Al-Attiyah retains Dakar lead as Loeb notches up sixth stage win
Sebastien Loeb streaked to victory in the 12th stage of the Dakar Rally on Friday, the French BRX driver's fifth stage win in a row and his sixth of this edition.
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Loeb wins again as Dakar champion Al-Attiyah eyes fifth title
SHAYBAH: French driver Sebastien Loeb won his second successive stage and fourth in all of this year’s Dakar Rally though Qatari defending champion Nasser Al-Attiyah remains firmly in charge. Al-Attiyah holds a daunting one hour 21 minutes advantage over his Brazilian Toyota team-mate Lucas Moraes with Loeb in third, a further 16 minutes in arrears. Loeb — a record nine-time world rally champion — timed 3min 4sec quicker in his Prodrive than Sweden’s Mattias Ekstrom with Moraes third on the 624 kilometers 10th stage from Harad to Shaybah.
Loeb wins 4th Dakar stage in a row but Al-Attiyah in control
SHAYBAH, Saudi Arabia: Nasser Al-Attiyah hung close to his pursuers in the vast expanse of dunes in southeast Saudi Arabia and closed in on his fifth Dakar Rally title on Thursday. Al-Attiyah wasn’t possessive for a second straight day about the Empty Quarter that is considered his backyard. Instead, the Qatari eased to fifth on the 11th stage, the first 273 kilometers of a two-day marathon special in the desert.
Al-Attiyah keeps it steady in daunting Empty Quarter to maintain Dakar lead after Stage 10
Stage 10 of this year's Dakar Rally moved to one of the most feared locations in the Saudi Arabian desert: the Empty Quarter. The stage was a massive 510km long, but stage winners Sebastien Loeb and co-driver Fabian Lurquin needed only 1hr 48min and 32sec to complete it.
Al-Attiyah plays it safe to stay on course for back-to-back Dakar wins
Qatari driver Nasser Al-Attiyah's strategy of playing it safe saw him move a step closer to retaining his Dakar Rally title and his fifth in all following Tuesday's ninth stage.
Loeb wins again as Dakar champion Al-Attiyah eyes fifth title
French driver Sebastien Loeb won his second successive stage and fourth in all at this year's Dakar Rally though Qatari defending champion Nasser Al-Attiyah remains firmly in charge.
WATCH | Al-Attiyah extends Dakar lead despite eighth-place finish in Stage 9
Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa (TGRSA) enjoyed mixed fortunes in Stage 9 of the 2023 Dakar Rally, but managed to bring all three factory crews across the finish line. But it was not how they envisioned it to go.
Loeb wins stage but Al-Attiyah remains on course for back-to-back Dakar wins
RIYADH: Qatari driver Nasser Al-Attiyah’s strategy of playing it safe saw him move a step closer to retaining his Dakar Rally title and his fifth in all following Tuesday’s ninth stage. The 52-year-old Toyota driver finished 11min 8sec adrift of the stage winner, nine-time world rally champion Sebastien Loeb. However, the pressure further eased on Al-Attiyah as his closest pursuer overnight, the South African driver Henk Lategan, suffered a mechanical problem and lost 40 minutes.