Why Sébastien Loeb has not yet won the Dakar

In 2023, he suffered three punctures in the same day, from the 2nd stage, had to wait for his teammate at Prodrive Orlando Terranova to give him a wheel, and lost more than an hour on the then leader, Carlos Sainz. Rebelote last year, on the 3rd stage, with again a series of three punctures, and this time almost 25 minutes lost. “It’s bad luck”he summarizes. During the 2021 edition, undoubtedly the most catastrophic for Loeb, marked by an abandonment from the 8th stage, he and Daniel Elena accumulated 12 punctures.