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00:02 To be here is really a dream,
00:07 especially with the team and everything.
00:08 The pace is really amazing.
00:10 For me, the first day was quite a shock.
00:12 I was always around dirt bikes in the beginning
00:21 because my dad used to ride more across and some enduros.
00:25 My dad also competed in Dakar back in 2000,
00:28 and he was still in Africa and everything.
00:30 And when he came back, I said,
00:31 "Yeah, I'm never gonna do this race anymore."
00:33 (laughs)
00:35 And I always had this in the back of my mind.
00:37 I said, "Yeah, Dakar is a different beast."
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00:42 Dirt bikes is probably one of the best sports
00:46 to help you get this feeling of where is the traction,
00:49 where can I brake,
00:50 how the bike will move in some specific case.
00:54 I definitely think that it helps me now
00:56 in my driving style for rallies.
00:59 I have been following Dakar for a long time,
01:03 even though when I was riding more across the Supercross,
01:05 I was already looking at all the footage.
01:08 But yeah, I would never take for granted to be here
01:10 and to race with all these legends.
01:13 I really enjoy it,
01:14 and I have been learning every day with them.
01:17 I have one right by my side that's Timo Bocsak,
01:19 so it has been really, really nice.
01:21 - Personally, he's a very nice guy,
01:24 and we enjoy a lot in the Dakar,
01:26 and he's quite clever,
01:27 and he's learning very quick.
01:28 So I think he can have a good future in Dakar,
01:31 a big future.
01:31 - I'm interested in conversation with Loeb
01:38 that he passed us,
01:39 and we managed to latch on him a little bit.
01:42 I was trying to learn,
01:43 like it was a master class.
01:45 And we got to the conversation,
01:47 and he came to my door and said,
01:47 "Hey, you like to follow me, huh?"
01:49 But in a good mood.
01:50 So for me, it was like unbelievable
01:53 to have this conversation with Loeb.
01:56 - Finishing third place on Dakar 2023
01:58 means Lucas is now the most successful Brazilian
02:01 ever in cars,
02:02 surpassing the previous record of Clever Kohlberg.
02:05 - Clever also sends me messages almost every day,
02:07 so I have the pleasure to receive some encouragement
02:11 from him.
02:12 He's the best results at the moment,
02:16 eighth, I think, overall in 2002.
02:17 So those guys are legends.
02:19 Those guys made it first,
02:21 so I really respect them.
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