Impressive drive by Breen. Mikkelsen also seems to start to get a grip of the i20. Maybe its starting to be more nice to the "normal" way of driving, and not the Neuville way? Still early, but strange to see Neuville slowest.
Perhaps Neuville has gotten used to the i20 being slow and adjusted his mindset to it....the last (& only) podium for him was back in 2013 with the last gen. Fiesta...hopefully he'll do better on the second pass.
This year's Dakar has very small gaps. It seems like it's not as car breaking as the other years.
After 7 stages in Dakar 2026: 16 drivers within 1 hour from the lead. 10th place at +25m 25s...
IMO there are much more positives than negatives for Kalle from first race weekend in single seaters - in one of the races his best lap was only three tents slower than the fastest drivers...as...
Just a kiss on the barrier, would have been a bit embarassing to cut short the celebration :D https://www.youtube.com/shorts/i0WV80F0_F0
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