Sébastien Loeb: "It needed to be finished properly"

Dakar 2026 | Stage 10 | WADI AD-DAWASIR > BISHA
January 14 ^th 2026 - 14:41 [GMT + 3]

Sébastien Loeb moved up two places in the ranking today. The Frenchman is just outside the podium at 23'04".

"It went better than in the first part of the marathon stage. We drove well in the special. We made one or two navigation errors. At some waypoints we turned a little, changed a couple of wheels, dealt with a jam and a slow puncture I'd been carrying for 80 km, which I finally changed 20 km from the finish. Overall, another tricky special, but it needed to be finished properly, which we did. You can clearly see these are difficult specials and gaps can open up. For us, all we have to do is keep driving properly and we'll see how it goes."