After Sébastien Loeb, forced to retire on Tuesday following his rollover in the 3rd stage, another Dacia driver experienced problems on Wednesday on the first part of the marathon stage. Nasser al-Attiyah had to stop for many minutes at km 118, due to a broken suspension triangle, a few minutes after a puncture at km 97, and wait for help from his teammate Cristina Gutierrez and her co-driver Pablo Moreno.