As CSainz_oficial hit troubles on Stage 3 of the 2023 dakar, Nasser Al-Attiyah has taken the overall lead in the rally. Full stage report ⬇️
Sainz arrived into the 467km special between Alula and Ha’il with a small advantage of 2m12s over reigning champion Al-Attiyah, with both drivers having scored one stage win apiece during the opening two days of action in Saudi Arabia.
Sainz managed to get going again after an extensive repair job but there was more drama for the two-time World Rally champion later in the stage, when navigational troubles dropped him another 20 minutes to the opposition. Al-Attiyah faced his own share of troubles after opening the road and finished well outside the top 10 in the day’s order, but the time he gained over erstwhile leader Sainz puts him at the top of the order of the Dakar Rally after the opening three stages of the event., who races an Overdrive-run Toyota Hilux, with Stephane Peterhansel assuming the mantle of the top Audi driver in the standings in third - albeit 20 minutes off the top spot.
Al-Rajhi led early on in his Overdrive Toyota at the first waypoint before Guerlain Chicherit established his authority, eventually claiming a fourth career stage win by 3m26s in his Prodrive-built Hunter.
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