Marko Hanželic
“This is no longer Dakar, this is Gymkhana”, is at the end of the fifth stage at the finish bentil Carlos Sainz. The Spaniard sharply criticized navigation, as he again lost a considerable amount of time. Also a motorcyclist Matthias walkner he got lost in the specials and also lost a lot of time.
"I'm losing patience and motivation," he added Sainz, which is currently in 3rd place among motorists, but behind the leader Peterhansel already 48 minutes behind: “This year’s Dakar is more like a Gymkhani than a rally. In fourteen years, I have never been lost as many times in two days as this year. I also haven’t met so many teammates who got lost. This is no longer the Dakar as we knew it. ”
Sainz he also has like-minded people among motorcyclists. Austrian Matthias walkner, the 2018 Dakar winner, says: “The day started catastrophically. I got lost at least four to five times in the first 65 miles. Then Toby Price and I tried to make up for lost time, but we got lost again. ”
“The whole stage was very challenging from a navigation standpoint and a lot of other drivers had similar problems as me. It's hard to motivate myself for the next stages because I'm so angry, ” he adds Austrian.
On the other hand, currently leading Peterhansel is very happy with the route and says "Navigation, of course, was not easy, but it was a nice challenge in any case. And the challenges are the essence of the Dakar."
