Nasser Al Attiyah: “We just needed to survive and finish the stage”

Dakar 2026 | Stage 3 | ALULA > ALULA
January 6 ^th 2026 - 15:43 [GMT + 3]

Nasser Al Attiyah, like Sébastien Loeb, used up both of his spare wheel jokers today. The Qatari finished 22'11’’ behind Mitch Guthrie and dropped from first to tenth place overall (11'39’’ behind).

 “Today was very tricky. We had two punctures and it really wasn’t easy. We took it easy on the last one hundred kilometres because we just needed to survive and finish the stage. Today and yesterday, we just need to survive. But I’m quite happy, we didn’t lose too much time. Tomorrow will be a good day”.