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Not only was the win for Mare his first ever in<br />
FIM Rally-Raid, but he also delivered the Hero<br />
Motosports manufacturing company its first<br />
win, helped them past Monster Energy/Honda<br />
Team (which was not participating in the event)<br />
and into 1st place in the W2RC Manufacturer’s<br />
title chase and, with the most impact, gave the<br />
1.4 billion people strong country of India its<br />
first-ever win with India-based Hero.<br />
With that, Monster Energy gave Mare 24<br />
hours to catch his breath, then hit him up to<br />
get his size of this unreal event with such a<br />
storybook ending.<br />
Monster Energy: Yeah, Aaron, congrats from<br />
everyone at Monster Energy on your big win at<br />
Abu Dhabi. Let’s start by having you discuss<br />
what it meant to win your first FIM World Rally-<br />
Raid Championship round this past week at<br />
the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge.<br />
Aaron Mare: It’s a dream come true for me.<br />
And honestly, it’s only starting to sink in now.<br />
Last year this time I didn’t even have a bike<br />
to ride. But I was waking up every day and<br />
training as hard as I could believing that I<br />
would get the chance to get back to racing.<br />
So to come back to my first Rally since Dakar<br />
2022, and get my first ever win let alone in a<br />
country I’ve called home for the past seven<br />
years, is really something I could only dream<br />
of. The Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge was my<br />
first ever Rally back in 2019. It has always<br />
been a special race to me and now it just got a<br />
whole lot more special. I just can’t thank Hero<br />
Last year this<br />
time I didn’t even<br />
have a bike to<br />
ride. But I was<br />
waking up every<br />
day and training<br />
as hard as I could<br />
believing that<br />
I would get the<br />
chance to get<br />
back to racing.