Sainz wins Dakar stage six, Peterhansel leads
Issued on:
08/01/2021 - 15:48
3 min
Hail (Saudi Arabia) (AFP)
Defending champion Carlos Sainz steered his Mini to victory in Friday's sixth stage of the Dakar Rally as French teammate Stephane Peterhansel maintained his stranglehold on the lead of motorsport's most gruelling rally.
The Spaniard, a three-time Dakar winner whose son Carlos Jr races for Ferrari in Formula One, timed 3hr 38min 27sec over the special, finishing 4:03 ahead of Saudi Toyota driver Yazeed al-Rajhi for his second stage win this year.
Nasser al-Attiyah was third, just ahead of France's Peterhansel, the 13-time Dakar champion who is now leading the Qatari by 5:53 in the overall standings, with Sainz third at 40:39.