Hero MotoSports Team Rally Brings Back Exemplary Dakar Debut Results!
With both their racers and their machines in one piece at the finish line of Dakar Rally, Hero MotorCorp has accomplished what they set out for…
There is nothing better than an Indian motorcycle manufacturer competing in Dakar?
Oh! No. There is.
An Indian motorcycle manufacturer finishing Dakar with both its riders and their bikes in one piece with historic results!
In this particular case, it's Hero MotoCorp from India.
The Delhi-based motorcycle manufacturer rode the Dakar wave with its new found venture: Hero MotorSports Team Rally, which is a group of passionate people whose day job is developing and racing top-class racing machines. Besides, the skills and efforts of Joaquim Rodrigues and CS Santosh paid off throughout the 9000km of Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina with a commendable 10th and 47th finish, respectively.
Imagine setting up a movie studio and then pulling off one of the biggest box-office hits of the year under a year's time. ‘Quite an aspirational goal’, would be the thought of many. However, Hero MotoSports Team Rally did just that. The company joined hands with German off-road motorcycle specialist Speedbrain GmbH in April 2016, which was 10 months ago, and the results are before us. The team was also the newest team in Dakar paddocks.
Debut rider of the team, J-Rod, performed exceptionally well all the while showcasing his fortitude for an endurance rally like Dakar. In the 12th stage (64km), the Portuguese rider roped in the 15th (10th overall) position with 33 minutes, 57 seconds.
Santosh, who is competing in his third Dakar, finished 45th in the last stage and was the only Indian rider to finish the Dakar in 2017.
It was also the market launch of Hero in the Argentinian market. Nothing could have been a better & bigger start than this great performance at Dakar. Hope they take the Argentinian market by storm as they have been doing to the India market from years.
The team now looks forward to more Dakar rallies in the approaching years, but with a clearer picture in mind as a team. Certainly, the aim for next year will be higher and so will the preparations.
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