Sebastien Loeb enjoyed the rest of the day in the Dakar Rally today after serving a clear reminder that Bahrain Raid Xtreme is still in the hunt for victory.
As the BRX technicians refreshed Loeb’s Prodrive Hunter with planned parts changes in Riyadh, the nine-time World Rally Champion needed no reminding that he scored a record-breaking six successive stage wins in Saudi Arabia last year.
With the same number of stages remaining up to the finish in Yanbu on Friday, Loeb and co-driver Fabian Lurquin have the Audi of rally leader Carlos in their sights in the opening round of this year’s World Rally-Raid Championship.
Loeb’s second success in the rally’s first week was hugely impressive, as it came on the 547-km 48-hour Chrono stage over the most enormous dunes in the world across the spectacular Empty Quarter.
With all mobile phones sealed in a bag and placed in their cars at the start of the two-day stage, the drivers could only speak to their chief engineer on a satellite phone before settling down for the night, given basic camping equipment and food.
The rally restarts tomorrow morning with a 483km stage to Al Duwadimi, with Sainz holding a 20-minute 21-second lead over Audi team-mate Mattias Ekström, who is nine minutes ahead of Loeb.
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