Carlos Sainz: “There is still a long way to go”

Dakar 2024 | Stage 6 | HAIL > AL DUWADIMI
January 12 ^th 2024 - 09:57 [GMT + 3]

Carlos Sainz has finished second on the long sixth stage, behind Sébastien Loeb, taking advantage of the problems suffered by Yazeed Al Rajhi and Nasser Al Attiyah to gain a comfortable lead at the top of the general rankings. At the rest day, the Audi driver now boasts a lead of twenty minutes over his team-mate Mattias Ekström.  

“It was quite a difficult stage, but I think we managed to do a good job. At the end I had a problem and got stuck in one place. We lost some minutes, but all in all the two days were good. We are happy at the moment. If you asked before this week would we be leading I would say I am happy. But there is still a long way to go. It’s still very open”.