photo: Diego Aste, me, Lucho, and Luchon after the rally
Not very good news from last weekend as we retired only on the second stage of the rally. We were going really well too, leading our class until Luchon cut a tight left corner with a bridge too soon and hit the side wall with the front left side of the car bending the control arm.
I have to say though that on the one stage and half we did in the Subaru Forester I had a lot more fun and learned a lot more than the two days in Huancayo. The car has 400hp so the pacenote reading was completely different from a S1600. I immediately got used to it and suddenly I found myself not even looking at the road and just reading my notes by feel or in other words…with just my butt : )
It was really useful to me because it helped me up my game and gain confidence in what I’m reading as well as give more grace to the way I call the notes. My dad told me that if I could read the notes that well on that type of car in only my second time out I could really co-drive anything now.
Next rally is Rally Codasur in Huancayo, the same place where I made my debut in May. As far as co-driving there I think it’s going to be piece of cake but as far as the competition there will be a lot more rivals this time. Hopefully we will have the new Subaru Impreza ready by then so we can compare ourselves to the others and more importantly test the car for the Incas Rally.
Also Argentina’s Federico Villagra from the Munchi’s Ford team has just confirmed his participation, which will be a good attraction for the fans. I have some international friends going there too that are looking forward to see me co-drive so it should be a fun event.
I will keep you posted on any news but until then arrivederci!
You can read the Spanish version of this at http://www.amigosporelrally.blogspot.com/
