Marko Hanželic
In the initial phase of the rally Dakar 2022 in Saudi Arabia it increasingly smells like a duel for the ultimate victory between Sebastien Loeb (BRX) and Nasser Al-Attiyah (Toyota). Loeb he secured victory in the second stage, Al Attiyah however, he remained first in the overall standings. His leadership before loebom shrunk to less than ten minutes.
Originally, the second stage should have been the first part of the marathon stage, but the organizers had to change the matter, because you won't believe due to floods (!). The rain flooded the bivouac in Al-Artawiyah. Therefore, participants were allowed to head towards the bivouac in Al-Qaisumah.
In total, almost 800 kilometers had to be covered on Monday. The time section was 338,43 kilometers long. Al Attiyah he had to start first, which resulted in a slight handicap as he could not follow the wheels of the vehicles in front of him. He took very good advantage of the situation Loeb, who was the fastest in the first time, his advantage over Qatar however, he increased all the way to the finish line and finally pinched him off 3 minutes and 28 seconds. Yesterday's osmoljenec finished in third place on the second stage Carlos Sainz Sr, who was 5 minutes and 52 seconds behind and indicated that he has Audi RS Q e-tron however, the potential for the summit.
He was the fastest among motorcyclists in the second stage Joan Barreda (Honda), before Sunderland itself (GasGas) and title defenders Kevin Benavides (KTM). Our representative Simon Marčič finished the second stage in 60th place, in his Original by Motul class he was a very good ninth.
Nothing new between the trucks, you could say, as there are four crew crews Kamaz-Master again occupied the first four places. The fastest trio this time was the one in command Andrey Karginov. Last year's winner is in the lead in the overall standings Dmitry Sotnikov.
