The Hero MotoSport team — Joaquim Rodrigues, Sebastian Buhler, CS Santosh, and every one else behind the scenes — didn’t just persevere at the Dakar 2021, they delivered a Dakar performance that would’ve made their fallen compatriot Paolo ‘Speedy’ Goncalves proud, with not one but two Top 15 finishes in only the second ever Dakar to be held in the deserts of Saudi Arabia. This is their story.