Dakar Rally

Al-Attiyah and Baumel no longer put the turbo on the Dakar

The regulations should have excluded them from the manu militari test. But the commissioners' appreciation allowed Nasser Al-Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel (Toyota) to preserve their comfortable first place in the general classification.

Published on 11/01/2022 à 09:00

Medhi Casaurang

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Al-Attiyah and Baumel no longer put the turbo on the Dakar

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Le Toyota Nasser Al-Attiyah's Hilux T1+, number 201, completed the entire second stage between Ha'il and Al Qaisumah on January 3 with a datalogger disconnected. The FIA ​​commissioners were therefore unable to verify whether or not the turbo boost exceeded the measurements defined by the regulations, for the simple reason that no information

Medhi Casaurang

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