Lucas Moraes and his Catalan co-pilot, Armand Monleonwon stage 7 of Dakar 2025 by winning 7’41” over Mattias Ekström (Ford), taking advantage of its late starting position after problems with the Toyota team’s official crew the previous day. So they took revenge for the previous day’s disappointment in a stage 7 marked by a massive mess caused by another problem in the roadbook: an error on the route sheet that caused real chaos in the race, with many cars lost
Fortunately, the FIA He acted quickly by announcing the neutralization of the 20 kilometer conflict. The quick solution is remarkable, which contrasts with the decision of FIM never came back Tosha Schareina and other pilots by the time they lost stage 1 due to another roadbook error, a crucial time for the options of Schareina to fight for victory against Sanders. That shows the differences between the FIM (which regulates motorcycles) and the FIA (regulatory body for car competition). It is necessary to unify the standard. But that is far from happening.
The general car classification gets even more exciting at the end of stage 7 of the Dakar 2025. With only 5 days left until the end of the toughest race in the world, the fight seems to be exciting between the chosen ones of the event itself to play for the throne. So much so that, after what happened in this Sunday’s loop with start and end in Al Duwadimi, Henk Lategan He remains the overall leader but has almost no cushion: Al-Rajhithe Saudi idol, was 2nd, just 21 seconds behind the South African, both with Toyotas.
Nasser Al-Attiyah warned that he is not concerned with the leadership of Whiplashespecially because of its worse performance in the sands, which will be the star of the last three days. But Henk was able to sink earlier than expected in this stage 7 by giving a lot of time with respect to Nasser, a total of 8 and a half minutes behind the Qatari on the stage, and losing a minute and a half with respect in Al-Rajhisomething that puts the billionaire driver on the brink of leadership.
The general was very strict. Henk leads, with Al-Rajhi 21 seconds behind, Mattias Ekström (Ford) 10’25” staying in the fight and Al-Attiyahthat started in 30 minutes, is now 21’57”. Nasser continues to see himself as a favorite, as he said the day before, because of his faster speed on the sands compared to a Al-Rajhi who is going full force, attacking to the maximum, something that cost the Saudi last year when he was leading.
Source: La Verdad
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