On a journey, in 1978, as always in Solitaire, I ran into the first Paris-Dakar: at least one hundred and fifty matti, including the still unknown Auriol and Neveu, you challenged in this crazy race to drive motor vehicles of all kinds, car, truck, Cytroen Two Horses, bike, lambrettas… Then there were the categories, you could compete with what you wanted. They went through the Ténéré and at that moment I decided that the next year would have competed with them. Back in Italy I started to look for sponsors. Obviously I had no money. It was not easy to explain what it was, When I was talking all believe me crazy: is a race of 19000 kilometers in the desert, in twenty-two days. As? You were wrong, will be 1900.
ត្រឡប់មកវិញនៅក្នុងប្រទេសអ៊ីតាលីដែលខ្ញុំបានចាប់ផ្តើមដើម្បីស្វែងរកអ្នកឧបត្ថម្ភ. ពិតណាស់ខ្ញុំមិនមានលុយ. វាមិនមែនជាការងាយស្រួលក្នុងការពន្យល់ពីអ្វីដែលវាគឺជាការ, នៅពេលដែលខ្ញុំបាននិយាយគ្រប់គ្នាជឿថាខ្ញុំឆ្កួត: វាជាការប្រណាំងមួយ 19000 គីឡូម៉ែត្រនៅវាលរហោស្ថាន, នៅម្ភៃពីរថ្ងៃ. សូមអញ្ជើញមក? អ្នកខុស, នឹង 1900. ទីក្រុងដា? ដែលជាកន្លែងដែលទីក្រុងដា?