Rally-Raid
Sébastien Loeb, W2RC vice-champion: “The fight with Al-Attiyah has always been very difficult”
Sébastien Loeb is satisfied with his victory in Andalusia. © DPPI / F. Le Floc’h
By a curious combination of circumstances, the first success of the Sébastien crew Loeb-Fabian Lurquin (Bahrain Raid Xtreme) rally-raid coincided with the first world title in W2RC of their rivals Nasser Al-Attiyah-Mathieu Baumel (Toyota) at the Andalusia Rally, Sunday October 23.
🏆First place in Spain for @SebastienLoeb, Fabian Lurquin and Bahrain Raid Xtreme. 🥇@prodrive Hunters have now won the Rallye du Maroc and Andalucia Rally as part of the World Rally Raid Championship 🙌🏼 https://t.co/7jXVxSWudf
- Bahrain Raid Xtreme (@BRaidXtreme) October 23, 2022
The Alsatian pilot did not dwell on this accounting defeat for long. “It’s fantastic to bring Bahrain Raid Xtreme its first victory in the world championship of rally raid because we have worked hard since 2020 to be able to achieve this victory, He explains. It's really great for everyone.
In 2022, the fight with Nasser Al-Attiyah was always very difficult, but I pushed hard throughout this last stage and yet we only finished with a gap of six seconds, so it was a great battle on a rally like this with such delicate stages.
Over the course of the season we have had some good performance from the Prodrive Hunter – we are now up to speed (from Al-Attiyah's Toyota Hilux. Editor's note) and if we hadn't had bad luck during the last rally in Morocco (power steering breakage. Editor’s note), we would have been even closer to the title.
Here's a truly stunning onboard view of @SebastienLoeb flat out in our Prodrive Hunter.
A master at work, at one with the car, inch perfect around the olive trees means it's a joy to watch again and again.
Turn up the volume 🔊#TeamBahrain 🇧🇭@prodrive @OfficialW2RC pic.twitter.com/b4f3S5qNa3
- Bahrain Raid Xtreme (@BRaidXtreme) October 21, 2022
Fighting until the last day of the championship says a lot for BRX, as we learn more and more against others who have more time in rally raid, but it means we are even better prepared for the next competition. »
The poster for the Dakar 2023, which will begin on December 31 in Saudi Arabia, promises to be beautiful!
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