Brabec flies as the Rally du Maroc reaches the halfway point

I started sixth today, not a bad starting position, although there was a lot of dust. Kevin was in front of me and I could see him. Yesterday we adjusted the handlebars, but I didn't feel comfortable, but I had to keep going. From the refueling until the finish, I did my best but unfortunately my team-mates made a few mistakes, as Mathias did. I managed to find the way because I was going slow at that moment. I saw the line where we had to leave the river, but there were also many other tracks there. My gut instinct told me and I followed it. I was riding alone for the final 60 kilometres, with no references. It was a good day, but there are still two more to go. We have to stay focused and keep pushing.

Today was a tough day for me. I made a couple of navigation mistakes where I lost time. Some bad decisions that I could have made differently. In the last few years they have been making the navigation more complicated, including confusing notes to make it more difficult and today it was my turn to lose time. But even so, I feel calm and at ease with the bike. There are still two days left and I will continue to do my best, trying to make up ground in the general standings. In rallying, not every day is a good day.

We finished one of the longest special stages of the rally with constant changes of direction. I was feeling good until the refuelling, whittling down the time but then I made a mistake at the exit of a river, trying to get on the right track. It was quite a common mistake by the look of things. I'm still in the fight in the general standings, I'm in second place with two days to go and, although I didn't get a good result today, tomorrow I have a good starting position that I'll try to take advantage of to gain as much time in the standings as possible.

I started the stage with a strong pace, I was feeling good and at the refuelling I saw that I was ahead of those who had started ahead. After the refuelling we reached a point where there were other riders who were lost. I tried to find the right way, but it was a bit confusing and I couldn't find the right way. The important thing is that we are still in the race and we can continue to do kilometres in the desert, something I haven't done since January. The bike is working perfectly and I think I have shown good pace.

From my analysis, I’d say that today's stage was very fast, with a lot of track and little navigation, with just two complicated points. I think the riders were going very fast and got lost when you had to be very focused to find a complicated pass. Ricky was the only one of our team who did it without mistakes; Pablo, Nacho and Joan made some mistakes and dropped time. As I said, Ricky is leading the overall standings and Pablo is in the fight among the frontrunners. Both are in a position to be on the final podium. Nacho is in the other group and we will see if tomorrow's stage is favourable for him. I'm pleased with the team's performance.