Carlos Sainz Sr takes 2020 Dakar Rally lead, Mini dominates again – Dakar

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X-raid Mini driver Carlos Sainz Sr has taken the lead of the 2020 Dakar Rally after topping the third stage on Tuesday.

Sainz became the third different Mini driver to win a stage of the Saudi Arabia-based event, as he set the pace over the 265-mile loop around Neom in his buggy.

His final winning margin on the day was three minutes and 31 seconds over reigning champion Nasser Al-Attiyah, and he heads the Toyota driver by five minutes in the overall classification.

Stephane Peterhansel, who drives the other X-raid buggy, matched Sainz for pace for much of the stage, only to lose 10 minutes in the final stretch.

That meant Yakub Przygonski and privateer Yasir Seaidan completed the top four on the day in a pair of four-wheel-drive Minis.

Two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso, who had lost over two hours to repairs on Monday, was fifth-fastest as he finished the stage just six minutes slower than Sainz.


UPDATE

A post-stage penalty for Al Attiyah has now moved Alonso into fourth after the Qatari driver was deemed to have impacted Sainz’s run through the second neutralised zone at the 184-mile mark.

Al Attiyah and co-driver Lucas Cruz were said to have been given several audible warnings to move aside, according to the official documents, and a review of the GPS data led to the decision to give Al Attiyah a three-minute penalty.

The overall order does not change but Al Attiyah is now 7m55s off Sainz’s leading time.


Overnight leader Orlando Terranova lost 13 minutes to Sainz but remains within the top three overall, and has over 10 minutes in hand to Toyota driver Yazeed Al-Rajhi and Peterhansel.

Mathieu Serradori, who drives a Century CR6 buggy, gave up 20 minutes but remains an impressive sixth and is marginally ahead of Monday stage winner Giniel de Villiers (Toyota).

Former World Rally Championship regular Khalid Al Qassimi, who had entered the day in seventh place, demolished his privateer Peugeot in a roll around 186 miles into the stage and exited the marathon.

Also dropping out was returnee Vladimir Vasilyev, who looked on course to enter the top 10 in the general classification before his X-raid Mini caught fire.

Leading stage three times

Pos Driver Team Car Gap
1 Carlos Sainz Bahrain JCW X-Raid Team Mini/BMW 3h48m01.s
2 Jakub Przygonski Orlen X-Raid Team Mini/BMW 4m19.s
3 Yasir Saeidan Race World Team Mini/BMW 5m28.s
4 Fernando Alonso Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota 6m14.s
5 Nasser Al-Attiyah Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota 6m31.s
6 Yazeed Al-Rajhi Overdrive Toyota Toyota 7m36.s
7 Stephane Peterhansel Bahrain JCW X-Raid Team Mini/BMW 10m26.s
8 Orlando Terranova X-Raid Team Mini/BMW 12m52.s
9 Giniel de Villiers Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota 16m21.s
10 Bernhard Ten Brinke Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota 16m43.s

Overall leading times

Pos Driver Team Car Gap
1 Carlos Sainz Bahrain JCW X-Raid Team Mini/BMW 11h00m20.s
2 Nasser Al-Attiyah Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota 7m55.s
3 Orlando Terranova X-Raid Team Mini/BMW 8m09.s
4 Yazeed Al-Rajhi Overdrive Toyota Toyota 18m58.s
5 Stephane Peterhansel Bahrain JCW X-Raid Team Mini/BMW 19m00.s
6 Mathieu Serradori SRT Racing Century/? 20m56.s
7 Giniel de Villiers Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota 23m42.s
8 Bernhard Ten Brinke Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota 33m23.s
9 Martin Prokop MP Sports Ford 48m05.s
10 Vaidotas Zala Agrorodeo Mini/BMW 59m59.s



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