Dakar 2023: Stage 11 - Marathon stage into the "Empty Quarter"

• Kuba Przygonski finishes eleventh
• Tomorrow the crews return to Shaybah

The first part of the marathon stage into the desert camp was a tough one. A mixture of dunes, sand and some dried-up lakes awaited the crews. After 274 kilometres, Jakub "Kuba" Przygonski and Armand Monleon finished eleventh in the MINI JCW Rally Plus. Sebastian Halpern and Bernardo "Ronnie" Graue ended the day in 16th position in the MINI JCW Rally Plus, while Sheikh Khalid Al-Qassimi and Ola Floene finished in 19th position in the MINI JCW Buggy. Denis Krotov and Konstantin Zhiltsov had to settle for 34th place.
 
Kuba Przygonski: "The stage today consisted of dunes and fast, dry lakes. We were doing well. Behind a dune there was a hole and the tyre slipped off the rim. We had to stop and change the wheel. Other than that, the MINI is fine and we don't have much work."
 
The twelfth stage sees the crews return to their teams in Shaybah. The 185-kilometre stage again leads through the dunes of the "Empty Quarter".    
  
Dakar Rally - result SS11
1. S. Loeb / F. Lurquin – BRX – 2h 56m 14s
2. G. Chicherit / A. Winocq – BRX – 2h 58m 30s
3. M. Ekström / E. Bergkvist – Audi – 2h 58m 40s
4. L. Moraes / T. Gottschalk – Toyota – 3h 02m 26s
5. N. Al-Attiyah / M. Baumel – Toyota – 3h 02m 56s
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11. J. Przygonski / A. Monleon – MINI JCW Rally Plus – 3h 07m 42s
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16. S. Halpern / B. Graue – MINI JCW Rally Plus – 3h 14m 54s
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19. Sh. K. Al-Qassimi / O. Floene – MINI JCW Buggy – 3h 19m 13s
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34. D. Krotov / K. Zhiltsov – MINI JCW Buggy – 4h 00m 09s
 
Overall standings after SS11
1. N. Al-Attiyah / M. Baumel – Toyota – 39h 16m 33s
2. L. Moraes / T. Gottschalk – Toyota – 40h 37m 37s
3. S. Loeb / F. Lurquin – BRX – 40h 47m 14s
4. H. Lategan / B. Cummings – Toyota – 41h 05m 50s
5. G. de Villiers / D. Murphy – Toyota – 41h 30m 51s
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12. S. Halpern / B. Graue – MINI JCW Rally Plus – 43h 39m 05s
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16. Sh. K. Al-Qassimi / O. Floene – MINI JCW Buggy – 45h 34m 16s
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21. J. Przygonski / A. Monleon – MINI JCW Rally Plus – 46h 37m 22s
22. D. Krotov / K. Zhiltsov – MINI JCW Buggy – 46h 43m 59s

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