Asking Danilo his top satisfaction he immediately anwers that he is very proud that his dumper always arrived to destination. The outcome is uncertain till the very end. Imagine it's 1991. It's second to last stage and you break a suspension. Since Perlini's Dumper had independent inflation systems Danilo goes almost flat with one suspension and looks for a balance to finish the stage. With this impediment they gift the pole to Tatra truck and get a 1,5-hour delay. Well, it hurts. The day after is the final stage. FYI it's a symbolic stage on Dakar beach, a few miles long, a trifle in the masterplan of the whole race. "A lot of people underestimated that tricky stage. But I knew better. You can't imagine how many stopped a few miles before the end. It happened also to Tatra that year. It stopped but the team had plenty of time to reach the finishing line and win the race anyway. But it never did! They broke the engine because of a broken piston. So we won even in 1991." - remembers Danilo smiling. He adds: "Winning is difficult, but winning again is harder." Beyond preparation you also need luck. On the memory lane it is easy to recall both the competitive and the solidarity side among crews. Taking part to Dakar in the 1990s costs almost half a million euros, and Perlini accepts to rent a vehicle to famous offshore champ Giorgio Villa. He is 100% competitive and when Danilo's crew needs help he simply doesn't stop, but fortunately others do. That year Villa wins the rally but it's a bittersweet victory for Perlini Dumpers. This is just a single episode. Thinking about the role of dumpers in Paris Dakar Rally Danilo explains that were very helpful for everybody. They opened up dunes for others to come. How could anyone master a 1312 feet dune if not on dumper? Extra-low inflation pressure and full throttle. Danilo is easygoing and among others he bonds also with Italian adventurer Ambrogio Fogar during the Paris Moscow Beijing rally of 1992. Fogar calls him "The Spy" because Danilo gives him first hand information about the route. It is the year of Fogar's accident where he looses the use of legs. In a rally everyone acknowledges risks but no one talks about them. Death is the ultimate taboo. Even when it happens, you don't have time to stop. Is it dangerous? Of Course, but accidents are not the only threat in the 1990s. In 1991 Danilo is racing with the crew while the driver of an assistance vehicle of Citroen Factory called Charles Cabbanes gets shot by a maniple of armed rebels. "Dakar Rally required 15 days in a row cut off the rest of the world. You had no time to rest, to think and to mourn. Death was an abstract concept, till it happened. It hurt, but the next day the race was still there demanding, stealing your mind." - affirms Danilo. He confronted those risks himself when during the 1988 Pharaons Rally edition he sees some vehicles standing in an awkward position in the distance. The driver slams on the brakes to discover that they are on top of a quarry ravine. They barely made it out alive.