Monster Energy Honda Team has concluded the Morocco Rally 2021 by winning both stages. This also marked the first win for Pablo Quintanilla, Honda’s rider from Chile who had won the race since the Atacama Rally of 2019. Pablo was astride the Honda CRF450 Rally motorcycle during the Rallye Du Maroc. Back in 2013, Paulo Goncalves had achieved the last win for the Monster Energy Honda Team at the Morocco rally. The team aimed to achieve the highest mileage which will enable them to participate in the FIM Cross-Country Rally World Championship. According to the team, the implementation of this strategy came even before their forthcoming participation in the Dakar Rally. Thanks to the highly skilled riders and the high performance of the Honda CRF450 Rally, the team has been able to keep a positive momentum at the event.
Rallye Du Maroc Final Standings
Both Pablo Quintanilla and Rickey Brabec completed the 166-kilometre final stage at the Rallye Du Maroc with a blistering speed. Pablo finished with a time of 1:39’12 and Brabec followed +017′ later. The rally stage was designed by race director David Castera. The stage has minimal navigation and movement of the wind. Thus the hanging dust made it difficult for the riders to make up time due to poor visibility. However, Pablo started attacking Matthias Walkner’s lead right from the start. The third rider on the team Joan Barreda also battled his way to finish. Barreda finished with 6th place in the stage and 11th in the overall standings. Despite a crash and below optimum physical condition Jos Ignacio Cornejo, finished the course managing to take the 16th place finish overall. Cornejo praises the motorcycle handling dynamics and performance for the completion of the rally stage.
The Monster Energy Honda Team will now participate in the 2022 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia which will be held from January 1st to January 14th 2022.
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