DAKAR 2021! STAGE 6

DAKAR! Dakar 2021! STAGE 5 and 6.
Al Qaisumah - Ha'il
01-08-2021 - Stage 6

Liaison - 170 km - Special - 448 km

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Focus

In the heart of Saudi Arabia, Ha’il was for a long time the crossroads of the trade routes between the country’s main cities. Over the last ten years, it has especially become the capital of all-terrain rallying, where an active community of enthusiasts has boosted the discipline’s development. On the way there from Al Qaisumah, the Dakar competitors will have understood why the Saudis living in the region have such a passion for 4x4 excursions: due to sand, sand and more sand. In the form of dunes of varying size, spread over large expanses or covering both narrow and wide tracks, success on the day’s timed section relied on the capacity to tame this instable material. Fortunately, the rain that occasionally falls in the area made the terrain quicker than expected. Be that as it may, the riders and drivers still in the rally will have greatly deserved their rest day.

Outline

The two Spanish competitors who triumphed in the bike and car categories are genuine collectors. Through picking up his third success this week, Joan Barreda has also entered the history books alongside his countryman Jordi Arcarons, who also boasts 27 specials on his roll of honour, and with whom he shares the characteristic of never having won the Dakar, despite his talent and experience on the rally. If the Honda rider wishes to rectify this situation, he will have to make up time on the leading trio led by Toby Price, who has a small advantage over Kevin Benavides and Ignacio Cornejo, both less than three minutes behind. Carlos Sainz, with his 38th stage victory in Ha’il in front of Yazeed Al-Rajhi, is also in the position of pursuer, but with a much heftier amount of time to make up, namely forty minutes on the duo of Peterhansel and Al-Attiyah, who have been head and shoulders above the rest since the start in Jeddah. As for Sébastien Loeb, he is definitively out of contention for victory after breaking a suspension arm at the beginning of the special. The wait for its replacement’s arrival and installation by his assistance team could multiply the time gap twofold, threefold or even fourfold… Also let down by mechanical problems, “Chaleco” López lost less time but had the position of general standings leader taken from him by Aron Domżała in the lightweight vehicle category, whilst Seth Quintero beat the record for precociousness by winning the day’s special (see performance of the day). The one-two-three finish by Kamaz on the stage finishing near Ha’il also enabled the Russian team to monopolise the provisional podium and cover it with blue, a fine way to celebrate a new record (see stat of the day).

Performance of the day

Following Cristina Gutiérrez, the first woman to taste stage victory on the Dakar since Jutta Kleinschmidt in 2005, it was today Seth Quintero’s turn to cause a sensation at the end of the sixth special for lightweight vehicles. At the age of 18 years and 118 days, the American has become the youngest ever winner of a special on the Dakar. Also a recruit from the RedBull Off Road Team USA like his female colleague, he looks set to be involved in many forthcoming duels on this 2021 edition of the Dakar.
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