Lurquin confident before meeting Loeb at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge

Sébastien Loeb and Fabian Lurquin will they have the time to develop all the automation necessary for the success of a leading crew in the Dakar (from January 2 to 14, 2022)? Initially planned for rally from Morocco (October 7-13), their absence was noted. " I'm not worried, affirms the co-pilot from Liège.

Sebastien Loeb gets his hands on his new Prodrive Hunter T1+ @Red Bull @SebastienLoeb # Dakar2022 pic.twitter.com/DPfYN7KIRO

- Bahrain Raid Xtreme (@BRaidXtreme) October 30, 2021

We competed in the Baja Aragon together, then spent a week in Morocco. This training aboard a Can Am Buggy focused on navigation with real road books to decipher. For now, we are in Dubai to test the Hunter T1 +, the vehicle which will be lined up in January in the Saudi desert. »

Great to be back in the dunes of the Arabian desert preparing for next week's Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge & the @dakar @Dakarinsaudi_en. This time we're running on our new sustainable fuel Prodrive EcoPower from Coryton.# Dakar2022 pic.twitter.com/Iq73tWPJoj

- Bahrain Raid Xtreme (@BRaidXtreme) October 29, 2021

Even if the machine developed by Prodrive still suffers from teething problems, it is expected that the Franco-Belgian crew will compete in the last two rounds of the Rally Raid World Cup (Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge from November 6 to 12 and Ha'il Rally from November 28 to December 3) interspersed with a 5-day test session. “With such a program, we will be ready to face the competition,” concludes the former airplane pilot.