“This was a technical prologue with two kinds of terrain, between the mountain and a dry river bed with sand. It was a short distance and the gap between the first riders was short. The team has done well and tomorrow the ones that could chose their starting order will start from behind, except for Nacho Cornejo - he will open the stage. I’m not worried about this, because he is an excellent navigator. We will attack no stage 1 and do all to keep Honda’s dominance.”

“Overall I had a good feeling during this prologue. I enjoy this kind of track, it’s technical and slippery. It was easy to make mistakes, I made only one when I entered too fast on a corner. my Honda CRF 450 Rally is going really well in these extreme conditions and this makes me feel even more confident.”

“This was the first day of the race and things worked out well. I am really excited for what we did. Now I am looking forward to racing for the next five days. I think we will have a good starting position, so I am happy to see us opening the rally on a positive note."

“The prologue is already behind us. These nine kilometers were good to release the tension and anxiety. The track was really slippery and sinuous, so we had to be extremely careful with the curves and breaking. It was not a bad day and now I will start tomorrow in a relatively good position.”

“Our first impact in Desafio Ruta 40 is done and I felt quite well. I made some mistakes and rode in a conservative way because the track was really slippery. Now my mind is already in the next five days. I am sure it will be a hard journey but I feel quite motivated and prepared to face it.”