On 12 January, the 2022 Dakar Rally took place in the 10th stage (SS10) fierce competition, and 235 driver Michel Pisano once again finished 21st in the stage, rising to 12th overall, behind him was teammate Christian.
The SS10 stage is the third to last stage of this year's Dakar Rally, with a total distance of 759 kilometers and a special stage of 375 kilometers, from the front of the Devasil To bisha, and the track terrain consists of 66% sand, 32% mud and 2% sand dunes. Peter Hansel at the top of the table completed the race in only 2 hours, 52 minutes and 43 seconds, which shows that the SS10 stage is one of the highest stages of this event, and the drivers of the Hard Tiger MD need to alternate on different roads such as soft sand dunes, plains, mountain roads, canyons, etc., and the track style is changeable and challenging.
Michel Pisano was more conservative in the first half, but in the second half of the test of his ability to cooperate with the pilot, the French driver chased back a lot of time and finally finished twenty-first in the stage. With several consecutive stages steadily hovering in the top twenty or so, Michel Pisano has risen to twelfth overall, the best Dakar ranking since he moved to the automotive division.
Pisano said after the race that this year's competition is very competitive, the new technology rules of the new group have brought too much uncertainty, and even if the hard tiger EVO X Baji car is already very stable, it still needs the FIA to further balance the technical rules. Therefore, in such a situation, you need to maintain a good attitude in the game, as long as each stage does not easily make mistakes, you have the opportunity to create good results.
Christian finished 24th in the stage, affected by the dust raised by multiple cars, the French veteran failed to catch up more time, but after the end of the SS10 stage, Christian was temporarily 13th after his teammates. With Toyota's SHAMEER VARIAWA behind him and Audi's Sainz, who is less than two minutes ahead, Said there will be a tough battle in the last two stages if he wants to hold on to this overall ranking.
Pierre LACHAUME, the number 243 driver, finished 28th on the stage and provisionally finished 21st overall. No. 254 driver JEAN REMY BERGOUNHE and No. 239 Spanish driver Carlos finished 36th and 39th respectively. On 13 January, the Dakar Rally will feature its penultimate stage (SS11), with a total of 500 kilometres and a special stage of 345 kilometres.