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Sebastien Loeb believes the navigational challenges posed to the crews in the 2021 Dakar Rally has taken the emphasis away from the drivers and made it a "race of co-drivers"
* Peterhansel still leads car category (Adds Loeb 'rant' after time penalty)
Al-Attiyeh gives Toyota 3rd consecutive stage win at Dakar Rally 1 minute read Sports Desk, Jan 6 (efe-epa).- Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah gave Toyota Gazoo Racing its third consecutive stage victory in stage four of this year’s Dakar Rally in the car category on Wednesday. The winner of the prologue and stages two and three extended his streak in Saudi Arabia by winning the section on Wednesday, between Wadi Ad-Dawasir and Riyadh, with 476 kilometers on link sectors and 337 on specials. Al-Attiyah beat the driver at the top of the general leaderboard, Frenchman Stéphane Peterhansel, by 11 s...
By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read Jan 3 (Reuters) - Defending champion Carlos Sainz took the lead in the Dakar Rally car category after winning Sunday’s first proper stage in the Saudi Arabian desert ahead of Mini team mate Stephane Peterhansel. The Spaniard was eight seconds clear of ‘Mr Dakar’ Peterhansel -- the Frenchman who has won a record 13 times on two wheels and four -- overall after the 277-km timed stage from the port city of Jeddah to Bisha. Overnight leader Nasser Al-Attiyah, who won Saturday’s short prologue for the factory Toyota team, dropped back to 10th and nearly 12 minut...
Toyota welcomes Dakar speed limit to prevent Mini "running away" Autosport 2/01/2021 © LAT Images Toyota welcomes addition of Dakar speed limit Toyota has welcomed the imposition of a speed limit for this year's Dakar Rally, believing it should prevent rival squad X-raid Mini from "running away" on the event's faster stages. Revised FIA Cross Country regulations for 2021 restrict competitors in the T1 (which includes Toyota, X-raid and Prodrive's new BRX1 contender) and T2 classes to 180km/h (112mph), while T3, T4 and T5 vehicles must stick to 130km/h (81mph). It comes after X-raid took ...