The third stage is ongoing and Stephane Peterhansel and Carlos Sainz of the X-Raid Mini JCW are already on position one and two while the Toyota Gazoo Racing Hilux commandeered by Nasser Al-Attiyah is in third position. "There is a clear regulation that indicates the type of penalty according to the speed he passed. The ACO later responded to Loeb’s remarks, saying he exceeded the speed limit by 77km/h and that the Frenchman “does not pay attention to his co-driver’s instructions.” Loeb, who returned to Dakar in 2021 after a one-year hiatus, is still chasing a … Dakar 2021, Stage 1: Sainz leads Mini teammate Peterhansel; Sainz: COVID "doubles pressure" on 2021 Dakar Rally; Loeb’s former WRC teammate Sainz picked up where he left off in 2020, topping the opening stage by a slender margin of 25 seconds from Stephane Peterhansel to establish an early X-Raid Mini 1-2. He might have thought twice if he knew what he was facing. With plans to enter more cross-country rallies and next year’s Dakar with the BRX Hunter, the Frenchman hopes for a future Saudi layout which puts both more emphasis on him the driver and suits his driving style. Just as they thought their saviour had arrived, things got even worse. “It’s the first time I did it in Saudi. “So it started in the first [stage] getting lost with this new system. And we have some little tyres, so it doesn’t suit really to what we need.”, Held in Saudi Arabia for the second time, the incredible Dakar 2021 provided its customary thrills, off-road heartbreak and extreme tests of human endeavour, not to mention an even greater…. It’s [successful navigation] not only [down to] the compass. Below…, Pierre Gasly bolstered his reputation with a superb season at Scuderia AlphaTauri in 2020, highlighted by his opportunistic win at Monza. The team made the sporting decision to give his remaining spare tyres and parts to teammate Nani Roma, who still had the chance of a good finish. From then on, you have 180 metres to stop. "When he realised it, he slammed on the brakes, but it was too late. Specs, features, and photos inside. But if you don’t see the lines, you don’t see the tracks, you don’t know where to go. Whatever their trials and tribulations this year, the BRX Hunter’s potential performance combined with the steely determination of the world’s most successful rally driver should make them a force not to be discounted at Dakar 2022. So I think some details weren’t really clear in the roadbook and a lot of co-driver were lost in the same place. Combined with the penalty, this left him in down in 10th overall. Nine-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb might have thought he’d seen it all in rallying. Created by three-time WRC winner Prodrive. The Dakar 2021 Rally has begun with stage one flagging off two days ago on January 3, 2021. Sainz leads first stage of 2021 Dakar, Loeb loses 24 minutes. “Dakar, we know it’s always a very tough race and every time a new manufacturer enters, you always have some surprises even if we did some good testing. Photography by Gustavo Epifanio/Fotop. BRX Driver, Sebastien Loeb, commented: “BRX have got big ambitions for the 2021 Dakar Rally and I’m excited to be a part of the journey with the team. “And then we punctured again (twice), and the truck was not allowed to go into stage because he had ‘retired’.”. He went even further on Stage Four, a 209-mile run from Wadi Ad-Dawasir to the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh. Třiačtyřicátý ročník Rallye Dakar 2021 přišel v pondělí o velkou hvězdu. Loeb: Dakar 2021 Pertarungan Para Navigator, Bukan Pembalap. Loeb has also garnered accolades across the FIA World Touring Championship, 24 Hours of Le Mans, X Games, Formula 1 tests and the FIA GT Series. He also attributes some of his subsequent travails to being penalised. The problem is that it didn't sound (that may be) or that he didn't hear it... and that's the problem. We had some nice sand stages with a lot of desert and nothing around but also a lot of big stones also. In the rulebook of the 2021 Dakar for the car, truck and SSV categories, the following is clearly stated in article 37P3.1: "If a Competitor disagrees with the infringements noted, he must make a written protest, accompanied by a deposit, which he must then hand to the Clerk of Course within a half hour of notification, so that the GPS can be further examined". Loeb and Elena were stranded once more in the desert, and with two punctures and no way to fix them, they were out of the rally. Loeb exceeded the speed limit in a controlled area, and was duly slapped with a 5-minute penalty. The untold stories of Dakar 2021. He arrived in Saudi Arabia with the fledgeling Prodrive-run Bahrain Raid Xtreme team, driving the new T1 class Hunter car. They set out on the first part of the ‘Marathon Stage’, only to suffer their seventh puncture before being hit by a wheel bearing failure, just 30km from the finish. What Loeb refers to is getting lost in giant dust clouds created by competitors who set off beforehand. Sebastien Loeb has reacted furiously to the speeding penalty given to him after Stage 4 of the 2021 Dakar Rally, saying "there is no room for incompetence or incompetents". It is not the function of the whistle. Words by Stephen Brunsdon. On another side, we always got lost in the same place as many of the others. However, if the BRX driver thought this might have brought some kind of respite, he was wrong, as a heavy impact spelt more disaster. “Surprise! “He decided, cowardly sitting behind his desk, with spilling his coffee as his only risk, when we risk our lives every day in the car, to hand us a penalty far more severe than what this GPS ‘bug’ gained us … about two to three seconds being generous. "Sebastien Loeb has not come to see us, nobody has called us, nobody has made any complaint about this issue. This is information given by the GPS, which is passed on to us in a report. The organisers conceded on the point of navigational difficulties with Loeb by this point, as so many competitors got lost on the fifth stage that they elected to shorten the following one. Loeb odstoupil z Rallye Dakar a je poprvé bez etapového triumfu 11. ledna 2021 19:53 - Naúm/Praha Devítinásobný mistr světa v automobilových soutěžích dnes měl dva defekty a k dispozici jen jedno náhradní kolo. “But tonight, I need to share with you the incompetence of the stewards’ panel of an event as legendary as the Dakar Rally. Clouds of dust weren’t the only obstacle for the Frenchman who found himself stranded for ten hours in the desert waiting for a spare part — only to find his crew had brought the wrong one. As night fell, Loeb and his co-driver Elena waited patiently for the recovery truck carrying the spare parts needed to carry on. He rowed with officials after being slapped with a five-minute penalty for speeding; his support truck broke down; and new navigation notes left him and experienced co-driver Daniel Elena baffled. 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Loeb’s 14-hour turmoil in the desert. “I think we are in the game or not far from it. That's why we were surprised this morning to discover the messages on social networks," Javier Soler, President of the College Stewards told AFP. “You have begun to know me a little for all these years and I very rarely ‘rant’,” Loeb said in a post on Instagram. Dakar 2021, Stage 4: Al-Attiyah beats Peterhansel to win; Peterhansel: High average speed making Dakar "kind of dangerous" In a post published on his Instagram account, Loeb – who returned to the Dakar with the new Bahrain Raid Xtreme team, managed by Prodrive – hit out at the stewards’ decision, stating that a GPS problem was to blame. If there was ever an example of why the Dakar remains one of motor sport’s most gruelling challenges, then Loeb’s experience is it. For his part, Dakar director David Castera explained how the participants' GPS works in situations of this type, making it clear that the indication of the start of the speed control appears both on the roadbook and on the positioning system. 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Loeb and his co-driver were forced to amuse themselves and take refuge with a following camera crew. As if navigating vast desert and far-stretching rocky plains hadn’t been hard enough, being engulfed in a Dakar-generated sandstorm made things even trickier. "From what I understand of what has happened, Sebastien does not pay attention to his co-driver's instructions, but relies on the beep to stop. “There is no room for incompetence, nor for the incompetent,” the nine-times world rally champion said … “Okay, maybe some co-drivers were a little bit better. “We had to start the next day, [with] only three brakes and one spare (tyre) instead of three,” says Loeb. Despite having his abilities and patience tested to the limit, Loeb is remarkably upbeat about the overall potential of the project. “For me, as long as you’re off-road, you sometimes need to follow the compass – it’s not a problem,” he says. Though slightly more sanguine about the situation now, Loeb still feels the punishment doesn’t fit the crime. “We had a little contact with the satellite mobile but we had no connection on the mobile phone. They aren't the only ones with livery reveals to do…, AlphaTauri’s new signing Yuki Tsunoda, less than half the age of Kimi Räikkönen, is the first person born in the new millennium to make it to F1 driver. Racing News. ", Loeb had claimed that “in spite of our explanations but especially in spite of the GPS system provider's admission of a problem with his equipment in our car today (something that can happen of course), the jury of stewards didn't want to know anything and decided, sitting loosely behind his desk with the only risk of spilling his coffee when we risk our lives every day in the car, to impose a penalty much higher than what this GPS ‘bug’ made us save.”. The function of the whistle is to indicate that a WP has been validated. Competing in Saudi Arabia for the first time, Loeb found the terrain particularly unforgiving. Despite having his abilities and patience tested to the limit, Loeb is remarkably upbeat about the overall potential of the project. Loeb got lost again on Stage Five, losing another 50 minutes. "When you reach a speed-limited zone, the GPS lights up at 800 metres and indicates with an arrow how to get to the speed-controlled zone. Responding to Loeb’s remarks, Cars Race director Luis Gomez said the French driver exceeded the speed limit by 77km/h in an area demarcated as a 30km/h zone. However, both Loeb and Hyundai WRT team principal Andrea Adamo said … The fight…, Watch video highlights of an action-packed weekend that included Marc Márquez taking his eighth world title, NASCAR Playoffs, World Endurance Championship, Wales Rally GB and DTM-Super GT races Photo: MotoGP…, The 2011 Motor Sport Hall of Fame was considered another huge success. It was clear, on pace at least, that Loeb and the Hunter are a potent combination. “This year was more a ‘co-driver rally’ than a ‘driver rally’”. “It doesn’t really matter the speed you go, it’s more to find the waypoints, because we can gain 10 seconds, 30 seconds, one minute, then you lose 25 minutes because your co-driver doesn’t find the way. Loeb and Elena were stranded once more in the desert, and with two punctures and no way to fix them, they were out of the rally. To access your subscription or free account. Loeb tentatively set off on Stage Eight desperately hoping nothing else would break. “For me, I always drove to the sound of the GPS. “So my co-driver didn’t really see where we were going and I didn’t couldn’t see much more. But that was before the 2021 Dakar. However, Motorsport.com has learned that the BRX team did not file a complaint about the penalty - and has no plans to do so in the future. We knew that 5000km will be tough and we discovered some little problems, but at the end it’s not so big.”. Email. We have just been penalised five minutes for exceeding speed in a controlled area. Nine-time World Rally champion Sebastien Loeb will return to the Dakar Rally in 2021 after signing a deal with the Prodrive-run Bahrain Raid Xtreme team. The roadbook needs to be perfect I think.”. The BRX Hunter is Sebastien Loeb’s ride for the 2021 Dakar … Check here for latest versions. In the 2018 edition of the Dakar Bernhard ten Brinke was the first Dutchman ever to win a stage in the car category. “Irrigation at the moment is not really, really good,” he says. There is a lot to lose and little to gain.”. Valiantly as they had fought, their Dakar 2021 was over. The compass can change but you [sometimes] still need to follow [the tracks made by other cars]. “Despite our explanations, but above all despite the confessions of the GPS system provider stating that there was an issue with the equipment in our car today, the jury of the marshals did not want to know anything. And even when it was a bit twisty, there were so many stones that we had to go around – we were only concentrated on avoiding punctures more than going fast. This relegated the Bahrain Raid Xtreme driver to seventh place in the stage and the same position in the overall classification, 52m14s minutes down on leader Stephane Peterhansel (X-raid Mini). Sign-up now for access to a limited number of articles. The truck had brought the incorrect component due to some lax labelling. Except that we were lost, because of the car that started in front of us because of the penalties. Soon after the Dakar announcement, the factory Hyundai WRC squad confirmed that it would not be extending Loeb’s part-time WRC programme into 2021. bahrain raid xtreme driver, sebastien loeb, forced to retire from dakar rally 2021 The eighth stage of the Dakar Rally 2021, was the second part of the marathon stage of this year’s event, with drivers travelling the709km from Sakaka to Neom. After a one-year hiatus, Loeb has returned to the Dakar in 2021 to spearhead the new Prodrive-run Bahrain Raid Xtreme team alongside long-time co-driver Daniel Elena. “Obviously for me the stages were nicer before [on previous Dakars] than now,” Loeb comments. “For the first time we didn’t do any cross country rallies [in preparation],” the 79-time WRC rally winner said. The established speed was 30 km/h and he passed at 107 km/h. He [co-driver Daniel Elena] wasn’t really used to it, there wasn’t enough [familiarisation time]. After being stranded for over five hours in the middle of the stage, Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena made the decision to return to the bivouac by road, marking an end to their 2021 Dakar campaign. From the angry to the crazy, to a bit of business, this year’s edition had a lot going on. Loeb is returning to the Dakar after a one-year absence to helm the new Bahrain Raid Xtreme outfit, where he will be joined by 2015 winner Nani Roma. Loeb has also added to his experience in the FIA World Touring Championship, 24 Hours of Le Mans, X Games, Formula 1 tests and the FIA GT Series. “You also have the information on the roadbook and on the tablet. Share. Many a u-turn: navigational issues plagued Loeb and Elena throughout. Sebastian Loeb has labelled officials at the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia as “incompetent” after a dispute over a speeding penalty. Loeb and Elena got lost not once but twice on Stage One. “We had our first puncture in a fast section of the stage, then shortly afterwards a second and a third puncture,” he said. The Toyota driver was four minutes and 58 seconds adrift of Peterhansel, the veteran “Mr Dakar” who has won the event a record 13 times on two wheels and four but has yet to take a stage in 2021. “And then I got the penalty, I gained maybe one second because I saw it [the speed limit] a little bit late. Season 3 of Netflix’s immensely popular series Drive to Survive will arrive in a month, on March 19. It seemed like fate was conspiring against them – but the Dakar wasn’t done yet. He was coming very fast and was waiting for a beep. Valiantly as they had fought, their Dakar 2021 was over. “The cars are very heavy, [and] the ground [is] very hard with big stones. “At the end, it didn’t actually affect my race. “This year was more a ‘co-driver rally’ than a ‘driver rally’,” comments Loeb. Peterhansel extends lead after rivals' mishaps, Loeb and Price crashes out of Dakar Rally 13 Jan 2021 Stephane Peterhansel competes by the Red Sea during the Stage 9 of the Dakar Rally 2021 around Neom, Saudi Arabia. The Frenchman bounced back on Stage Two though, setting the sixth fastest time, but hit further navigation issues which would continue to plague him for the rest of the rally. In 2020 he equaled his best result: 7th in the general standings. Loeb: Dakar 2021 "a race of co-drivers, not drivers" The opening week of this year’s Dakar has proved to be challenging from a navigational point of view, with even some of the most experienced drivers in the field running off course after losing their way in Saudi Arabia’s deserts. Sebastien Loeb meyakini sistem navigasi yang sulit pada Reli Dakar 2021 telah mengangkat tekanan dari para pembalap dan menjadikan event ini sebagai perlombaan para navigator. I think it's a huge risk to trust that whistle. However, the stewards were unrelenting. “For me there’s no nice track to push like we had in Chile – [ where] you have for 20 or 30kms of nice twisty road where you can really push, and we didn’t have anything like that in Saudi’, “I think they should find something different – it was not so interesting to drive in my opinion or [suited] for my driving style. The BRX driver blamed a faulty GPS system for not warning him (via an electronic alarm sounding) that he was in a slow zone, with even the equipment provider backing him up. For a better experience, keep your browser up to date. Sebastien Loeb believes the navigational challenges posed to the crews in the 2021 Dakar Rally has taken the emphasis away from the drivers and made it a "race of co-drivers". The latest news, updates and more straight to your inbox, Stuck in the desert for 10 hours — twice: Sébastien Loeb on his nightmare Dakar 2021. He also suffered the inevitable teething problems that come with a new car. But what does the future hold for the Frenchman…, With the 2021 Formula 1 season fast approaching, teams will unveil cars ahead of winter testing in Bahrain in March. And when we passed the car, [we realised] the car was lost. Writing on his social media accounts, Loeb said “ there is no room for incompetence or incompetents” in an event of Dakar’s scale and felt the penalty was too extreme for an offence that would have only gained him "two-to-three seconds". “We had a TV crew that came to film us and they made a little bivouac there and so we could go stay with them in a tent and have a coffee.”. Recounting the story of his Dakar disaster to Motor Sport, Loeb says the issues began early, as an unfamiliarity with the new roadbook system, where competitors are now handed their navigational directions 15 minutes before the start of a stage instead of the day previously, immediately got them off on the wrong foot. While there are many capable cars entering the Dakar… Dakar 2021 threw everything at Loeb: mechanical failures, navigational issues, sandstorms and more. “On one section, he passed at a higher speed than indicated. Loeb enjoyed dune stages in parts – but said he found rocks too much of a headache, “The two times we were really lost, we were a bit unlucky because I was just trying to overtake and I was in the dust of another car,” Loeb explains. Dakar 2021, Stage 1: Sainz leads Mini teammate Peterhansel Sainz: COVID "doubles pressure" on 2021 Dakar Rally. It also states that "any speeding recorded by the GPS will be penalised by the Clerk of Course". So we lost a bit of time, but that was not the worst point!”, Loeb joined BRX hoping for – and expecting – some big jumps. The Frenchman found himself having to channel his inner Parker, feeling at times more like Elena’s chauffeur. Ještě před startem do druhé poloviny maratonské etapy se rozhodl ukončit své letošní dakarské trápení devítinásobný mistr světa v automobilových soutěžích (rallye) Sebastien Loeb. "It was a DZ [speed limit zone] where they had to enter at a certain [limited] speed,” Gomez told AFP. In my personal experience [as a co-driver] with Stephane [Peterhansel] and Cyril [Despres], the driver should never trust the whistle, but the co-driver. So both times, we were following a car and we got lost from that point.”. The Frenchman was not backward with coming forwards in directing his subsequent ire towards the stewards. Maybe they should give me 15 or 30 seconds [penalty], but five minutes was far too much for that. So it’s just not that good to start in order.”. For the 2021 Dakar Rally, Prodrive has come up with the BRX Hunter, which will be driven by Sebastien Loeb. “This was one of the hardest stages I have had in the Dakar.”. It was a case of right label – wrong part. Auriol, who won the Dakar in 1981, 1983 and 1992, became the first…. Carlos Sainz likened this year’s Dakar to a “gymkhana”, saying that the rally was overly reliant on navigation, and Loeb’s opinion isn’t much different. The BRX recovery truck wich transports all spare parts had now failed to make it to the end of stage having broken its rear axle, so couldn’t get requisite spare parts and wheels to Loeb. “The Dakar Rally is a truly special challenge, and to race with BRX in its first rally and show the world what Hunter is capable of is incredibly exciting.” Loeb added that he’s “been learning new things every day” during the development of the Hunter, which is going for outright victory on the 2021 Dakar. Tweet. The BRX pair had to wait for the correct part to arrive and spent over 24 hours awake as a result, but took advantage of a rest day to try and at least finish the rally, with all hope of a win long gone. But then okay, the regulation doesn’t speak about sound.”. Sir Jack Brabham, Sir Frank Williams, Jody Scheckter and Dario Franchitti were all inducted on the night and…. And that causes problems.”. Sometimes a Dakar driver has to use compass directions, at other times just follow the tyre tracks of those that have gone before. The Hunter was unable to continue. ASO has explained the reasoning behind the penalty handed to Sebastien Loeb in the 2021 Dakar Rally after the Frenchman labelled … “The main issue occurs when we needed to go to follow a track [made by other cars] and the track disappears because it was windy before. Rally raid legend and three-time Dakar winner Hubert Auriol passed away yesterday at the age of 68. “[It was] a lot of little things that caused a lot of loss of time and even the retirement but at the end, I think the car performed quite well,” he reasons. So for me it was more looking at it like this. “I’m not the pilot, I’m the driver of my co-driver, just bringing him from one point to the other. Loeb was handed a five-minute penalty for exceeding the speed limit in Stage 4 on Wednesday, where he had been the fourth fastest, 2m36s behind winner and factory Toyota driver Nasser Al-Attiyah. The pair eventually made it to the end of the stage, but were now well down the order in 41st. BRX Driver, Loeb, commented: “BRX have big ambitions for the 2021 Dakar Rally and I’m … Yes, I played a little bit on my mobile,” recounts Loeb. Editing is complete and the first teaser trailer has been released. Loeb, a veteran of four Dakar events who finished second in 2017, knew that blooding the car would be difficult after Covid had severely limited testing. Loeb now has his sights set on Dakar 2022. "The GPS beeps every time a waypoint is validated," Castera said. Loeb’s former WRC teammate Sainz picked up where he left off in 2020, topping the opening stage by a slender margin of 25 seconds from Stephane Peterhansel to establish an early X-Raid Mini 1-2. However, it was here that things started to really unravel. “And when you are on the track, you need to follow it. The Frenchman made a split decision to do a u-turn and retrace steps, which paid off as he rediscovered the correct route, but his troubles were far from over. I’m sure if we needed to start the Dakar tomorrow, we the team would be able to solve the problem and we will be fine with that. “In a double jump on a landing, we broke a [suspension] wishbone and then we started to be really in the shit, because we lost 10 hours in the desert.”. For Loeb the latter became increasingly difficult as the shifting sands of Saudi Arabia made it almost impossible for the driver to find a well-defined route. Sebastien Loeb believes the navigational challenges posed to the crews in the 2021 Dakar Rally has taken the emphasis away from the drivers and made it a “race of co-drivers.” The BRX truck suffered its own mechanical failure – spelling disaster for Loeb and co. Loeb battled on though and, despite picking up three more punctures, was sixth fastest again on Stage Three to haul himself up the same position in the overall standings. Jan ‘21 18. So at this point, we lost completely the race.”. For the first time in four years, it didn’t work,” he says.
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