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00:00My 13th Dakar now, Stockholm syndrome.

00:11Kidnapper kidnaps a person, and after some time, this person starts to have feelings

00:15for kidnapper.

00:18Dakar is kind of kidnapper, but you cannot run away from that.

00:22I mean, you have to be back.

00:33We made Dakar so popular in Lithuania, so 98% of the population knows Dakar, and 70%

00:41is interested.

00:42There is no other country in the world where Dakar is more popular than Lithuania.

00:53When I was a young racer, or rally driver, I said, now Dakar is not interesting for me,

00:58it's for pensioners.

00:59I am a fast driver, and here you have to be a smart driver.

01:06Everything changed when I changed the attitude to Dakar as a competitor, and you know, young

01:12people do not win Dakar.

01:15You need to be wise enough to win, you know, because it's not 100 meters of running, it's

01:21600 kilometers.

01:25When I'm describing Dakar to the people, I say, you know, Dakar is like a zipped version

01:31of life.

01:33What happens for you in Dakar in two weeks, usually it happens for a normal person living

01:40a normal life, maybe in five years.

01:45It's a good possibility to know yourself better.

01:51Dakar is a long journey, and during this long journey, you have to be smart enough

01:56not to do some very bad things.

02:01Every incident is a mistake.

02:02There is no other chance to get experience than doing mistakes.

02:06And of course, if we're talking about worldwide reach of our Salto Mortale, that was really

02:24something special.

02:25I mean, it was all over the channels, all over the world, right?

02:35I think, you know, this top eight result is fine, but we want to go more.

02:40This number is five, for sure.

02:45It was always very competitive, but what it is now, it's really something very special.

02:52Everyone is a philosopher, but only philosophers knows that.

02:57And I think Dakar is a philosophy as well.

Dakar Portraits - Benediktas Vanagas - #Dakar2025

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