Friday, March 29, 2024
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The second day of the Dakar Rally 2022 and in fact the first stage of the race brought very serious problems for a number of favorites.

The second day of the Dakar Rally 2022 and in fact the first stage of the race brought very serious problems for a number of favorites. Suspension problems delayed Stephan Peterhansel by several hours and he lost a real chance to win.Carlos Sainz got lost in the desert and it cost him over 15 minutes. Second disappointment for the Audi team with electric drive (Stephan and Carlos). Many crews, especially many motorcyclists, had serious problems at this point on the tracks.
So far, NASSER AL-ATTIYAH / MATTHIEU BAUMEL (TOYOTA GAZOO RACING) is in the lead without any problems. The second position is for SEBASTIEN LOEB / FABIAN LURQUIN (BAHRAIN RAID XTREME) with a lag of 12 '44' '. The Czechs MARTIN PROKOP / VIKTOR CHYTKA (BENZINA ORLEN TEAM) are third at 22 '39' '.
In motorcycles, surprisingly DANIEL SANDERS (GASGAS FACTORY RACING) is led by PABLO QUINTANILLA (MONSTER ENERGY HONDA) at 3 '07' '.
The big contenders from KTM are third with MATTHIAS WALKNER at 11 "06".
The leader in quadricycles is LAISVYDAS KANCIUS from Lithuania (STORY RACING S.R.O.).
The trucks are led by Kamaz with DMITRY SOTNIKOV at the helm.
Tomorrow the stage is shortened after torrential rains and is 338 km from Ha'il to Al Artawiyah.


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