Nasser Al Attiyah: “We’ve been really very fast and we’ve made no mistakes”

Dakar 2023 | Stage 4 | AL SALAMIYA > AL-HOFUF
January 4 ^th 2023 - 16:11 [GMT + 3]

Nasser Al Attiyah was fourth on the first of two loops around Ha’il and only conceded 2 minutes to Sébastien Loeb, the day’s winner. The Qatari retains a solid lead in the general rankings, 18 minutes ahead of Yazeed Al Rajhi.  

“A long stage, not easy and very tough. There was a lot of camel grass and off-piste. It wasn’t easy. We had one flat tyre and then we tried to push. I don’t know what the result will be, but I think it’s a good one for us. We’ve been really very fast. We’ve made no mistakes at all and Mathieu navigated well. We are quite happy. This is day four finished and now we are looking ahead to day five. The race is really changing every day, but we are trying to keep our strategy and our pace every day. The Audi is fast in the sand, but we are quite happy to finish day four and we will see what we can do the next day. The second week will be more interesting and we are quite happy”.