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The best French driver of all time in the World Rally Championship (WRC) has spoken out loud about this year’s victory in Dakar Sebastienas Loebas (Prodrive) no longer wants to continue this year’s program after problems and has officially retired from the race.
After three stages, Loeb was still sixth in the Dakar general classification, and even after a poor fifth stage, he was in the top ten. However, the Frenchman then defeated 44th place, finding himself behind all the remaining Lithuanian car crews. For example, S. Leb was almost 5 hours away from Gintas Petraus.
Stage six turned fateful when S. Loebui broke a fork in the track. He, with his co-driver Daniel Elena, quickly realized that he could not repair the car himself, so he stayed in the desert waiting for a service truck.
After midnight local time, S. Loeb and D. Elena finally appeared at the finish line. They surpassed the sixth speed section at 1 pm 48 min. 30 seconds, and the Spanish Carlos Sainz (“Mini”), winner of the stage, was even 10 hours behind. 10 minutes. 3 sec.
S. Loeb finished the first day of the marathon with a single free lap and was alongside Edvinas Juškauskas and ranked 42 (6 hours 12 minutes 39 seconds).
On the second day of the marathon, Loeb embarked on the track with a flat tire on WP1 and a second puncture on WP2, for which he had to wait for the help of an auxiliary truck, which also faced mechanical problems. Although Loeb finally found a way to move, he nonetheless decided to leave the track and take the easy way to the bivouac at Neomi, risking disqualification.
However, there was no need for a formal decision, as upon arrival in Bivuaka, Loeb informed his team about the decision to leave in 2021. Dakar Rally.
At the Dakar Rally, Loeb performed better in 2017, finishing second. He also advanced to the ranks of the winners in 2019, when he finished third.
We must give up @dakar Death in the soul …
We are disappointed in the team @BRaidXtreme but we have many lessons to learn from this edition to come back stronger next year 💪🏼 #BRX #Red Bull #BFGoodrich #Bardahl #Sparco pic.twitter.com/l7vp3iEwo9
– Sébastien Loeb (@SebastienLoeb) January 11, 2021
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