00:00We have a lot of decisions on the spot, and to keep them on a good quality level, I think
00:21that's quite an advantage and a challenge.
00:23In the middle of nowhere, the Defender becomes a home.
00:44It's where we plan, decide, eat and dream, all while the desert unfolds outside our
00:53windows.
00:54Inside these walls of metal and sand, time moves differently, hours become distances, silence
01:04becomes language.
01:05It needs to be super, super prepared, like on the meter almost.
01:06It's possible to take one part of Classic.
01:07We can take the track of Classic, but we need the second track for bikes or for cars.
01:12There's a possible, but it's the typical one that looks very artificial, which goes
01:13in the middle of the middle of the track.
01:14In the end, it's going to go on the middle of the road and the road.
01:19We need to take the track of Classic, but we need the second track for bikes or cars.
01:27We can take the track of classic, but we need second track for bikes or for cars.
01:34There is a possible track, but it's the typical track that feels very artificial.
01:40It's hard, it's tough, because there are some days, it's 20 hours per day.
01:47All day in the car, and we finish in the night, all days.
01:50We sleep for a few days outside, camping.
01:53And the second day starts on the computer, until midnight, for 30, you need to get up.
01:57Forcément, we are in a desert environment. Forcément, it's going to be high temperatures.
02:02Physically, it's pretty tough. The atmosphere needs to be good. Otherwise, in the end, the job won't be good either.
02:08When the ground gives way beneath you, there's no panic, only instinct.
02:15You learn to trust the weight, the angle, the sound.
02:22Every day brings moments like these. Moments where sand swallows everything.
02:29Time, patience, power. And still, we dig, push, and rise again.
02:37We were on the road, and the second man was out of the road, in an up-up position.
02:56Stay here, maybe six, seven hours. All alone. You know?
02:59Stay here, maybe six.
03:05Get my hands off.
03:07Stay here.
03:08Stay here.
03:09Stay here.
03:10Stay here.
03:11Stay here.
03:12Good job, everybody.
03:14Let's go.
03:15The interior becomes your world. The hum of the AC. The scent of dust. The radio's static. They remind you you're alive. And far from anywhere else.
03:34The relationship with the vehicle, it's important. The vehicle, it's a member of the team. And we need to take care of it.
03:40Because it's him who allows us to go to the end of the mission.
03:43The interior of the Defender, it's our office.
03:46There is a luxury. It's something we actually never had before.
03:50In the interior, we'll find everything that is necessary for the writing of the roadbook for the records.
03:55So, there's a whole electrical system dedicated to our GPS material.
03:59We'll find a brick spécific with a boulonneuse for the crevations when it arrives.
04:04We'll also find equipment for the security. The back, the harness, a security arseau which has been made specifically for us.
04:11The roll cage, it's a piece of art.
04:13Out here, you don't measure distance in kilometers. You measure it in breaths, in glances, in memories left behind.
04:25The Defender rests in calm, ready for another sunrise, another stretch of the unknown.
04:32Across the heart of the desert, the journey continues.
04:36It's a vehicle that is absolutely apt to do what we ask him.
04:41I knew this would be like properly, perfectly made and actually better than I expected.
04:47So, when we're in the Borders Defender, in the middle of the desert,
04:50knowing that we're describing the future, the next Dakar,
04:53it's something quite unique.
04:54And I think that for that, we're quite privileged here in the group.
