Bad Driving Habits: What You’re Doing Wrong

The Dakar is not for the faint of heart. It is a rally in which there is a tough fight with nature and as a driver you have to be able to drive well. The 23-year-old Dutch Puck Klaassen now appears in a legendary video moment.

Puck rides together with navigator Augusto Sanz. The Dutch woman is already riding the Dakar for the third time – she also participated last year. And not entirely without merit. Last Tuesday she became the fifth woman to ever win a stage.

Does Puck drive like a grandma during the Dakar?

So Puck Klaassen is a pretty good Dakar rider. However, she does not go viral with her great performance, but with a video in which her navigator asks a question in a rather unfiltered manner. Sanz first checks whether Puck is feeling well and if she responds positively, he asks why she drives like his grandmother. The video shows that Puck then accelerates hard.

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Although the Dakar is of course also about speed, driving at the limit is not always the best strategy. After all, it remains a marathon with multiple stages. By the way, most people will feel sick after a few minutes because of the speed at which Puck races across the sand.

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Aiko Tanaka

Aiko Tanaka is a combat sports journalist and general sports reporter at Archysport. A former competitive judoka who represented Japan at the Asian Games, Aiko brings firsthand athletic experience to her coverage of judo, martial arts, and Olympic sports. Beyond combat sports, Aiko covers breaking sports news, major international events, and the stories that cut across disciplines — from doping scandals to governance issues to the business side of global sport. She is passionate about elevating the profile of underrepresented sports and athletes.

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