AFRICA ECO RACE - Stage 2 : Borj Bel Freissat- El Mdouara- (Maroc) Liaison 142 km. Spéciale 318 km.

Excellent start on yesterday’s stage for the Schlesser-Monster buggy number 300. The driver, Jean Louis Schlesser tells us the story

“We started eighth, driving superbly while my co driver made an extraordinary job on navigation. We passed all other cars ahead and were leading! But, since a few kilometers, I felt the steering was becoming hard, it was then a big problem to drive on such a track, fast and sinuous, rimmed by this camel grass so hard that it destroys your car if you touch it! Itwas even a problem to change course as Celine was asking for, following the terrain and the road book!

"At kilometer 112, I decided to stop to check how hard was the problem. And what I discovered was incredible, it happens for the very first time as we race with it since years and years, the steering column was seizing up! It was impossible to fix by my own, I finished like that and driving in these conditions was really hell! We’ve lost nearly an hour on overall classification but we are still leading the race."