The place of the accident Carlos Sainz keep on talking. The point of the path that she left no possibilities to spanish and forced the abandonment of Peterhansel has generated much controversy. Several pilots, like Joan BarredaThey affirmed that an accident there was foreseeable and the latest to join that opinion was Sebastien Loeb.
The Frenchman, who is fourth overall (although he is going from less to more), acknowledged that he also had a hard time at that same point at the end of the stage: “For me it was over the edge. I also jumped, maybe a little less than them because I saw it. We were going badly, the roadbook said that you had to go to the left, but the line of the bikes seemed good”.
In addition, he acknowledged that he also broke a part of his car when landing: “It was a left-hander over a crest and all of a sudden… bang, we braked, we jumped and I broke the differential”.
Responds to Al-Attiyah’s criticisms
Loeb is almost two hours behind the leader, Nasser Al-Attiyah. The Qatari from Toyota dominates the Dakar overall with an iron fist despite his statements stating that the Japanese car was the third slowest in the race with the extra 11 HP received by the Audis, words that they earned him an investigation.
However, Loeb has come out to respond to Al-Attiyah: “Look at the classification. There are five Toyotas in the top six, they don’t seem to be doing so badly”.
