Sébastien Loeb: “The fight with Nasser will be very difficult”

Dakar 2022 | Stage 3 | AL DUWADIMI > AL SALAMIYA
January 4 ^th 2022 - 15:28 [GMT + 3]

The nine times winner of the WRC lost plenty of ground to Nasser Al-Attiyah. He is still in second place in the overall classification but trails the Qatari by 37’40’’.

“It was a bad day. We broke the prop shaft – I think it was the prop shaft – but we only had front wheel drive from ten kilometres after the start. We did 250 km like this. Crossing the dunes and all the difficult conditions we had with this two-wheel drive was really tough. So, by the end, for sure, I’m disappointed. I’m happy to be at the end of the stage losing only 33 minutes – it could have been even worse, but that’s like it is. The fight with Nasser will be very difficult. He is far in front. We cannot keep the pressure like we were trying to do, but that’s how it is”.