Aaron Mare

Sorry for the late post everyone. I ended up crashing in SS9 I was around 186km into the stage. I was exiting a riverbed onto a rocky gravel track and there was a big blind rock the same color as the dirt. I only saw it when I hit it and immediately went over the bars and landed in some more rocks. Just one of those unlucky things that can happen in Rally if I just went on the left line of the two tracks there was nothing. I had a pretty poor experience with the hospital there, so I decided it was in my best interest to fly home to Dubai to get checked out. I ended up fracturing my right kneecap, had a small concussion and had stitches and a lot of swelling on the upper right leg. I feel blessed to have come away relatively okay as it was a big hit. Pretty disappointing to go out so near to the end but nothing I can change about it. Just focused on healing up and coming back better!

Thanks to everyone who has messaged me to check in it means a lot!

Thanks to everyone who got me to Dakar and supported me throughout the race.

SS7 P22. Tried something new on the bike today but didn't really work how I wanted it to. Overall it was a decent day. Looking forward to getting back out there tomorrow and hopefully putting in a better result!

P20 in the prologue today. Feeling good on the bike and looking forward to tomorrow when the real race begins 🤜💪