Lucas Moraes won his first stage Dakar. Brazilian driver eager to justify himself after departure Nasser Al-Attiyah from Toyota Gazoo Racing structure and this one features the old spanish biker Armand Monleón as expert travelerHe was the fastest in the third stage, which was held on difficult terrain, with many stones in the last section, with a distance of more than 700 km and 438 special timings.

‘Party’ complete for Toyota since local hero Yazeed Al-Rajhi He finished the stage in third place, just one minute behind Moraes. took overall leadership Carlos Sainz. The Madrid native didn’t have an easy day, but managed to ‘save the furniture’ in fifth place, keeping his chances of eventual victory intact as he was only 29″ clear of Saudi Arabia and had another Frenchman, Loeb, over 20 minutes away from his direct rivals on paper.

moraes Victory was achieved just nine seconds ahead of Audi. Mattias Ekström, overtake Five-time champion Al-AttiyahLeading the entire stage but failing to finish fourth in the decisive stretch. Al-Rahji finished third, 1:09 behind the winner. Seth Quintero He gave up 22 minutes in the Arabian dunes. A heavy blow for the young Toyota driver, who will shine in this edition thanks to his talent and his car.

Sainz finished 3:29 behind Moraes and 2:20 behind Al-Rajhi and less than two minutes Al-Attiyah, Therefore, although he is behind the leadership, it can be said that this is a good balance in terms of Dakar for the Spanish pilot, who aims to win the fourth Touareg award and the first with the electric prototype.

Stephane Peterhansel It was a waste of time compared to the third Audi. Ekstrom and Sainz. The French driver, who became the driver with the most stage victories (50) in Dakar yesterday, beat Moraes at the finish line by 7:49 and is already 18 minutes behind. sainz in general also extrusion in front.

Cars (stage 3)

1 – MORAS/MONLEON (TOYOTA) – 4:14:51

2 – EKSTRÖM/BERGKVIST (AUDI) at 00:09

3 – AL-RAJHI-GOTTSCHALK (TOYOTA) 01:09

4 – AL-ATTIYAH/BAUMEL (NASSER AVCI) 01:33

5 – SAINZ/CRUZ (AUDI) at 03:29

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7 – PETERHANSEL/BOULANGER (AUDI) 7:49

9 – LOEB/LURQUIN (BRX) 23:41

Cars (general)

1 – AL-RAJHI-GOTTCHALK (TOYOTA) – 13:07:29

2 – SAINZ/CRUZ (AUDI) at 00:29

3 – EKSTRÖM/BERGKVIST (AUDI) at 08:26

4 – MORAS/MONLEON (TOYOTA) at 09:17

5 – AL-ATTIYAH/BAUMEL (NASSER AVCI) 10:49