He Dakar Rally enter into Empty Quarter. The “empty place”, as the Saudis call the region, is the dreaded scenario in which the participants in the race will live until tomorrow, in which Laia Sanz stands out. The KH-7 pilot He faced the fifth stage, which was only special stage 118 – the shortest of this edition – with the caution of knowing that he was in enemy territory. The sand, and especially the dunes, is not the type of surface best suited to his two-wheel drive car, so he used a strategy to finish in a comfortable 42nd position which would allow him to start in good position tomorrow.
The short distance to be covered in this Wednesday’s special stage meant that there was only a little over 11 minutes difference between the first and the Astara Team, with many drivers crowding the same minute. In her category (T1.2), the Spanish woman was second, just 3 minutes behind the first, the French. Mathieu Serradori. In the general classification, Sanz and his co-pilot Maurizio Gerini They remain unchanged: in 17th place overall and seconds in T1.2.
Although a priori the result on the stage may seem calm, after the 14th place she achieved the previous day, Laia Sanz was more than satisfied when she reached the finish line: “We are very happy today. We started the real sands, which were quite steep, and we had a better time than we expected. We were very comfortable in the car, we were careful and, little by little, we gained confidence. At the end of the stage we pushed I think we did a good qualifying to have a good starting place tomorrow, so we are ready and eager to face the next two days, which I think will be the toughest in Dakar.
In fact, the Dakar Rally will experience a new stage format tomorrow, the so-called and feared “48-hour time trial”, which will start this Thursday and end on Friday after the participants cover 584 kilometers against the clock at sea of dunes. and a link of 234. At 16:00 Saudi Arabia time (2 hours below the peninsular time zone), vehicles must stop at the first bivouac of the seven distributed by the event organization along with the itinerary. proof. The next morning, the competitors will start again from where they finished to the finish line of this unprecedented sixth stage.
Source: La Verdad
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