After a black day, a glimmer of light opens up for Audi Sport and Carlos Sainz. The second stage of the 44th edition of the Dakar represented an opportunity for redemption that the Madrid-born did not miss.
Today Sainz took a nice third position, behind the winner Sébastien Loeb and Nasser Al-Attiyah. A very positive response after losing more than two hours yesterday due to a poor understanding of the roadbook.
“In this stage we had no problems, the only thing is that we had to pass about 15 cars, but the truth is that there was no dust, so it went well. We had a small problem with a shock absorber that we will check at the bivouac. , but nothing important, “said Sainz at the end of the second stage.
Sainz, more than 2 hours behind the leader of the general classification Al-Attiyah, said that his race will have to proceed stage by stage, without thinking about the final result, but just having fun. More important is yet another certificate of confidence in his navigator Lucas Cruz.
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“Now is the time to take this Dakar day by day and try to have as much fun as possible. There is not much to think about. I trust Lucas, he explained to me what happened, I do not take care of navigation. And he he explained everything to me clearly. Even the Nani Roma co-driver agrees, everyone said the roadbook wasn’t right, so it’s a shame “.
These instead are the considerations on the new car, the RS Q e-tron, which up to now has not proved to have reliability problems.
“We are getting to know the RS Q e-tron better, we do it little by little. Every day is a new experience, because we have never raced with it before.”
Asked if the team had made a decision to ask for a revision of the results of Stage 1 due to the inaccuracy of the roadbook – which the team has not yet done at the time of writing this article – Sainz replied: “I don’t know. nothing”.
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