SA Nasser Al-Attiyah He is struggling to beat the leader of the overall car standings, his former teammate Toyota Henk Lategan. The Qatari, 5-time world champion, was surprised by the great speed of Henk who gave a new blow to the race by winning stage 8 and increasing his lead over all his rivals.
Nasser He was the most affected, as he gave up more than 12 minutes. From cutting back to 21st the day before, to once again being 34′ behind first place in Dakar 2025 in cars. Of those ‘Prince of the Desert’ things are complicated for him, although he will be able to take advantage of the fact that he will start stage 9 tomorrow from a further back position, with Henk opening a track, although there is already the same route of motorcycles, so the South African can reduce losses by validating the tracks of motorcycles that he finds.
Henk with a 1’47” advantage over Botterill, while Nani Romewith his co-pilot Alex Harothey signed a good position on the 5th stage in 5 minutes and 17 seconds. Yazeed Al-Rajhione of the contenders for the crown, and started the day 21 seconds behind in the general classification of Whiplashgave up 5’20”, while Cristina Gutiérrez was 11th at 13’29”.
Nasser must burn his last cartridges
So, with 4 stages to go, Lategan leads the Dakar overall with a 5’41” margin over Al-Rajhi, that from the 6th starting position of stage 9 he could have a good attacking option to take the lead before the start of the dreaded 3 final dune stages ‘Empty Quarter’.
Losing some steam Ekström (Ford) at 28’55”, although there are still options. Meanwhile, Nasser Al-Attiyah, with 34 minutes remaining, must continue to attack without throwing in the towel. The Qatari has already highlighted a few days ago that Lategan is suffering in the sands and Al-Rajhi Not fast in that area. Nasser could risk everything there.
For his part, Isidre EstevHe continued to go strong in his Dakar and finished his Toyota in 21st position, just 20 minutes behind Lategan. Not slowing down his great debut in the category is the Nandu Jubany. The Catalan chef is in the best position overall and this Monday he finished the stage in 32nd, 40 minutes ahead.
Source: La Verdad
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