Sébastien Loeb is out of the race

January 7 ^th 2025 - 23:09 [GMT + 3]

The driver from Alsace, who is a nine times world rally champion, will not triumph on his ninth attempt to win the Dakar. He is used to surprises on this race that is resisting his quest for success and this time it will deprive him of the opportunity to make up the 1 hour and 14 minutes he lost over the rally’s first few days to Henk Lategan, including 1 hour and 3 minutes alone on the special during stage 3. The consequences of rolling his car after 12 kilometres have not only had an effect on his racing time. Indeed, the same causes had the same effects for his rival Carlos Sainz yesterday: because the accident damaged the rollbar in his Dacia Sandrider, the inspection conducted by the FIA’s technical stewards has led to him being forbidden to take starter’s orders on stage 4.