Sébastien Loeb takes the lead in the Andalusia Rally

The penultimate stage of Andalusia Rally (Spain) benefited Sébastien Loeb and Fabian Lurquin (Bahrain Raid Xtreme). The Franco-Belgian couple set the best time this Saturday, October 22 but also stole first place in the event from Nasser Al-Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel (Toyota).

On the slopes of this final meeting of the 2022 season of the World Championship rally-raid (W2RC), the 4×4 Hunter took on the hilly terrain and sandy tracks through the forests of pine and eucalyptus near Seville.

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

On the eve of the finish, Loeb-Lurquin now has a 28'' margin over Al-Attiyah-Baumel, who lost a whopping 11'28''. However, the Qatari pilot and his French navigator still hold the rope to become the first world champions of the discipline on Sunday in the town of Dos Hermanas.

Third place is occupied by Yazeed Al-Rajhi and Dirk Von Zitzewitz (Toyota, +2'20''), ahead of the winners of the last Rally of Morocco, Guerlain Chicherit and Alex Winocq (GCK, +11'16'').

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