- Paulo has over 12 years of rally-racing experience
- He will be the fourth rider in Hero’s rally racing team
Hero MotoSports Team Rally has expanded its rally racing team by appointing Portuguese rider Paulo Goncalves as its fourth rider. Paulo has over 12 years of experience in rally racing and has also been crowned the 2013 FIM Cross Country Rally World Champion. Besides that, he also bagged the runners-up standing in the 2015 Dakar Rally.
Paulo will be seen competing along with his fellow mates Joaquim "JRod" Rodrigues, Oriol Mena and CS Santosh. In fact, he will be making his debut as a Hero MotoSports Team rally rider at the upcoming Silkway Rally in June which that will take place in Russia, Mongolia and China.
Over the past few months, Hero’s rally racing team has registered quite a few impressive performances. The team achieved a podium finish in the recent 2019 Merzouga Rally held in Morocco while securing two top-10 finishes during the 2019 edition of the legendary Dakar Rally.
Speaking on the occasion, Paulo Goncalves, Rider, Hero MotoSports Team Rally said, “First of all I want to express my thanks to Hero MotoSports for showing their trust in me by letting me be a part of this amazing rally project. I am very happy and excited to start this new journey with the team and I hope to contribute to the team's aim of improving our performance in the rally sport. From my side, I promise to give my everything to be ready and fit to be able to fight for the top positions for my team. Hero MotoSports has been doing a really good job in the last couple of seasons and this young team has shown, that it has the potential to win big. I would like to play my part in bringing these wins to the team. With lots of passion and emotions, my thanks again to the team and I am excited to begin.”
