The most successful driver in the 2025 field was unimpressed with some decisions
Dacia driver Nasser Al-Attiyah has questioned FIA’s decision to prevent Ford rival Carlos Sainz Sr from completing the 2025 Dakar Rally on safety grounds. Sainz Sr and Al-Attiyah’s team-mate Sebastien Loeb were forced out of Dakar at the start of this week after suffering damage to their roll cages in separate accidents.
#225 Ford M-Sport Ford: Carlos Sainz Sr., Lucas Cruz Photo by: A.S.O. Stating his intention to write a letter to the president of FIA president Mohammed ben Sulayem about the sanction, he said: “I don't understand it. To lose the tyres with the support and then the spectator finds the tyre with the support and you get ten minutes. I don't accept it. “But I'm working to fix that whole problem because that's not sport, we have to be fair.
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