it seems Loeb has also second puncture? has lost another 7 minutes and is 15 minutes down from leader Lategan at this moment and 12 minutes from Nasser
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it seems Loeb has also second puncture? has lost another 7 minutes and is 15 minutes down from leader Lategan at this moment and 12 minutes from Nasser
De Villiers apparently hit another bike on the 2nd stage. Driver fine, bike damaged so much that his Dakar is over.
Dakar leader Al-Attiyah handed suspended DSQ
Toyota was fined €5000 for a breach as its data logger wasn't connected
https://dirtfish.com/off-road/dakar/...suspended-dsq/
it seems something else happened too, in the end 33 minutes lostt, what a shame
14:05 Car: Two-wheel drive for Loeb
At the finishing line for the day’s special, Sébastien Loeb arrived more than 33’ behind stage winner Carlos Sainz. The nine times winner of the WRC and his co-pilot Fabian Lurquin broke their longitudinal transmission after 10 minutes of racing. They managed to salvage their day by making it to the finishing line on two-wheel drive!
Feels like reading a Dakar script for Loeb, unfortunately...
We woke up this morning with the confirmation that Nasser Al-Attiyah received a financial penalty of 5,000 euros (to be paid in less than 48 hours) after verifying that the 'data logger' or the system in charge of collecting data in his Toyota GR DKR Hilux T1 + was not connected during stage two of the 2022 Dakar Rally, disputed in this case and exceptionally between Ha'il-Al Qaisumah after the floods that forced to change the route and suppress the Marathon stage.
In this case, in addition to this sanction for not complying with article 13.1.2 of the FIA Sporting Regulations, a second penalty was also applied pending disqualification of the event, so if a similar event was repeated in what The remainder of Dakar 2022, this would mean the immediate expulsion of the current leader of the general classification in cars.
This last point precisely reveals the importance that ASO and FIA give to the so-called “Black Boxes” that are in charge of collecting many parameters of the car when it is in competition, among other things, of registering the engine revolutions, turbo pressure, some data that is vital when it comes to ensuring that all frames comply with technical regulations, even more important when facing vehicles as different as Toyota's or Prodrive's T1 +, versus the electric Audi RS Q e-tron.
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The defense of Toyota GAZOO Racing is based on the fact that it was a human error, in this case the carelessness of a mechanic who forgot to connect said element for the second stage after, on the first day, or stage 1B, this it will be correctly activated. Toyota alleges that it is a safety procedure, since they disconnect them during the night and probably also when they are preparing to refuel the vehicle at the bivouac.
This has led the FIA to argue its less severe decision because "The exceptional circumstances present in this case, insofar as the Dakar Rally is made up of 12 days of competition and the infraction was discovered in the second, the car being in compliance in the first one. A disqualification from the competition would not be proportionate, especially since the competitor has confirmed that he will solve the problem and the car will be in compliance with the regulations for the next 10 days of competition. "
Lategan's Toyota has irregularities:
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It might seem that, although it was a very condescending decision, none of the rivals would see this possible controversy with too much bad eyes ... until this afternoon. The decision number 13 of the stewards announces that Henk Lategan, another of the official drivers of Toyota GAZOO Racing South Africa has been penalized with 5 minutes in stage 2 after discovering that his Toyota GR DKR Hilux T1 +, a twin unit to the employee by De Villiers or Nasser Al-Attiyah, it was not in compliance with the regulations.
According to the FIA Technical Delegate, the Lategan unit would have exceeded the maximum allowable turbo pressure, with a number of overpressures above the tolerance of 30mBars / s up to six times, exceeding the maximum of five from of which begins to mark the LED system used by Magnetti Marelli in its dataloggers. Jean-Marc Fortin, representative of the team, pointed out that this “small overpressure (below 100mbar is considered like this) was due to when the pilots performed a jump by pressing the accelerator fully ”, which leads to the turbo turbine turning faster and therefore this excess is produced without obtaining any extra performance since the vehicle is with the wheels in the air.
In principle, it is not therefore a serious violation, but added to what happened with Nasser Al-Attiyah, it does not stop fueling the controversy that has been served since in stage 1B, a "not very precise" roadbook at kilometer 257 , 6 according to David Castera turned the race upside down and claimed a good handful of minutes for almost 80% of the registered teams.
https://www.diariomotor.com/competic...er-al-attiyah/
bravo to Nani Roma
It is undoubtedly one of the images from this 2022 Dakar Rally. After what happened recently between Giniel de Villiers and the Chilean motorcycle rider, César Zuramán (a situation that had an encore just hours later), the other side Of the coin we have found it in the figure of Nani Roma when he approached the participant Original by Motul (formerly known as Malle Moto), Tiziano Interno, to worry about his condition.
The Catalan, along with Álex Haro, explained to the journalist Damiŕ Aguilar what happened, pointing out that Tiziano had fallen behind a dune and that he had not had time to activate the Sentinel that would alert him to his presence precisely at that dangerous point. The two-time Dakar winner was unaware of this situation and when overcoming the dune he ran over the Italian's motorcycle, which fortunately was not right next to his saddle at that time.
Nani himself has declared that it was undoubtedly a "lucky day" for Tiziano and for them, since if he were closer to the motorcycle that had just fallen, he could have had significant physical injuries in the face of a collision with the BRX Hunter T1 + that is using this edition that of Folgueroles.
In addition to breathing relief, the Prodrive and Bahrain Raid Xtreme rider has been quick to take an interest in the bivouac because of the situation of his motorcycle, also knowing that in this category the resources are very limited and they hardly have the parts that they themselves They carry in a chest that ASO moves to each assistance at the end of each stage so that participants in the Origina by Motul category can work on the motorcycles.
Roma himself has approached KTM, a manufacturer with whom he has a long relationship, in addition to the good harmony that Nani has with those responsible for the team, Jordi Viladoms and Marc Coma, to ask them for the parts with which Tiziano can replace the damaged on your motorcycle by the accident. Dakar spirit.
https://www.diariomotor.com/competic...ero-nani-roma/
might some one know were i can find steward decidion page were they giving penalty for dakar competetors ?
Stage 3 Highlights
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x86tifq
Nice to see Audi winning their first stage, eh!
I hate to think that Sainz didnt had a good extreme-e season cuz he is a beast!
Coronel and Zala
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7ByMyNFc-0
vanagas crash https://fb.watch/al4MIMDxOr/
Very close battle today for stage victory, Al Rajhi taking it but only with 14" to Al Attiyah and 39" to Loeb. Lategan had problem and waiting for truck.
2 minutes penalty to Al Rajhi for speeding. Stage victory goes to Al Attiyah, Loeb 2nd at 25'' and Sainz 3rd at 52''.
Overall standings:
1 Nasser Al Attiyah
2 Sebastian Loeb +38' 05''
3 Yazeed Al Rajhi +49' 15''
4 Giniel De Villiers +49' 17''
5 Lucio Alvarez +53' 58''
4 of the top 5 drive Toyota Hilux. From 6th down, they have more than 1 hour gap from Al Attiyah. Meanwhile Nani Roma, in another BRX Hunter, lost 1h 30' due to technical troubles.
how much respect for these guys!!!
Yeah, it worked out not too bad, the plan. I caught the guys earlier than I thought. It was really tricky navigation at the start, at the refuelling. After this, I was in the pack and we tried to open the stage as fast as we could so we didn't lose too much time to the other guys. We found one really tricky spot and I went on the right way, and so did Skyler. We opened a lot, for a fair bit we didn't know where the other guys went. While I was opening with Skyler I landed off a dune jump on a mound. That's why my face is like this. I face-planted the navigation screen on the front. It was a really rough day. I hit my head pretty hard, but I was really lucky I didn't crash. The airbag went off and it was good to just regroup and get to the next refuel, finish strong and try not to lose too much time today because it was the biggest stage of the race. It was good fun.
https://img.aso.fr/core_app/img-moto...800-0-70/33198
https://www.dakar.com/en/news/2022/s...t-crash/175299
Ivan Fernandez
@fernischumi
It's over. 5 Hour penalty to Giniel De Villiers for his incident with a motorcyclist on stage 2 #Dakar
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FIXAqpkX...jpg&name=large
After De Villiers' penalty, top 5 looks like this:
1 Nasser Al Attiyah (Toyota Hilux)
2 Sebastien Loeb (BRX Hunter buggy) +38' 05''
3 Yazeed Al Rajhi (Toyota Hilux) +49' 15''
4 Lucio Alvarez (Toyota Hilux) +53' 58''
5 Vladimir Vasilyev (BMW X5) +1h 03' 52''
Stage win by Lategan, in front of Loeb (who gains a couple of minutes on Al Attiyah) and Alvarez. Yet another suspension problem for Audi, this time Sainz who loses 1h+
Top 5:
1 Nasser Al Attiyah (Toyota Hilux)
2 Sebastien Loeb (BRX Hunter buggy) +35' 10''
3 Lucio Alvarez (Toyota Hilux) +51' 15''
4 Yazeed Al Rajhi (Toyota Hilux) +1h 06' 23''
5 Vladimir Vasilyev (BMW X5) +1h 07' 52''
According to Czech public TV statistics their daily Dakar coverage is being watched by more than 10% of all Czech population every day. That says about the popularity of Dakar here.
I was thinking about that. Im not into Cross Country racing but I always keep an eye to see if Loeb is finally winning his first Dakar. But for this year I think the new promoter did a good job. Im following all the daily highlights and its been fun! Im following Loeb and other drivers that I like... Chicherit, Seb Eriksson, Petrucci, Prokop. But the thing Im enjoying the most is to watch the different Cars on the class. Its cool to see different machines. I feel that lots of series are using spec cars right now... Or tight regulations that all cars look the same...But here in Dakar they are all different! Those old Peugeots, the ProDrive car, those Toyota "Utes".... Awesome. Im into "new things" in motorsport so Im also following because of the new Audi! I remember when Nissan entered LeMans with a FWD car. I watched that year because of how different the top cars were. Hybrid, 2wd, 4wd, etc... I love this aspect of motorsport. The "freedom" that sometimes we get somewhere.
Not planning to watch the full championship tho. But lets see. The highlights have been fun. Maybe theres new cars for the season. Who knows
Navigation error from Loeb and loosing already 25 minutes to Nasser
Terranova won today's stage, Loeb loosing some twenty minutes, 15 to Al Attiyah who stays in the lead easily. Loeb falling back to third overall, only 6 sec behind Al Rajhi.
Nasser can now cruise to victory. Of course, this being Dakar, troubles are always around the corner, but only a major setback can take the win away from him.
De Villiers’ five-hour Dakar penalty rescinded
The Toyota driver had been given a five-hour penalty for a second collision with a bike rider in as many days
https://dirtfish.com/off-road/dakar/...lty-rescinded/
Sainz loosing a wheel at high speed
https://twitter.com/fernischumi/stat...29656416149514
The French government is considering cancelling the race after the bomb.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-new...-terror-attack
It is only political promo, nothing else...
Loeb going great today. Almost 7 minutes faster than Nasser with still 3 waypoints to go
Loeb wins the stage with 5'26" to Al-Attiyah and takes back second place overall.
I'm not wishing troubles to Nasser... but I wish we could have a tight battle for the lead :D
Van den Heuvel repeated his last year's stunt as I can see...
Also Van Kasteren with Iveco rolled today but he was able to continue after he was helped back on the wheels. Anyway it means that Loprais got in front of him to the fourth overall.
Nasser losing again a lot of time to Loeb today, rumors that he is having 2wd only
I don't think Nasser had 2WD only. If he did, then he did amazing: 10 minutes behind Ekstrom who won the stage and 7 minutes behind Loeb.
I think he's controlling, now the gap is 37' 58'', still very comfortable.