Daniel Sanders: "I was really lucky I didn't crash"

Dakar 2022 | Stage 4 | AL SALAMIYA > AL-HOFUF
January 5 ^th 2022 - 15:08 [GMT + 3]

17th in the stage, over 18 minutes down, but 4th overall at 7 minutes back, Sanders overcame the longest special of the rally despite a close shave.

Yeah, it worked out not too bad, the plan. I caught the guys earlier than I thought. It was really tricky navigation at the start, at the refuelling. After this, I was in the pack and we tried to open the stage as fast as we could so we didn't lose too much time to the other guys. We found one really tricky spot and I went on the right way, and so did Skyler. We opened a lot, for a fair bit we didn't know where the other guys went. While I was opening with Skyler I landed off a dune jump on a mound. That's why my face is like this. I face-planted the navigation screen on the front. It was a really rough day. I hit my head pretty hard, but I was really lucky I didn't crash. The airbag went off and it was good to just regroup and get to the next refuel, finish strong and try not to lose too much time today because it was the biggest stage of the race. It was good fun.