Tosha Schareina is one of the pilots who will attack the edition of the Dakar that will start on January 5th. Considered by many as one of Joan Barreda’s successors, the pilot from Valencia detailed what he expects to do in the Saudi desert.
‘I believe I’m going through my best moment. The team is achieving great results. I believe we are in a phase with very good results, but now comes the toughest race of the year and anything can happen. The Dakar is a very long race and it seems that this edition in Saudi Arabia will be even longer. In other words, anything can happen, but I believe we will be very well prepared,’ said the pilot, who will be riding an official Honda.
‘When you have all the necessary ingredients and you have all the tools to do things, there is a chemistry. I believe that everything has been done for a long time, the result of the work of many people, also mine, of course, and now little by little it is yielding its fruits. The truth is also that the bike is very good, but it is also the merit of the whole team, which makes you not worry about anything else when you have to get on the bike. I think that also makes a difference. With GasGas I also had an incredible structure, with all the support from Aspar, but the truth is that Aspar comes from the world of speed, of racing, and it is a completely different world. The negotiation with Honda was quite long, it lasted months and in the end I received a call from Rúben Faria, who is the team manager, and he gave me this opportunity. It was incredible and he trusted me from the beginning to the end with closed eyes,’ he explained.
Schareina fue cuestionado sobre si es uno de los sucesores de su compatriota Joan Barreda. ‘No es ninguna presión para mí, es un honor que me comparen con Joan Barreda, un gran piloto, Joan hay solo uno. Es el piloto español con más victorias, intento aprender mucho de él, tanto de él como de otros pilotos’.
— Es una moto increíble. Me parece que tardaron tres años en desarrollarla, tanto en cuanto a chasis, inclinación, motor. Creo que todos los pilotos se sienten muy preparados y todos quieren estar a un nivel alto, voy a seguir con mi mentalidad, mi estilo, tener cabeza, regularidad, hacer buenas etapas, a partir de ahí, nunca se sabe. Como se sabe, el Dakar es una carrera de locos, con muchos días. Sabemos que va a ser una edición muy dura, pero estoy muy bien preparado, mejor que nunca. Ahora, es el momento en el que realmente tendremos que superar a la competencia. Puedo soñar con ganar esta edición del Dakar’, finalizó.
