The Spanish pilot Carlos Sainz (Audi) assured this Monday that “it was not a perfect day” for him and his co-driver, Lucas Cruz For as they encountered dust that prevented them from seeing, they found a hole through which they nearly overturned and punctured a tire.
In the statements provided by Audi, Sainz, who lost the lead in the Dakar 2024 rally this Monday in favor of Saudi Yazeed Al Rajhi (Overdrive Racing), explained that at the beginning of the stage they also had some problems navigate, although eventually they will. is “really fast”.
However, when entering the dust following his teammate Mattias Ekström (Audi) they ended up in the hole and had a puncture, which forced them to “stop to reset some things”.
Sainz pointed out that he was confident “the mechanics will do a good job” after the 733 kilometer stage, 438 of which was timed, which they finished in the first half of the ‘semi-marathon’, where the mechanics could only work for two hours on the drivers’ cars when it comes to the assistance service.
Source: La Verdad
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