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Well, the rally's over.

- I'm sorry, man. - Jack it up.

No, there's no wheel.

I get a message from Fer.

It says, "We're going home".

It all fell apart. You think, "Will the rally end here?"

All the preparation we did, all the tests,

the motivation we had for this Dakar adventure...

Seeing the wheel 100 metres away, you know it's a huge breakdown.

It was a little...

We were in suspense. It was unclear.

And then, you change the objective there and then.

You try to fix the broken wheel, with all these different parts,

in order to get out of there as quickly as possible.

The goal was to fix the car before the truck arrived.

First of all, they said,

"We'll disassemble everything

"so we just have to jump in the truck".

Then they did the repair work and it all worked out well for them.

We managed it. When the truck arrived, we were off.

We overlapped for five minutes.

I think we handled the situation well.

With the Dakar, there are times...

You're driving over areas filled with holes, rocks,

places nobody's crossed...

You never know what you'll find.

There's a very high risk of hitting into something.

Most of the accidents I've had during Dakar rallies

have been in the dust.

5. "Mission Accomplished"

Disaster for F. Alonso in the Dakar!

He crashed into a rock and broke his car's suspension.

He's lost over two hours. Alonso has been close to giving up.

A little problem!

- You doing this after? - No, I'll do it now.

They're looking anxious.

What happened? Will you go on? Are you able to?

Of course. We're here.

We all thought you'd be a lot more angry and annoyed.

Well, that's just your "angle".

Nasser al-Attiyah - Fernando's teammate and three-time Dakar winner

We use a safety device that's called a "Sentinel".

For a car out in front to know that there's a car behind them,

they receive a signal.

But you need to...

In order to receive this signal, you need to be within 250 metres.

When there's a lot of dust,

it's extremely hard to get within 250 metres.

You put yourself at a lot of risk.

Warren Naude Fernando's chief mechanic

Fernando finishes the stage but remains in 46th position

2 hours and 48 minutes behind the leader

We knew we'd be racing fast drivers.

But that didn't stop us from winning a stage.

From that moment, this was the goal.

Six, five,

four, three,

two, one...

100 metres, jump.

- Nice! - Nice.

Stage 3

Good progress. Don't push it.

Fourth again, six minutes.

Seven months ago, I had never done any of this...

To win a stage would be magical.

Steady pace today. Coming in fourth.

Only six minutes behind Sainz.

I had no doubt, and I repeat, no doubt whatsoever,

that he'd try to finish this rally no matter what.

He'd get ahead by any means necessary.

- Watch out for Terranova... - Damn, that scared me!

This pace is brilliant, Fer. We're doing great.

- It's good? - All good.

Fernando Alonso continues to climb to 19th position...

You were shining at the end, eh? You son of a bitch...

- Hell yeah! - So stressed...

Super happy after such a stressful day.

Stage 5

Go, push it. No problem.

Perfect! Great.

They ain't slow.

- Huh? - They ain't slow!

No!

Bloody hell, I'm breaking up.

The Asturian keeps good pace.

He's working on his goal to win a single stage.

This has been the best stage so far.

Stage 6

Straight ahead! Gas, gas, gas!

All right, perfect! Yes, sir! Strong.

OK, let's go.

- Fifth... Good, right? - Hell yeah.

Alonso climbs the leaderboard.

I'm getting better at the dunes.

This is a winning driver's true pace.

If it weren't for the accident, he'd be well ahead of the top ten.

Honestly, this feeling can't be beaten.

General rankings

It's longfin tuna.

- Everything all right, Fernando? - Yeah.

Damn fly!

I don't know which wheels to use tomorrow.

I think it'll be the S wheels.

It depends if they cancel. We'll see what Marc says.

If they cancel the dunes or whatever, would the M wheels be better?

There's a trial part.

Then 3 km of rocky canyon.

And the rest is sand, with rocks to the sides, he says.

We can go straight through.

We hadn't envisioned this at the very start of the rally.

We'll have to wing it. Let's take three S wheels.

Everyone else is taking two.

It's not worth it. If there's this trial...

All right... OK, I'll take a look round.

7.30 AM start.

- 7.31 AM, we leave here. - All right. Ciao.

All right.

He gets in the car, you quickly say hello,

then you won't see him for 8-10 hours.

The information you get is limited.

Every hour, every 40 minutes.

The guy ahead passes, so you know he's three minutes away.

If he doesn't come, you don't know if the app is busted.

Then you start getting nervous.

But the last thing you want is a message from him.

That's a breakdown.

Dakar is an adventure for all of my team as well.

For Alberto, Eduardo...

They experience the race differently.

They're not just waiting on the track for me,

or helping me if it's needed.

We've raced Daytona, Le Mans, the Indy 500...

But the truth is, this time was different.

We had to do more than what we were used to.

We'd leave home, in this case, the caravan,

with all of us living side by side every day.

Now we found ourselves

travelling 500-700 km...

You watch for updates on your phone and get info from him every hour.

It's something that...

For those on the outside, it was very hard.

Gas, yes... Gas...

OK, we're up and running again.

It sounded like we had blown a tyre.

We stopped to check, but to cut a long story short...

We'll be linking up soon.

They had to do their own Dakar.

Driving from place to place,

sometimes 600-700 km away,

and making sure everything was ready.

They also lived out a fortnight of adventure.

Stage 7

Gas! Gas!

Shit, that was scary!

- See the dip up ahead? - Yes.

Uneven ground, danger 2.

The role of a rally co-driver,

first of all, logically, is to navigate the driver.

Explain the track to them,

whether to turn right or left,

how many degrees of the compass...

200 metres, danger 2. Turn wide left, four degrees...

Here, wide turn left.

The co-driver usually doesn't have the final say

in how you drive or the actions you take.

The co-driver tells you how to get to a certain point.

But not how you should drive to reach that point.

Watch out for the rocks ahead.

Where do I need to go?

- What? - In the distance...

Do you see where I need to turn?

Look at that dip.

But with Marc's experience, between the both of us,

we try to see whatever danger that's coming our way.

Continue in this direction. 190 metre gap.

We're passing a track. Again, rocky ground, danger 2.

We've built a relationship based on mutual respect.

It's always, "Look, Fer, if I'm talking too much,

if I'm saying things that aren't useful, tell me".

It's hard for me too, you know?

At the start, you have to talk more

and share more things than later on,

when Fer could manage by himself.

In 600 metres, danger 1, dunes.

175 metre gap...

Go, go... That was perfect.

250 metres, danger 2.

Left turn, three times... Careful.

200 metres... A little to the right.

There's Yazzed. Shall I follow him?

Sure, see what they want...

Wheel.

- The rear one? - There, Nasser...

There are times when you help your teammates,

or they need to help you.

You only do this during the Dakar, and you're happy to do it.

Doing this doesn't give you any time back.

This time doesn't disqualify you,

but you factor it in.

In the Dakar, sometimes you lose, sometimes your teammate loses.

Flat tyre.

All right.

Good news coming in from the Dakar!

Carlos Sainz has won the stage and is the runaway winner,

standing 10 minutes ahead of his closest competitor.

General rankings

The Dakar is mourning one of its most beloved drivers.

Paulo Gonçalves was a legend.

13 participations, second place in 2015.

He died from a heart attack following a fall today.

He died a warrior, a fighter.

When the order came out,

I already saw the two helicopters,

as well as quite a few bikes.

I didn't know what had happened, but I got the feeling it was serious.

We got a note saying, "20 km off-piste, danger 2".

I saw the speed we were going, and there were two copters...

From experience, you figure something serious has happened.

And then...

Unfortunately, we weren't wrong.

- Seems like something's up. - That's what they're saying.

Let up, let up...

Slow it down, Fer.

Damn... He was one of the good ones.

I said, "Something's happened".

But I didn't say more until the end.

What we needed to do was to remain focused on the task.

Shit...

You feel numb, because...

They're the same people

who were competing here with you.

Out of passion. Wanting to race well.

If there's a fire, nobody can put it out.

If you're injured, there isn't a doctor to help you.

You're aware of the danger.

With motor sports, nothing is ever 100% under control.

Good evening, everyone.

It is with a heavy heart that this evening...

I think you all know by now what happened today,

the event we've experienced...

Paulo was a man of courage,

a man of perseverance and tenacity.

We all know the risks of our passion.

These risks can catch up to us, and when they do, it hurts.

The world of motor sports and the rally is in mourning.

We're all saddened by this.

We pass our sincere condolences

to his wife, his two children,

and his friends and family.

And in memory of Paulo,

we ask you to observe a minute's silence.

I had known Paulo for years.

Right from the very beginning.

We pretty much started doing Dakar together.

I got on really well with him.

It's just one of those things. Somebody has to pay the price.

And it really is a great shame.

To Paulo Gonçalves and Edwin Straver, who died 8 days

after finishing the rally

...and to all who have suffered for their love for motor sports

Stage 8

All right, gentlemen...

Here we are.

In one kilometre, 400 metres of dunes...

Danger one...

Careful of that.

All right.

They're cut, right? Son of a bitch...

- Is the car OK? - Yeah.

- It breaks up ahead. - Got it.

Come on...

Go where it's already broken.

Damn rocks...

They're danger one, but they're still scary...

The tyre pressure is perfect...

- Not much left now, right? - No.

Careful at the top, careful...

On your side.

- What are these people doing here? - Photos.

- Careful, OK? There's a car coming. - Careful, careful...

Got it.

- Get after them! Go on! - I'm on it.

How about this way?

- There's another there. - Follow the main track.

- This one? - Yeah.

There's another car... I want to avoid hitting it.

It's coming this way. This is risky.

No, don't do that. We need to head right.

Straight ahead now.

I'm going to play some audio footage.

Don't share your thoughts until it's finished.

I won't tell you what it is, so let's see if you know.

What a final, man. We're all lost out here.

Time, time...

Ha! Very good!

- They're behind us. - All of 'em.

Fuck... Fuck! Fuck! Son of a bitch!

This is fucking brilliant.

Damn, what a goddamn mess those dunes were! Son of a bitch...

You were losing it.

I couldn't see a thing and you were like...

I was about to say, "Damn, let me take it down a notch".

Just Terranova, huh? We can win, I think.

Alonso is incredible! He's about to win Stage 8.

He's close to victory. His driving in the dunes is amazing.

Rankings Stage 8

We were pinching each other to check we weren't dreaming!

Fernando and I felt good.

We had a puncture and we lost some time.

It didn't matter much.

We saw a group of four cars out in front...

We didn't know who was there...

We caught up before the finish...

- We came in second. - Very close, but hey...

Fifth yesterday, second today.

Let's keep it up, right? Bring on tomorrow.

It's the most emotive part of the race, as I see it.

You see yourself there, so close, fighting one-on-one, winning...

When it comes to navigation, we're doing it better than them.

With Fer in the dunes that day, we were in perfect form.

We reached the finish first.

I had to rub my eyes to see the leaderboard.

We came in second. But this doesn't put me off.

From that point onwards,

Fer had a total change in mindset.

He managed things better.

General rankings

Albert is an inspiration for many sportspeople,

and many people in general.

And he's also a wonderful person.

He's always smiling, no matter what he's doing.

Doing the Dakar with guys like Albert

made the experience all the more enjoyable,

all of the camaraderie outside of the cars.

And he's a great driver. He's always very competitive.

He gives strength to everyone around him.

- What's up, champ? - Not much, I'm stuck in a desert!

Second! That's bloody brilliant.

It's good, right? You're going for it too.

For sure...

- Hey there. - This is Jordi, he's my...

- He gets you out of the cabin. - Yeah, that's right.

- You must not see much... - You seen my cabin?

- Yeah! - But I didn't show you, did I?

Well, I just stuck my head in.

This is where I sleep. I've got a little table...

Let's have a look.

- This is awesome. - I've got a little shower here.

Do you get super tired from the driving?

- I'm totally wrecked. - It's just crazy.

- Today, I was wrecked. - Don't you know how to go slow?

No, no...

I mean, yesterday, it was like, "Bang! Bang!"

- Want me to show you? - Let's see your car.

I only saw you one day, the day I broke my wheel.

You were driving at full pelt.

I saw the trucks going full speed.

And the wheels... 130 kilos! The boss just told me.

- Yeah, yeah. - Son of a bitch...

And why do you have two co-drivers?

One is a navigator, another is a mechanic.

Why can't one co-driver do both jobs?

What if I get a flat?

Ah, of course...

What do I do? Call roadside assistance?

- Hey there. - Ferrán, my co-driver.

- Nice to meet you. - He navigates for me.

- Hey there, how are you? - Very good.

- Congrats on the last stage. - Thanks.

We were just saying. Coming second is amazing.

I'm still in shock.

- Hey, can we get a photo with... - All right.

Of the whole party.

Don't reveal our secrets. Close that door!

Hope it goes well, Fernando. What you're doing is just amazing.

Let's see if we can win a stage.

- I'm sure you can. - That'd be great.

Go get it!

Congrats!

Fernando prepares for the Marathon Stage

The drivers sleep in a different camp

Hey, is this everything? The water and everything...

- Water? - Yeah.

- What do you mean? - Water. I'm thirsty.

Oh, damn. Hold on...

The marathon stage is the hardest stage of the rally.

You leave the camp in the morning,

you finish this stage, you sleep in the desert,

then back to camp the next day.

It's like a single stage

that's split into two parts.

No assistance, no mechanics, at the end of the first part.

The car needs to survive two days in the best possible condition.

Stick to the line.

Hang to the left and we'll go in...

Stage 10

Five, four, three, two, one...

What are you doing there?

All right.

A little to the right.

More to the right.

126 there, a little to the right, then start heading left.

Got it.

- See how they're crossing the dune? - Yeah.

- Careful up ahead. - It cuts off...

- It cuts off. - Yeah, that's why.

Careful now.

- Shit! - I told you...

Hold on, let's stop. Go ahead a bit then stop.

- Here? - Yeah.

What do you want to do?

We need to take out the window, see how the car is...

- Just leave it. - If it smashes, it'll go everywhere.

We were trying to win the stage.

We wanted to go on the attack.

Then this happens. This wasn't just a day out.

The images of us rolling over the dune

were the most famous images taken of my Dakar.

There were lots of photographers,

so it was shared almost immediately.

If it had happened deep inside the desert,

nobody would've seen it.

In the caravan,

with all of us in the bivouac...

I could've seen it happen.

I saw him coming in strong, but no more than the others, really.

Once you realise what happened, you go there in a state of shock.

Thinking about it afterwards, it probably wasn't a clever move.

First, you want to see if he's all right.

But as I was coming down,

I heard him trying to restart the motor.

And that was a moment of relief.

If he's trying to do that, then at least he isn't hurt.

I messed up that crest, man.

I keep on...

It's really getting to me,

seeing the extra speed I was doing.

Other times, you're going too fast and then you snap right out of it.

But that time, the sand wasn't broken up top.

Because of the humidity, we didn't break the crest.

We went flying from one side to the other.

We're all right, which is the main thing.

Sure, the repairs will be quick.

We've got this.

Not bad, huh? All the screws went in...

- And no weird complications. - We're getting better.

The race has been stopped. This'll last until...

What do you mean?

OK, but where do we go for the next meet-up?

Keep going straight ahead. But stop on the other side.

I don’t know what's going on, but the race has been stopped...

That's a bummer, right?

Because of all the dunes...

It's been cut.

Is the stage cancelled, or just this part of it?

- What? - Is the stage cancelled?

No, no, just this part...

The management team ended the stage early

due to safety issues

Is Fernando following us?

He's on his way. But he's been stopped for a while.

How long?

We don't know. The Internet's slow.

But we guess he'll be a while. He's been stopped a while.

It was a risky stage.

Things were happening to many people, all of us.

If you were too close or going too fast,

you could roll over or break something in the car...

Anything could happen.

This is the Dakar.

What happened to Fer could happen to anyone.

To me, to Nasser, to Peterhansel... To anybody and everybody.

I came out strong.

Today was a day I wanted to win the race.

I like a good challenge.

You may fail, but you can't not try. It was one of those days.

I know that's the headline.

Everywhere we went, people were waiting.

The real news is, we're still here.

We're 14th in our first Dakar. We're still going, we're not hurt.

That yellow car was scary. They got injured bad.

I was talking with the doctors. Now he's in hospital.

His vertebrae are probably broken and seriously screwed up.

- Both of them. - They landed and stopped.

- In the video? - Yeah, but...

It landed and... They were both unconscious.

And I mean, if the copters weren't there...

- Switch seats? - No way.

You good?

Right, we need to fit a new window.

I don't know whether to take out the drive shaft and the wishbone...

Let's just take it out.

We had to deal with two wheel changes,

one wishbone change, one drive shaft,

and take out the front window,

then fix the dashboard...

In other words, it wasn't easy fixing all that.

After the night of the marathon stage

and putting the car back together,

we were able to repair it properly and in good time.

Stage 11

General rankings

Carlos Sainz is in the lead,

followed by Fernando's Teammate, Nasser Al-Attiyah

Carlos Sainz is about to win his third Dakar Rally

What happened in this stage?

He came third in the stage,

seeing off his rivals Peterhansel and Al-Attiyah.

And he still has a 10-minute lead, not including tomorrow's stage

with only 440 km to go!

We don't know what tomorrow's stage will be like.

All we know is, we won't be setting off first.

But there's still many kilometres to go.

What is the strategy? Not focus on the finish line?

We'll treat it like a regular stage and continue pushing forward.

And try to have a good final stage.

Punctures, navigation errors, and anything else may still happen.

I'd have liked to have done the race on the same team as Fernando.

That would've been a lot more fun.

We'd have been able to spend more time together,

discussing tactics, and...

enjoying the race more together.

At any rate, I guess...

He went with Toyota, and I went with Mini.

Toyota and Mini are battling it out for the race.

Bernhard Ten Brinke Fernando's teammate

Another important stage for Fernando Alonso.

Another poor position following yesterday's bad stage

due to their fall off the dune,

in 113th position, but as he says, "He and Marc have been in top form".

They finished 8th, they're now 13th overall,

which is a brilliant position for a first-time Dakar driver.

Final stage

400 metres, danger 1. Winding road, through vegetation.

300 metres, danger 1.

Winding stretch, through vegetation.

180 metres...

- Bearing 3-25. - Got it.

10 metres, turn right...

Keep turning right.

Careful...

Right.

Outside.

Good.

Nice one. This is a good one.

- Shame about the tyre. - No dust would be good.

Sure...

General rankings

And here it is!

Carlos Sainz atop the podium, atop his car, with the Spanish flag,

celebrating his third Dakar win.

56 years old!

He won the Dakar in 2010, 2018, and now in 2020.

Two-time world rally champion. He's a legend! Carlos Sainz!

Carlos, first impressions?

- Congratulations. - Well done you, kiddo.

Nani, what's up?

See this guy? He's a goddamn force of nature.

Alex?

OK, champ. We've got a legend here.

- Lucas, congrats. - Thanks.

If it weren't for you...

If it weren't for Lucas, yeah!

Good going, you two!

He was the first person to congratulate me.

As a competitor, he knows what we went through.

He knows about the prep and what the Dakar is about.

And I'm sure he imagined that...

Competing against a veteran like me,

there's extra difficulty, and he realised that.

For me, it's been an interesting experience.

It happened at a time where I was getting out of racing.

My life was moving in a different direction.

But the truth is...

When the chance came up to partner with Fer,

it was important to me to do it.

I really thought I could bring a lot to the table.

Being able to finish the race brought a whole lot of happiness.

It felt like "Mission accomplished".

Being on the podium with the team, with Alberto, Eduardo, Marc...

I think everyone felt very happy and very proud.

There was a feeling that after months of preparing

for such a difficult challenge,

we had completed our mission.

On the podium, you could feel

the emotion and the joy coming from the whole team.

I also think that it was a kind of liberation.

From the pressure around us, and in everything Fernando does.

I've won 2 F1 WDCs and 1 Endurance...

I've won 24 Hours of Le Mans and Daytona.

But I could've raced poorly here and this would've been expected.

And even if I did well, nobody would pay it much mind.

Everyone thinks I can adapt to any car.

And they tend to underestimate some of the challenges we're doing.

I know what it meant to me,

and we've come out of this challenge stronger.

Fernando and Marc finish 13th,

the best ranking achieved by a first-time Dakar competitor.

All right...

What's up?

You'd like one too?

Passport? OK...

Pull over a second...

Looks cool, right?

It's been a year of such huge intensity,

with such sudden emotions and changes,

where cars and emotions changed so rapidly,

with tough races, like racing in Daytona

with night-time rain, no visibility,

with the stress of winning, a world championship at stake,

with Le Mans, failing to qualify at Indianapolis,

that overwhelming disappointment, and then the thrill of Le Mans...

The last few months have been intense.

Now we have a big decision for the next challenge.

Whatever it is, I'll give it my best.

Always with maximum competitiveness.

One thing's for sure: I'm not stopping.

All right, let's go.

Six months later

At the start of 2020,

it was like I was living in a constant state of anticipation.

I knew what I wanted to do, I knew my goals for 2021-2022.

Since I left F1 everyone kept asking,

"When will you come back? Please!"

It's official! Fernando Alonso...

Two seasons with Renault, where he won two championships...

Alonso will be coming back to F1...

Yes, I'm back.

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