Team
Bahrain
Raid
Xtreme’s
(BRX)
Sebastien
Loeb
of
France,
in
his
Prodrive-run
Hunter,
finished
second
in
Stage
11
while
Toyota
Overdrive’s
Spanish
driver
Lucio
Alvarez
brought
up
the
third
spot
on
the
podium
in
the
346kms
loop
near
Bisha.
However
a
5min
penalty
was
later
imposed
on
the
nine-time
World
Rally
Championship
(WRC)
winner
after
he
braked
late
going
into
a
speed
control
zone.
Dakar
2022:
Desert
racing
reaches
its
boiling
point
The
penalty
for
the
WRC
legend
and
his
co-driver
Fabian
Lurquin
dropped
them
to
eighth
later.
With
just
one
stage
and
day
to
go,
Al
Attiyah,
now
has
a
commanding
33min,
19
sec
lead
over
Loeb
as
the
gruelling
Dakar
2022
heads
for
the
ceremonial
finish
in
the
Red
City
of
Jeddah
on
Friday
(January
14).
Dakar
2022:
Desert
racing
reaches
its
boiling
point
Local
hero
Yazeed
Al
Rajhi
in
another
Toyota,
is
third
overall,
over
an
hour
behind
Al
Attiyah
as
the
ace
Qatari
looks
well
poised
to
add
to
the
Dakar
Rally
titles
he
had
won
in
2011,
2015
and
2019.
“Yes
that
was
a
good
day
out
there
doing
what
we
could
to
keep
our
important
second
place
overall
for
BRX.
The
car
has
been
strong
and
quick
too,
especially
on
its
first
event,
something
the
team
should
be
very
proud
of,”
said
Loeb,
the
nine-time
WRC
champion
.
Loeb
had
initially
recorded
the
second
fastest
time
on
the
346kms
penultimate
stage
around
the
south-western
town
of
Bisha
as
he
looked
to
reinforce
his
challenge
at
the
wheel
of
BRX
Prodrive
Hunter
in
second
place
overall.
With
Sainz
setting
the
fastest
time
on
the
stage,
the
two
other
BRX
cars
also
finished
inside
the
top
ten,
Nani
Roma
and
Alex
Haro
taking
fourth
spot
and
Orlando
Terranova
and
Dani
Oliveras
going
eighth
quickest
to
reinforce
their
fourth
place
overall.
Despite
the
penalty
for
Loeb,
the
Frenchman
ensured
that
Al
Attiyah
still
needs
an
untroubled
run
on
Friday’s
final
164s
km
stage
to
secure
victory
in
Jeddah
where
the
rally
had
started
with
a
prologue
on
the
New
Year’s
day.
Game
on!
(With
Team
BRX
Media
inputs)
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