Mattias Ekström: "These guys have ten years of experience"

Dakar 2023 | Stage 13 | SHAYBAH > AL-HOFUF
January 14 ^th 2023 - 12:33 [GMT + 3]

Third on the day, 6'31" behind Loeb, the last Audi driver left in the race is taking the Empty Quarter as a crash course in dune-jumping.

"This terrain is very difficult for me, with dunes, dunes and more dunes. There were a few parts that were not easy to navigate, I don't know if we found the fastest trajectories, but Sébastien did a good job. We tried to follow in his footsteps, but in one place we lost them. But we did our best. I don't feel much better in the dunes than before, these guys have ten years of experience and I only had a year to try and catch up. Every year brings valuable experience."