Iberia is the country of motorsport serial killers. Toni Bou, Jordi Tarres, Angel Nieto, Marc Marquez... Laia Sanz is the only one to have obtained a mixed record in different disciplines with sensational comeback actions. Moral: 14 titles in Trial, and 6 in Enduro. Then the Dakar. Ten years as an absolute protagonist, well beyond the systematic domination of the women's class. This year, she switched to GasGas,

Laia Sanz has been called to a double, extraordinary commitment. To return to Trial and Enduro with unchanged ambitions. The moral does not change: she won both titles. Then the announcement: "I'm leaving two wheels...".

But there is something else, which concerns us even more closely. Laia Sanz leaves the bikes for the cars, gets off the GasGas and climbs into the Mini of X-raid to face her first Dakar in a car. All clear, complete news. No, wait, one last thing...

Laia Sanz will have Maurizio Gerini at her side, a fellow motorcyclist who has competed in other Dakar races, our best representative several times, and undoubtedly someone who has the right head for this kind of commitment. Well, Laia tells us how she chose the man of her new life... Maurizio Gerini gives us his version of the facts. Beautiful! Good luck!