Schareina clinches three consecutive stage wins to seize Rallye du Maroc lead

Stage four is complete and it was a great day for our riders, especially Tosha, who opened the stage. It was a very demanding day physically, with fast but rough terrain and sections of soft white dunes that were extremely tricky. Around kilometre 30, Tosha began having issues with his navigation tablet and was unable to change the notes. Fortunately, the ERTF team replaced it during refuelling, though he lost about two minutes in the process. Despite the setback, he pushed hard and managed to close the gap to Daniel Sanders, who now sits 3 minutes and 33 seconds behind Tosha in the overall standings. It's a small margin with one stage left to go, as tomorrow, he’ll open again, so we’ll see how it unfolds.

Ricky started in second and rode a solid stage, finishing third, two minutes behind Tosha. Adrien continues to feel better each day on the bike after his crash in Portugal, ending fifth today. Tomorrow will be crucial, the stage finishes in the dunes, where navigation will be key. Three minutes in rallying is nothing, so full focus will be essential. I’m very proud of the team; everyone is giving their best to keep improving and fight for the result we want.

It was good and it was a fairly quick stage. Today was overcast so the light was really flat today and it was really difficult to see. There was a lot of wind out there kicking up the dirt, so obviously that made visibility really difficult as well. But yeah, it was a tough day. It was supposed to be super fast and fairly easy, but there was a couple of things out there that could really trick you and that happened to all three of us. So at times we were riding in groups and then at times it was just too dusty on these fast pistes to really stay close together and I did the best I could to make it to the finish and here we are. There’s one day to go and the overall is looking good. I think we’re in third right now so we’ll see what happens tomorrow. I’m kind of in the sandwich between Tosha and Daniel, so let’s push tomorrow and see what we can do.

It’s been a tough day for me, I made some changes on the bike to take this opportunity to do some testing. Overall, I tried my best and I’m really trying to hold on with one day to go. Today was rough, as Morocco is, but we know why we’re here, so we will keep pushing tomorrow.

I learnt that you don’t have to believe the briefings because when they say that it’s completely straight and the navigation is easier, it is the opposite. It was so tricky the navigation, so difficult. We had a problem with the tablet from the 40 km mark to the refuelling stop, but we could get it replaced and then luckily get the time back. I’m happy for the win, we are in the lead overall, but I’m sad for Nacho (Cornejo) as he was the man of the stage, he did a really good job and congratulations to him. We will have to open the stage again tomorrow and with 216 km left I need to focus on that and win.