Dakar 2023

[Humber]

Looked like the trucks carrying the bivouac gear were stuck halfway up the wheel rims.

[focus206]

Audi disaster completed with Ekstrom losing 3 hours because of technical issues, don't know anything more specific.
No big changes for the other drivers within 2 hours from Nasser:
1 Al Attiyah (Toyota)
2 Lategan (Toyota) +1h 01'
3 Moraes (Toyota Overdrive) +1h 11'
4 De Villiers (Toyota) +1h 36'
5 Loeb (Prodrive BRX) +1h 54'

Edit: from a video it seems like Ekstrom drove over a stone and it damaged wheel/suspension

[dimviii]

Sebastien Loeb
@SebastienLoeb
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Live my life at
@dakar
�� Night in a tent tonight for the marathon stage ⛺️

A thought for all the volunteers or competitors who experience this every evening after the very long days. Respect gentlemen ����

[focus206]

Loeb wins today's stage after penalty to Sainz. De Villiers finished almost 30 minutes behind, so Loeb is up to 4th before the rest day.

1 Al Attiyah (Toyota)
2 Lategan (Toyota) +1h 03'
3 Moraes (Toyota Overdrive) +1h 20'
4 Loeb (Prodrive BRX) +1h 52'
5 De Villiers (Toyota) +2h 04'

[NaBUru38]

Classification after stage 8:

Bikes

1. USA Skyler Howes (Husqvarna), 30:34'
2. ARG Kevin Benavides (KTM), + 0'13"
2. USA Mason Klein (KTM), + 0'13"
4. AUS Toby Price (KTM), + 1'58"
5. CHI Pablo Quintanilla (Honda), + 2'45"
6. FRA Andrien Van Beveren (Honda), + 2'49"
7. AUS Daniel Sanders (Gas Gas), + 7'
8. ESP Joan Barreda (Honda), + 7'
9. CHI Josè Ignacio Cornejo (Honda), + 19'
10. AUT Mattias Walkner (KTM), + 22'

T1 Cars

1. QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah (Toyota), 31:2'
2. RSA Henk Lategan (Toyota), + 1:03'
3. BRA Lucas Moraes (Toyota), + 1:20'
4. FRA Sébastien Loeb (BRX), + 1:52'
5. RSA Giniel de Vulliers (Toyota), + 2:04'
6. FRA Romain Dumas (Rebellion), + 2:27'
7. CZE Martin Prokop (Ford), + 2:37'
8. RSA Brian Baragwanath (Century), + 2:42'
9. CHN Han Wei (SMG), + 3:15'
10. ARG Juan Cruz Yacopini (Toyota), + 3:40'

T3 Light Prototypes

1. BEL Guillaume de Mévius (OT3), 36:03'
2. USA Austin Jones (Can-Am), + 3'
3. USA Seth Quintero (Can-Am), + 1:02'
4. CHI Francisco López (Can-Am), + 2:30'
5. ESP Cristina Gutiérrez (Can-Am), + 2:53'

T4 SSV

1. LTU Rokas Baciuška (Can-Am), + 37:33'
2. POL Marek Goczal (Can-Am), + 4'
3. POL Eryk Goczal (Can-Am), + 5'
4. ESP Gerard Farrés (Can-Am), + 6'
5. ARG Jeremias González Ferioli (Can-Am), + 42'
6. BRA Rodrigo Luppi De Oliveira (Can-Am), + 1:39'

T5 Trucks

1. CZE Ales Loprais (Praga), 36'30'
2. NED Martin Van Der Brink (Iveco), + 16'
3. NED Janus Van Kasteren (Iveco), + 38'
4. CZE Martin Macik (Iveco), + 38'
5. NED Mitchel Van Der Brink (Iveco), + 1:51'
6. CZE Jaroslav Valtr (Tatra), + 2:40'

[focus206]

Loeb wins another stage with a 1-2-3 for the Prodrive Hunters. Lategan with problems, loses 50 minutes and drops just behind Loeb.
Amazing Dakar for rookie Moraes, btw. 2nd place so far, no mistakes, no penalties, no troubles. Nasser can win this hands in pockets, the only chance for others is a catastrophic failure on Nasser's Toyota.

1 Al Attiyah (Toyota)
2 Moraes (Toyota Overdrive) +1h 21'
3 Loeb (Prodrive BRX) +1h 43'
4 Lategan (Toyota) +1h 46'
5 De Villiers (Toyota) +2h 04'

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Bahrain Raid Xtreme @BRaidXtreme

Today has seen our first @prodrive Hunter 1-2-3 finish on a Dakar stage in this our third @dakar meaning smiles all round here in the bivouac and back in the UK.

[vino_93]

I think that for Dakar they assign few points for each stage in the Rally Raid championship, since it's much longer than all the other events.

No that's for every round. The stage has to be longer than 100 km, and for each stage you have 5-4-3-2-1 points (for overall, T3, T4 & T5). You need to reach the finish to score your stage points.
The only difference is that Dakar is a "marathon event" (longer than 6 stages), so it brings more points overall : 50 - 40 - 30 - 26 - 23 - 20 - 17 - 15 - 13 - 11 - 9 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4
whereas shorter events are 30 - 25 - 20 - 17 - 15 - 13 - 11 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2
and of course, as there are more legs, there are more points to be taken

Last year, Nasser took 85 points on Dakar (169 full year) and Séb 84 points (149). So that was more than half of their season. But this year there's one more event (to be exact, one was cancelled LY). But better not to retire here, otherwise you can't expect to be World Champion.

[focus206]

Sainz rolled the Audi over a dune today, and was in pain afterwards. He was being taken to a hospital with a helicopter, but then he requested to be brought back to his car and he drove the damaged Audi to bivouac.
From next stage until the end it will be mostly dunes, shorter stages but organizers say they will be difficult, especially in finding the checkpoints.

[dimviii]

Sainz roll
https://twitter.com/fernischumi/stat...40985423032320