Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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We caught up with German pilot Patrick Sieber before the start of the 2022 X-Pyr race and he talked tactics, what it was like to crash out in the X-Pyr 2018, and why this race is "unfinished business". PLUS: he gives us a guided tour of his team van.


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