Dakar 2023: Stage 10 - Short visit to the "Empty Quarter"

Kuba Przygonski finishes sixth
Tomorrow: Marathon stage into the "Empty Quarter"

The tenth stage to Shaybah sent the participants on a 114 kilometre detour into the "Empty Quarter". A foretaste of the next two stages, which will also be held completely in the sandy desert area. Today, Jakub "Kuba" Przygonski and Armand Monleon secured sixth place in the MINI JCW Rally Plus. Sebastian Halpern and Bernardo "Ronnie" Graue finished twelfth. The two MINI JCW Buggy crews Denis Krotov / Konstantin Zhiltsov and Sheikh Khalid Al-Qassimi / Ola Floene finished the day in 17th and 23rd place.

Kuba Przygonski: "An exhausting stage with lots of dunes. Rather short dunes - accelerate, brake, cross dune, accelerate. But we had fun. The navigation was not so difficult today. But tomorrow Armand will certainly have more work."

Tomorrow, the second marathon stage is on the agenda for the participants. This time, however, they will have to manage completely without their mechanics. There will be no service after the stage. The 274 km long stage will mainly consist of sand and dunes.

Dakar Rally - result SS10
1. S. Loeb / F. Lurquin – BRX – 1h 48m 32s
2. M. Ekström / E. Bergkvist – Audi – 1h 51m 36s
3. L. Moraes / T. Gottschalk – Toyota – 1h 53m 54s
4. N. Al-Attiyah / M. Baumel – Toyota – 1h 54m 17s
5. Y. Al-Rajhi / D. von Zitzewitz – Toyota – 1h 54m 33s
6. J. Przygonski / A. Monleon – MINI JCW Rally Plus – 1h 54m 46s
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12. S. Halpern / B. Graue – MINI JCW Rally Plus – 2h 01m 16s
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17. D. Krotov / K. Zhiltsov – MINI JCW Buggy – 2h 04m 19s
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23. Sh. K. Al-Qassimi / O. Floene – MINI JCW Buggy – 2h 08m 49s

Overall standings after SS10
1. N. Al-Attiyah / M. Baumel – Toyota – 36h 13m 37s
2. L. Moraes / T. Gottschalk – Toyota – 37h 35m 11s
3. S. Loeb / F. Lurquin – BRX – 37h 51m 00s
4. H. Lategan / B. Cummings – Toyota – 38h 02m 14s
5. G. de Villiers / D. Murphy – Toyota – 38h 24m 33s
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12. S. Halpern / B. Graue – MINI JCW Rally Plus – 40h 24m 11s
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16. Sh. K. Al-Qassimi / O. Floene – MINI JCW Buggy – 42h 07m 42s
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19. D. Krotov / K. Zhiltsov – MINI JCW Buggy – 42h 43m 50s
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24. J. Przygonski / A. Monleon – MINI JCW Rally Plus – 43h 29m 40s

Source X-Raid