After Carlos Sainz and Mattias Ekstrom, Stéphane Peterhansel gave Audi and the new RS Q e-tron a third victory in the Dakar 2022. The French rally-raid legend, who had seen his chances of winning wiped out from the start. first days, was the fastest to complete the 375 km of special Wednesday between Wadi Ad Dawasir and Bisha (2h52'43).
“Monsieur Dakar”, who is only a small scratch from Ari Vatanen's car record (50), was ahead by 2'06 Carlos Sainz (Audi) and 4'11 Henk Lategan (Toyota).
4th at 4'25, Sébastien Loeb made up a small part of his delay over Nasser Al-Attiyah (5th, + 5'50).
Two stages from the end, the Alsatian is 32 minutes and 40 seconds behind the Qatari who is approaching a 4th victory in the event.