It was a long night in the tent Audi of bivouac from Riyadh, but the effort paid off. The team with four rings was able to repair the damage suffered by Carlos Sainz’s car after the accident he was involved in on stage 6 and was able to leave the camp again Riyadh to make a long link of at least 288 kilometers to start the 7-hour test of the Dakar 2023. After stage 6, Carlos Sainz He arrived at the camp around 9:30 pm Saudi time and went straight to the shower, ate dinner and went to bed to wake up very early to do that long link. The team highlighted the destruction of the entire left front suspension, some problems with the cooling system and little else after the heavy blow suffered in the wet sand. And this Saturday, when Carlos woke up, his car was ready to attack a stage where he would start from a back position and he already knew that he would not be able to fight for the final victory.
Because he got his car to the bivouac in plenty of time for Audi to fix it, Carlos Sainz has rejoined the race. This way, you can continue to fight for stage wins (and the W2RC World Cup points), and will also remain in the general classificationbut in this case it will be done in a very backward position.
To re-enlist, to Carlos had to apply a huge penalty: a total of 28 hours and 45 minutes. This penalty comes from 10 hour maximum penalty received for not finishing the stage, plus the maximum time they need to complete that special (10:45) and another 8 hours for not passing ‘way points’ of the route after km 212 where Sainz had an accident.
Source: La Verdad
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