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All the latest Dakar 2024 news and updates from Saudi Arabia as the convoy went all out on Thursday
– Carlos Sainz all but assured himself a fourth Dakar Rally title on Thursday when his nearest rival Sébastien Loeb endured a nightmare Stage 11 and the Spaniard nursed his Audi RS Q e-tron car from AlUla to Yanbu with just one slow puncture. A huge special stage saw hard charging challengers going on the attack and Loeb – hunting his first elusive Dakar title – suffered with a damaged suspension on his Prodrive Hunter that saw him lose over an hour to Sainz on the day. Loeb, 49, said: “We lost more than one hour sitting on a rock. We thought that it was completely finished for us. Finally we were lucky that Yungang Zi came by in his Hunter and had the spare parts that we needed.”
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