DAY 1

RACE SUMMARY

HERO MOTOSPORTS TEAM RALLY DOMINATES DAY 1 OF BAJA PORTALEGRE.

With all the administrative and technical checks completed yesterday, the Team took to the starting line for the short 3.4 km Prologue Stage (Super Special 1) to decide the starting order for the slightly longer 75 km Super Special 2 (SS2) of the Rally, which also concluded today. Having secured the 3rd and 6th places respectively in the Prologue, Joaquim Rodrigues and Sebastian Buhler continued to rake up good pace in the SS2 as well.

Dominating the super special completely, Sebastian won the SS2, followed closely by his teammate Joaquim in 2nd place.

At the end of the Stage 1 today, Sebastian is perched right at the top of the overall rankings in 1st place, followed by Joaquim in 2nd place.

The BAJA Portalegre is a part of the 2020 FIM BAJA World Cup and with the rest of the upcoming BAJA events cancelled, it now becomes the decisive race for crowning the winner of the 2020 FIM BAJA World Cup. Hero MotoSports’ Sebastian Buhler is one of the top contenders to win the coveted title having already won the BAJA Do Pinhal earlier in the season.