The Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah (Toyota) certified, in the twelfth and last stage disputed this Friday between Bisha and Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), his fourth Dakar Rally in the car category, after those achieved in 2011, 2015, 2019, beating Frenchman Sebastien Loeb (Bahrain Raid Xtreme) by 27’46” in the general classification and local driver Yazeed Al Rajhi by 1h1’13”.
Fourth place overall went to the pair formed by the Argentine driver Orlando Terranova and the Spanish co-driver Daniel Oliveras Carreras, who finished in 1h27’23”.
Loeb had an almost impossible mission ahead of him on the last day as it was a timed stage (special) of only 168 kilometres; He tried but could not, shaving just five minutes and 33 seconds from the Qatari in a stage in which he finished second and was won by South African Henk Lategan (Toyota).
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For his part, the Spaniard Carlos Sainz (Audi), who won yesterday’s stage, Thursday, accused of opening the track and lost 9’16” with respect to the winner, which leaves him in eleventh position in the provisional general standings in cars.
A classification to which he said goodbye on the second day of competition after losing more than two hours trying to find a control point that, he considered, “wrongly marked” in the road book; but the organization did not consider it that way and, both the three-time winner of the Dakar, like most drivers, saw their options frustrated at the first change.
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Despite this and the problems with Audi’s shock absorbers, the German brand and its innovative hybrid vehicle managed four stage wins, which were about to be five as Frenchman Stéphane Peterhansel caressed it this Friday, remaining 49” behind. lategan.
The podium was completed by an amazing Brian Baragwanath (Century Racing), at 1’51”.
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