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Dakar: a first coronation, Sébastien Loeb’s “main objective”

The nine-time world rally champion, 49, began the Dakar adventure in South America in 2016 for four podiums (2nd in 2017, 2022 and 2023, and 3rd in 2019).

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Dakar: a first coronation, Sébastien Loeb’s “main objective”

The nine-time world rally champion, 49, began the Dakar adventure in South America in 2016 for four podiums (2nd in 2017, 2022 and 2023, and 3rd in 2019). This time he intends to dethrone the Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah, five-time winner of the event and his new teammate this season at Prodrive, he explains in an interview with AFP. “That’s my main goal. I'm starting to have some experience now. We often had the performance but we often had small mechanical problems which caused us to lose time, sometimes stupid things on my part, also navigation errors. And every year I got one of three. We don't have a lot of room for mistakes. If that happens you have to be able to quickly find your trace, that's where the gaps widen. And you need a reliable car.” Dakar boss David Castera assured him “the course will be difficult”. Confirmation from Loeb: “Yes he will be. Last year it was already not easy with complicated stages and punctures. This year it will be the same, the stages are long. In the Empty Quarter, crossings will be complicated.”

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