehicles will change significantly. Many people are already calling these innovations the biggest in the history of the championship.
In addition, the physical parameters of the machines will also change. The cars will become smaller: 10 cm narrower, 20 cm shorter and also 32 kg lighter; minimum weight will drop to 768 kg.
However, reaching this new cap will be extremely difficult for most teams. New power plants include a significantly larger share of the electrical component – with the internal combustion engine the ratio will now be 50/50, which will make the unit heavier. From the new season, there will also be a rule requiring at least 55% of the vehicle area to be painted, and new active aerodynamic features with real-time mode switching will be introduced.
All of this increases the weight of the car, and teams will need to simultaneously work to increase efficiency, reliability and reduce the weight of the cars. Audi is reportedly already the first team to reach the minimum points mark. Earlier, information also appeared that the German manufacturer replaced the mechanism for switching active aerodynamic modes with an electronic one.
There have been recent reports that Alpin can also reach a minimum weight of 768 kg. Of course, the lower the mass, the faster the car. But the question remains whether this will compromise reliability in the early stages of the new regulation. We will learn the answer to this very soon.
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