The Dakar Rally ended in the eighth stage for the famous Frenchman Sébastien Loeb. The nine-time world champion in car racing today had two defects and only one spare wheel available. In the event of parallel technical difficulties, the assistance car gave up the effort to continue on the prescribed route of the special stage from the 83rd kilometer after the repair. After a late arrival at the bivouac in Naúm, according to the competition website, he announced to the organizers that he was resigning.
Sebastien Loeb resigned from Dakar.
Hamad I Mohammed, Reuters
The second man in the car category from 2017 and the third from the year before last did not reach the finish line even in 2018, when he made his debut in 2016 he was ninth. He has 14 stage championships to his credit, but this year he did not add any for the first time.
His best result was fifth place in the third act, but he remained in the top ten until the fifth stage. Then he began to be accompanied by huge technical difficulties, including cracked wheel suspension, and lost the chance for a good result. Before the start of the eighth stage, he figured in the fifth ten.
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Loeb was missing at the premiere in Saudi Arabia after four starts at the Dakar in South America last year. This year he returned among the participants in the colors of the British team Bahrain Raid Xtreme (BRX).
We must give up the @dakar The death in the soul …
We are disappointed for the team @BRaidXtreme but we have a lot of lessons to learn from this edition to come back stronger next year ???????? #BRX #RedBull #BFGoodrich #Bardahl #Sparco pic.twitter.com/l7vp3iEwo9
– Sébastien Loeb (@SebastienLoeb) January 11, 2021
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