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Moraes: "Being in Al-Attiyah's shoes is a big responsibility"

Winning the Dakar Rally is one of the things that every driver in the world dreams of, but it is something that very few can achieve. Whether by quality or luck, you also need the support of a great team, such as Toyota, which, with Nasser Al Attiyah, has won three Touareg trophies in the last six editions.

However, the Japanese manufacturer no longer has the Qatari in its ranks, so it decided to go for youth and call on someone who impressed in his rookie year in the top category of the toughest race on the planet: Lucas Moraes, a Brazilian who showed what he was capable of by coming third against a whole armada of legends. 

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