Dakar 2024, Stage 10 – Sébastien Loeb takes 7’11 from Carlos Sainz, the suspense reignites!

General classification Dakar 2024:

Ranking Step 10:

• The 2024 Dakar is full of twists and turns! Two days before the final arrival planned in Yanbu (Saudi Arabia), the 10th stage of the rally-raid is exciting. The two crews fighting for the final victory went blow for blow on this 371 km long special around Al-Ula.
• As well Carlos Sainz-Lucas Cruz (Audi) as Sébastien Loeb-Fabian Lurquin (Bahrain Raid Xtreme) experienced significant problems this Wednesday. The Spaniards stopped twice to repair their complex Audi RS Q e-tron E2 hybrid (two punctures). Fortunately for them, their teammate Mattias Ekström served as a water carrier and gave them the tires, so much so that the Swede remained in a carafe once “El Matador” took off again.
• For Sébastien Loeb and Fabian Lurquin, the problems concerned a broken jack, although it had been repaired yesterday evening by the Prodrive mechanics! Once again, reliability is sorely lacking in the English team.
• Despite this problem, which slowed him down to change a wheel, Sébastien Loeb took more than 7 minutes from Carlos Sainz. In the general classification, the Alsatian is back at 13’22” before the final two stages!
• The victory of this special went to the French Guerlain Chicherit and Alex Winocq (Toyota), who achieved their first success at the wheel of a Toyota Hilux T1+ EVO.