Sébastien Loeb does not want to give up. The Alsatian took first place in the seventh stage of the Dakar (Riyadh-Al Dawadimi, 402 km of special). His 16th success in the Desert Marathon, which put him in the top-10 in this special ranking, reinforced Loeb’s second place in the overall standings. Thanks to the 5’26 ”earned on Nasser Al-Attiyah, finished second at the finish, the BRX driver chases the Qatari at + 44’59 “. Third stage place for Carlos Sainz, after a morning of controversy with Al-Attiyah himself. The Ferrari driver’s father finished at + 7’43 “ahead of team mate Stéphane Peterhansel (+ 9’40”).
Al Rajhi, ten Brinke, Alvarez, Ekstrom, Roma and Vasilyev were also in the top-10 of the day. In the general classification Yazeed Al Rajhi completes the podium 53’31 ”behind Al-Attiyah. Beyond the hour of posting Alvarez, Przygonski, Terranova, Vasilyev, Prokop, de Villiers and Halpern.
Dakar 2022 | Cars, the order of arrival of the seventh stage (the first ten)
Pos. | Pilot | Car | Time / Detachment |
1 | S. Loeb | BRX | 03h 09’32 “ |
2 | N. Al-Attiyah | Toyota | + 05’26 “ |
3 | C. Sainz | Audi | + 07’43 “ |
4 | S. Peterhansel | Audi | + 09’40 “ |
5 | Y. Al Rajhi | Toyota | + 10’03 “ |
6 | B. ten Brinke | Toyota | + 12’54 “ |
7 | L. Alvarez | Toyota | + 13’37 “ |
8 | M. Ekstrom | Audi | + 14’42 “ |
9 | N. Rome | BRX | + 15’50 “ |
10 | V. Vasilyev | VRT | + 18’05 “ |
Dakar 2022 | Cars, the general classification
Pos. | Pilot | Car | Time / Detachment |
1 | N. Al-Attiyah | Toyota | 23h 52’22 “ |
2 | S. Loeb | BRX | + 44’59 “ |
3 | Y. Al Rajhi | Toyota | + 53’31 “ |
4 | L. Alvarez | Toyota | + 1h 15’09 “ |
5 | J. Przygonski | X-Raid Mini | + 1h 30’04 “ |
6 | O. Newfoundland | BRX | + 1h 36’55 “ |
7 | V. Vasilyev | VRT | + 1h 39’47 “ |
8 | M. Prokop | Orlen Team petrol | + 1h 44’48 “ |
9 | G. de Villiers | Toyota | + 1h 47’14 “ |
10 | S. Halpern | X-Raid Mini | + 1h 58’24 “ |
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