After leaving the Honda structure, the Torreblanca driver seeks his last opportunity in the Dakar with the official Hero team
Barreda, 40, will team up with Ross Branch, Sebastian Buhler and Joaquim Rodrigues
He Hero MotoSports Team Rally has announced the signing of Joan Barreda for the Dakar 2024. After his departure from the Honda structure, the 40-year-old driver from Torreblanca will team up with the Botswana Ross Branchthe German Sebastian Buhler and the Portuguese Joaquim Rodrigues.
Joan ‘Bang Bang’ Barreda He is trying to find the victory that has eluded him until now in his thirteen previous participations in the Dakar, despite adding a total of 29 stage victories to his record and a fifth place as the best final result, achieved in 2017 and 2022.
The man from Castellón, who will meet again with the team manager Wolfgang Fischerwith which he already coincided in 2012, is only four partial victories away from the absolute record in the Dakar motorcycle category, held by the French Stephane Peterhansel and Cyril Despréswith 33 stage victories.
After making his debut in the 2011 Dakar with Aprilia, Barreda He competed in the following two editions with Husqvarna, achieving his first victory in 2012 and four more in 2013. From there he left for Honda, where he remained for ten years, achieving his particular record in 2014, when he won five stages.