Ignacio Casale
| Ignacio Casale | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Chilean rider Ignacio Casale in 2013. | |
| Born | April 27, 1987 Santiago |
| Dakar Rally career | |
| Debut season | 2010 |
| Current team | Yamaha |
| Car number | 251 |
| Wins | 1st, 4th stages 2014 Dakar Rally |
| Best finish | First, in 2014 Dakar Rally |
Ignacio Nicolás Casale Catraccia, born April 27, 1987 in Santiago, Chile, is a quad rider best known for competing in the Dakar Rally.
Casale also took part in the 2010 Dakar Rally with his father, competing in the truck category. They finished in 26th place, earning Casale a wild card place in the 2011 Dakar Rally, where he finished 40th in the motorcycle category. The following year he competed in the quad category and finished in fourth place, the highest ranked Chilean rider.[1]
In the 2013 Dakar Rally he won the seventh stage, becoming the first Chilean to win a stage in the quad category. He went to come second overall, behind Marcos Patronelli, the best result achieved by any Chilean in the history of the event.[2]
In the 2014 Dakar Rally, as of January 9, he won the first stage and set the best time for the fourth stage, despite losing two tires and a radiator hose, although the stage win was later awarded to Sebastian Husseini by the organisers because of a mistake in the roadbook. He was third overall as of the rest day.[3][4]
References
- ^ Ignacio Casale cumplió la mejor actuación chilena en el Dakar 2012 cooperativa.cl January 15, 2012 retrieved January 20, 2013
- ^ {es}Ignacio Casale se alzó con un histórico segundo lugar en Quads La Nación, January 19, 2013, retrieved January 19 2013
- ^ Ignacio Casale: “I made a spotless route” {es} 24Horas.cl with information of IND, January 08, 2014, retrieved January 09, 2014
- ^ Alsnog etappewinst voor Husseini {nl} autosportnieuws.be, January 09, 2014, retrieved January 12, 2014