A navigation failure leaves Carlos Sainz almost without options

Bad luck struck

on the first stage of the Dakar Rally.

The man from Madrid was lost and gave up two hours, seven minutes and 7 seconds to the leader, Qatari

(Toyota).

The prince did not hesitate in navigation and leads in the general car in 12 minutes and 44 seconds his main pursuer, the Frenchman

(Bahrain Raid Xtreme).

Of the candidates for victory, only the Frenchman, together with his co-driver, the Belgian

, knew how to respond to the dominance of the Qatari on a first day of real competition in which the sixth checkpoint, 280 kilometers from 334 timed, it wreaked havoc first on motorcycles and later on cars. Czech

(Benzina Orlen) finished the stage third, 21 minutes and 21 seconds behind Al-Attiyah.

With these three drivers already at the finish line, Sainz and his co-driver

led the group of favorites who were lost while searching for the sixth checkpoint.

The Audi GPS showed the continuous laps trying to find the good track, with the added difficulty that

.

2 hours, 6 minutes and 23 seconds were left regarding Al-Attiyah at this point.

Black day for Audi and its innovative hybrid vehicle, which practically says goodbye to its chances of winning and not because of the reliability problems that could be assumed at the beginning of the test.

Nani Roma, better Spanish

The Swedish

also got lost, although he found the route earlier and left 1 hour and 22 minutes. For his part, Frenchman

, winner of the Dakar 14 times - six on a motorcycle and eight in cars - broke the rear suspension of his car at kilometer 153 of the special, when he was in second position in the timesheets. and had to wait to be assisted.

The first Spaniard on Sunday's stage was

(Bahrain Raid Xtreme).

The winner in motorcycles in 2004 and in cars in 2014 also had navigation problems and left 1h17'45 '' over the head.

Time that, added to the 49 seconds of the first day after having problems with a door that was opened in the middle of the special, greatly diminished his options to fight for the final victory.

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