It is a dark Thursday in the Dakar for the Italtrans team. In fact, after not even 3 km from the start, Danilo Petrucci flipped his IVECO, effectively compromising the Italian team's race on Arab soil.
The disappointment is great, because the team was stopped for several hours, losing a lot of time. Most importantly, however, all the crew members are fine and are now back at the bivouac. The problem, given the broken windshield, is that they will have to face the return having to deal with wind and a temperature of 10 degrees.
Explaining what happened was Danilo: "This is the post I never wanted to write. After not even three kilometers, I still don't know how, after a pothole I hit a clump of grass with the right rear and the truck overturned. Fortunately we are all okay. Now we have to do 300 km like this, in 10 degrees, to get back to the bivouac hoping the roll bar is not damaged. Total disappointment, I apologize to the Italtrans team, navigator Marco Arnoletti and Claudio Bellina patron of Italtrans who gave me this great opportunity. I am really sorry."