Dakar 2023, Stage 13 – Sébastien Loeb and Fabian Lurquin set a record

Sébastien Loeb and Fabian Lurquin (Bahrain Raid Xtreme) greatly facilitate the task of the journalists present on this Dakar Rally 2023. The Franco-Belgian tandem, through its control of all the special stages contested in Saudi Arabia for almost a week, allows reporters to practically copy and paste the post-special reports!

Proof of this is the vice-world champions of rally-raid (W2RC) once again recorded the best time on this 13th and penultimate stage between Shaybah and Al-Hofuf, this Saturday January 14. One day after equaling the record for consecutive stage victories on a Dakar (5), here they are overtaking the greats Ari Vatanen and Bruno Berglund with this sixth scratch time in a row!

With a total of seven stage victories on this Dakar 2023, Sébastien Loeb and Fabian Lurquin are doing as well as Carlos Sainz in 2011. At the time, the Spaniard drove for Volkswagen and beat teammate Nasser Al-Attiyah to win the Touareg trophy.

Il ne devrait pas y avoir de scénario aussi idyllique pour l’Alsacien. Le leader de BRX ne reprend que cinq minutes à Nasser Al-Attiyah et Mathieu Baumel (Toyota) qui tiennent fermement les commandes du rallye-raid avec 1h21’ de marge sur Loeb-Lurquin avant l’ultime spéciale de 136 km prévue dimanche.

In the general classification, nothing is changing. Lucas Moraes and Timo Gottschalk (Toyota) are sailing towards the third step of the podium, ahead of the experienced Giniel de Villiers and Dennis Murphy (Toyota).

The French Mathieu Serradori and Loïc Minaudier (Century) can still vie for eighth or even seventh position. Han Wei (Hanwei), Juan Cruz Yacopini (Toyota) and the French crew are held together in just three minutes!

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Dakar 2023 ranking – Stage 13:

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