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Sebastian Loeb
After a one-day break, the Dakar Rally resumed on Sunday, with athletes completing a 483-kilometer stage. In the passenger car class After the first time, Sebastien Loeb only took 16th place, but as the race progressed the Frenchman increased his pace and took the lead at kilometer 311. Loeb then managed to extend his lead and win at the finish. Lukas Moraes, who took 3rd place on his debut last year, took second place. Nasser Al-Attiyah, who has dropped out of the fight for victory, is in third place on this day’s stage. The seventh fastest time for Vaidotas Žal, who can no longer hope for a high result after technical problems.
Unfortunately a bad stage for Matias Ekström, who was second overall before this stage. According to reports, the athlete had to stop at kilometer 51 due to a suspension failure. After technical assistance, Ekstrom continued the race, but lost in the overall standings to Loeb after almost four hours after 173 kilometers.
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Sainz is still at the top of the overall standings, but Loeb is only 19 minutes behind him. Moraes is third, an hour behind. Benediktas Vanagas climbed to tenth place.
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Motorcycle registration In a fierce battle, José Ignacio Florimo was the fastest, losing just half a minute to Luciano Benavides. In the overall standings, after 32 hours and 37 minutes, Ricky Brabek is still at the top, but Ross Branch is only one second behind him.
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It should be noted that they were disqualified from the competition on the rest day Challenger clauses Leaders Erik and Michal Gocali. On the rest day, their Challenger cars underwent a transmission and clutch test. These tests revealed a violation of the FIA’s technical regulations. It was discovered that the clutches of both cars were made of carbon, a material banned for this element.
The competition is also over for rally driver Chris Meek. During the marathon stage, Meeke’s car was rammed by Poland’s Krzysztof Holowcic. Despite this, Meeke managed to reach the goal, but a lot of time was lost. After the finish it was discovered that the safety frame of Meeke’s car was quite badly damaged, which resulted in Meeke having to retire.
“Our journey to the Dakar Rally is coming to an end. We completed the sixth stage, but during testing it turned out that our safety frame was damaged after the collision with the mini car. We didn’t want to end this rally like this. But nothing.” “That’s a given in Dakar. In just one week, lifelong memories were created for me. But we’ll be back,” says Meeke.
On Sunday, Mitchell Gutre was the fastest, losing five minutes and 38 seconds to Lithuanian Rokas Baciushka. Gutre is also at the top of the overall standings, 33 minutes ahead of Cristina Gutierrez. Baciushka is fifth after seven stages (+1:23:33).
In the quad class The fastest was Alexandre Giroud, who continues to overtake Manuel Andujar in the overall standings. Only six minutes and 20 seconds separate the two athletes in the overall ranking. Unfortunate stage for Marcelo Medeiros, who was third overall before this stage. At kilometer 165, the Brazilian fell and was eliminated from the competition. Lithuanian Laisvidas Kanchus (+4:00:54) is currently fourth in the overall standings, while his compatriot Antanas Kanopkinas is fifth (+24:40:33).
In the heavy vehicle class For the third stage in a row, Martin Macik remained undefeated, losing to Mitchell van den Brink by 39 seconds. Maciks is also a convincing leader in the overall standings, more than an hour and a half ahead of his nearest rival Aleš Lopreis.
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