WRC legend Sebastien Loeb became the first driver in Dakar Rally history to score six consecutive stage wins after topping Saturday’s penultimate test 👏 But overall leader Nasser Al-Attiyah still takes a 1h21m42s advantage into the final day. Report ⬇️
Having fallen out of contention for overall honours after multiple punctures and a roll in the opening days of the rally-raid, Bahrain Raid Xtreme driver has since turned his attention to individual stage victories, going all-out in his Prodrive Hunter in the second week of the event.due to a penalty for Carlos Sainz Sr, Loeb has been untouchable in the cars category - with his latest triumph on the 154km special between Shaybah and Al-Hofuf marking the continuation of his winning streak.
The result means he has now leapfrogged former Peugeot star Ari Vatanen as the record-holder for the most number of Dakar stage wins in a row at six victories.
Behind, Eryk Goczal was a surprise fourth in his T4 class-entered Energylandia entry, beating the Toyotas of factory driver Henk Lategan and Overdrive’s Yazeed Al-Rajhi.Jakub Pryzognski was the best finisher from the X-raid Mini team in seventh, ahead of rookie Lucas Moraes and GCK Motorsport's Guerlain Chicherit.
Loeb has strengthened his bid to finish runner-up and is now over 13 minutes clear of Moraes, who looks set to finish as the rookie of the year after a consistent showing aboard his customer Toyota Hilux.
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