Disaster for Loeb, Al-Attiyah Back in Front

Although he had won Tuesday's stage and taken the lead in the overall standings, the French driver got stuck in the bed of a stream at Km 12 during today's stage in Puerto Peñasco, which caused him to not finish the longest stage of the competition in his Hunter T1+.

Although the possibility of him competing again was considered, his team co-driver, Fabian Lurquin, suffered a shoulder injury and requested medical attention, which means he will not be able to continue in the race.

Al-Attiyah, who started the rally 16 points behind Loeb in the World Championship, will now focus on maintaining his lead over his closest competitor, Yazeed Al-Rajhi, who won the stage by taking advantage of his starting turn in position No. 15. The difference between the two Toyota drivers is 2 minutes and 51 seconds.

Bikes

Daniel Sanders, the winner of the previous stage, led the longest special of the race from start to finish. Only Ricky Brabec and Toby Price could keep up with his pace. However, in the end, Luciano Benavides managed to impose his speed and set the best raw time, accumulating an advantage of almost seven minutes in bonuses. Brabec and Price finished with a difference of 6 minutes and 40 seconds and also received a one-minute penalty for speeding. In the overall standings, Sanders leads with an advantage of more than 15 seconds over Benavides and 16 minutes and 42 seconds over Price. Van Beveren is more than 17 seconds behind. Brabec seems to have given up on the possibility of winning the race and accepted that Benavides will get more bonuses in the next two days.