I feel a little disappointed that I couldn't have been a little higher up the leader board. We lost a lot of time with clutch problems last week and that really cost me any chance of a top 10. I have been getting used to the car all the time. Ralph did a great job on the navigation. It was never easy. Next time I am sure we can finish higher.

I have been driving in rallies in South Africa now for two years and actually won the South African Off-Road Championship this year. The opportunity arose to take part in the Dakar with BMW and here I am. I still have a motorcycle business in South Africa, but I see my future as a rally driver in a car. I suppose the realistic finishing position for me would be in the top 10. That is the goal.

We expect a very tough stage tomorrow. It will be full of camel grass, endless dunes and will end with a stony plateau. It's definitely going to be a long day. I see the first cars are only expected at the finish of the stage by 17:27, imagine what time into the darkness of night those poor struggling amateurs will get back.

I have to work hard to be punctual, to not lose my temper, take direction and be told what to do - and most of all listen rather than talk.

I wanted to be a race car driver when I was a kid.

When I was a kid, I was roaming through Glastonbury Festival at eight years old, on my own. I say 'on my own', but I was probably with my oldest sister Sarah, and she would have been 13 or 14 at the time, so she'd have been walking us around. But I got to go places and meet people, and was trusted a lot, without a doubt.