Paolo
Caprioni

Pakelo has been working with the team since its very first African trip of the Tuareg Rallye. In that occasion engine oil Krypton Racing MBK SAE 10W-50 was tested and analyzed. I.C.P. test (inductively coupled plasma alias the equivalent of blood analysis for men) on Tuareg exhausted oil was a success both in terms of viscosity maintenance and in terms of siliceous levels (the final proof that the team worked well mechanically speaking). Good results convinced Stefano Caprioni and the mechanic Fabio Zanone to keep the same oil viscosity to face Africa Eco Race as well, supported this time by tons of Brake Cleaner MBK to keep mechanic parts clean. Africa Eco Race reveals to be even tougher than expected. Paolo breakes a wrist in the process, the fuel tank reveals to be always too small to cover stages creating further troubles. Fatigue grows on him each day but stubbornness wins over everything and the rewards finally comes when he coasted the famous 22km on the beach before the finishing line in Dakar. That 22km mean conquest and freedom. After that first Africa Eco Race Paolo said he’ll never repeat the experience again, but the truth is that he keeps on contradicting himself because every autumn the African bug comes back and every end of the year his lust for victory brings him back to the boarding area of Monaco, ready to challenge himself a little further.